Moll Laurent R 4

What Happened

• Laurent R. Moll, Chief Operating Officer of Arteris, sold a total of 5,599 shares in four transactions on 2026-07-02. Each tranche was sold at $38.78 per share (transactions: 892, 887, 1,931, 1,889 shares), with aggregate reported proceeds of $217,117.
• These were sales (code S) executed as open market or private sales. According to the filing footnote, the sales were made to satisfy tax withholding obligations triggered by the release/vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs) and were not discretionary trades by the reporting person.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-02; sale price: $38.78 per share.
• Shares sold: 892; 887; 1,931; 1,889 — total 5,599 shares; total proceeds reported $217,117.
• Footnote: Sales were "sell-to-cover" to satisfy tax withholding on RSU release (mandated by the issuer's equity plan), not discretionary trades.
• Filing: Form 4 filed 2026-07-06 for the 2026-07-02 transactions. (Form 4s are generally required within two business days of a reportable transaction — investors may want to confirm timeliness with the full filing.)
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt of the filing.

Context

• Sell-to-cover transactions are routine tax-withholding actions when RSUs vest; they typically do not signal the insider’s view of the company. For retail investors, purchases by insiders can be more informative than routine sales for tax purposes.