Doria Gregory 4

What Happened

• Doria Gregory, Executive Vice President and President, International of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO), had 44 shares disposed on May 1, 2026 to satisfy a tax obligation tied to an equity event. The shares were valued at $266.25 each, for a total of $11,715. This was a tax-withholding disposition (code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-01
• Price per share: $266.25; total value of shares withheld: $11,715
• Transaction type: F — payment of exercise price or tax liability (shares withheld to cover taxes)
• Shares owned after transaction: not reported in the provided filing summary
• Filing date: 2026-05-05 — filing appears timely (filed within required business-day window)
• No indication in the filing that this was an open-market sale or part of a 10b5-1 plan

Context

• This is a routine tax-withholding disposition commonly seen when insiders exercise options or vest awards: shares are surrendered/withheld to cover taxes rather than sold on the market. Such transactions generally do not signal a change in the insider’s view of the company’s prospects.