Shen Zheng John 4
4 · VICOR CORP · Filed Feb 24, 2026
Research Summary
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Vicor (VICR) Director John Shen Exercises Options & Sells Shares
What Happened
- Director Shen Zheng John exercised stock options on Feb 23, 2026 and immediately sold the resulting shares. He exercised 1,508 options at $53.07 (paid $80,030) and 995 options at $60.37 (paid $60,068), acquiring 2,503 shares total. Those shares were sold in the open market the same day: 1,508 shares at $175.96 ($265,342) and 995 shares at $175.96 ($175,077), for total gross proceeds of $440,419. After accounting for the option exercise payments ($140,098), the approximate net cash received was $300,321.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-23 (reported on Form 4 filed 2026-02-24).
- Option exercises: 1,508 @ $53.07 (cost $80,030); 995 @ $60.37 (cost $60,068).
- Open-market sales: 1,508 @ $175.96 ($265,342); 995 @ $175.96 ($175,077).
- Derivative entries at $0.00 for 1,508 and 995 shares reflect conversion/disposition of the option instruments upon exercise.
- Shares sold: 2,503; total proceeds: $440,419; total exercise cost: $140,098; net cash ≈ $300,321.
- Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
- No 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or other footnotes were supplied in the data provided.
Context
- This was a classic exercise-and-sell (cashless exercise): options were exercised and the resulting shares were immediately sold in the open market. Because the shares were sold rather than retained, the transaction is not a clear ongoing bullish vote on the stock — it primarily realizes value from existing option grants. As a director (not a reported 10% owner), these transactions are routine insider exercises/sales commonly used to monetize compensation.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
VICOR CORPvicr
Shen Zheng John
Director
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2026-02-23$53.07/sh+1,508$80,030→ 1,508 total - Sale
Common Stock
2026-02-23$175.96/sh−1,508$265,342→ 0 total - Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2026-02-23$60.37/sh+995$60,068→ 995 total - Sale
Common Stock
2026-02-23$175.96/sh−995$175,077→ 0 total - Exercise/Conversion
Non Qualified Stock Option
2026-02-23−1,508→ 2,261 totalExercise: $53.07From: 2025-06-23Exp: 2033-06-23→ Common Stock (1,508 underlying) - Exercise/Conversion
Non Qualified Stock Option
2026-02-23−995→ 662 totalExercise: $60.37From: 2025-06-24Exp: 2032-06-24→ Common Stock (995 underlying)
Signature
/s/Quentin Fendelet Attorney in Fact for Zheng John Shen|2026-02-24