Chudova Darya 4

What Happened

• Darya Chudova, Chief Technology Officer of Guardant Health, had 8,705 restricted stock units convert/vest on May 15, 2026. The company withheld 4,679 shares to cover tax withholding at $94.92 per share (total withheld value $444,131). After withholding, 4,026 shares were delivered to Chudova.
• Transaction codes: M (exercise/conversion of derivative — conversion of RSUs into shares) and F (shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding). This is a routine compensation vesting event, not an open-market purchase or sale by the insider.

Key Details

• Transaction date: May 15, 2026. Report filed: May 19, 2026 (timely).
• Vesting/conversion: 8,705 shares issued at $0.00 (conversion of RSUs).
• Tax withholding: 4,679 shares withheld at $94.92 each = $444,131.
• Net shares delivered to insider: 4,026 shares.
• Footnotes: F1 — shares retained by the company to meet tax withholding (not in excess of the tax liability); F2 — award was an RSU granted Aug 7, 2023 with multi-year vesting; F3 — not applicable for RSUs.

Context

• This was a cashless tax-withholding on vested RSUs (common for employee equity grants). It does not represent an open-market sale or a purchase signal by the insider, but simply the conversion of compensation into shares and the company withholding shares to cover taxes.
• No indication of unusual timing or tardy filing; the Form 4 was filed within required business-day windows.