Lauber Scott J 4

4 · WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. · Filed Feb 11, 2026

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Updated Feb 11, 2026

WEC CEO Scott Lauber Exercises Options, Sells 8,089 Shares

What Happened

Scott J. Lauber, President & CEO and a director of WEC Energy Group (WEC), exercised 8,089 stock options on Feb 9, 2026 (exercise cost $58.30 per share; total $471,629) and immediately sold 8,089 common shares in the open market for an aggregate of $895,462 (weighted-average sale price $110.70). The derivative line showing a $0 disposition reflects conversion/exercise of the options into shares.

Key Details

Transaction date: February 9, 2026; Form filed February 11, 2026 (appears timely).
Exercise: 8,089 shares at $58.30 each — total exercise cost $471,629.
Sale: 8,089 shares at a weighted average price of $110.70 — total proceeds $895,462. (Sales ranged from $110.5450 to $110.9300; reporter can provide breakdown on request — see footnote F2.)
Net difference (proceeds minus exercise cost): roughly $423,833 (pre-tax, not reported as net proceeds in filing).
Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the excerpt of the filing provided.
Notable footnotes:
- F2: sale price is a weighted average across multiple trades (range noted above).
- F4: options vested 100% on the date indicated (so immediate exercisability).
- F1/F3: filing also references shares from dividend reinvestment and the Employee Retirement Savings Plan that are subject to certain Section 16 exemptions; these relate to plan-accounted shares, not to the exercised options listed above.

Context

This was an option exercise followed by an immediate open-market sale (a cashless or simultaneous exercise/sale pattern). That pattern is common when executives realize gains from vested options; it is a routine liquidity event rather than a direct buy/sell sentiment signal.
The filing contains standard plan- and exemption-related notes; no 10b5-1 plan or gift notation is indicated in the provided excerpt.

Form 4

Period: 2026-02-09

DirectorPresident and CEO

Transactions

Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
[F1]
2026-02-09$58.30/sh+8,089$471,629→ 74,889.512 total
Sale
Common Stock
[F2][F1]
2026-02-09$110.70/sh−8,089$895,462→ 66,800.512 total
Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (right to buy)
[F4]
2026-02-09−8,089→ 0 total
Exercise: $58.30From: 2020-01-03Exp: 2027-01-03→ Common Stock (8,089 underlying)

Holdings

Footnotes (4)

[F1]Includes shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of WEC Energy Group's ("WEC") Stock Plus Investment Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
[F2]This price is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $110.5450 to $110.9300, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to WEC, any security holder of WEC, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.
[F3]Includes shares acquired under WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s Employee Retirement Savings Plan (ERSP) in transactions exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c) and exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-3(f)(1)(i)(B). The number of shares in the ERSP attributable to any one participant varies with the price of the Common Stock. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of February 9, 2026.
[F4]Options vest 100% on the date indicated.

Signature

Joshua M. Erickson, as attorney in fact|2026-02-11

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