Luiga Christian 4

What Happened

• Luiga Christian, Chief Financial Officer of Spotify Technology S.A. (SPOT), was granted 9,343 restricted stock units (RSUs) on May 1, 2026. The grant is reported as an award (transaction code A) at a reported price of $0.00 (typical for RSU awards). This is a compensation award, not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: May 1, 2026; Form 4 filed May 5, 2026 (filed within the two business-day reporting window).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A) of 9,343 RSUs; price reported as $0.00.
• Vesting: 3/48ths of the RSUs vest on August 1, 2026; remaining RSUs vest in equal monthly installments through May 1, 2030 (per filing footnote).
• Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one ordinary share upon vesting.
• Shares owned following the reported transaction: not disclosed in this Form 4.
• No 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding sale, or late filing is indicated in the filing.

Context

• RSUs are compensation awards that convert into actual shares only as they vest; they are not an immediate purchase or sale and do not necessarily signal near-term buying or selling by the insider. The staggered vesting schedule is intended to retain the executive over multiple years.