Jones Eifion 4

What Happened
Eifion Jones, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hayward Holdings, had 4,821 shares withheld to cover tax obligations tied to the vesting of restricted stock units. The filing reports the shares were valued at $15.58 each, totaling $75,111. This was a tax-withholding (disposition) following an award vesting, not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-04; filing date: 2026-03-06 (reported two days after the transaction).
• Reported price/value: $15.58 per share; total value of shares withheld: $75,111.
• Shares disposed: 4,821 (code F — tax withholding).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnote: F1 — shares were withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of restricted stock units.
• Filing timeliness: appears timely based on dates provided (no late-filing indication in this report).

Context
Tax-withholding via share withholding (often called a "net share settlement") is routine when restricted stock units vest and does not necessarily indicate a manager’s intent to sell shares or a view on the company’s prospects. For retail investors, purchases by insiders tend to be more informative than routine withholdings; treat this transaction as an administrative tax payment rather than a market-disposition signal.