[Form 4] Celsius Holdings, Inc. Insider Trading Activity
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH) reported an insider transaction involving the settlement of previously arranged variable prepaid forward sale contracts. An affiliated entity, CD Financial, LLC, which is 99% beneficially owned through a trust for which the reporting person is a trustee, disposed of blocks of 187,500 shares of CELH common stock on each of November 13, 14, and 17, 2025 at a reported price of $37.0234 per share, all held indirectly.
These trades reflected full physical settlement of three tranches of a prepaid variable forward sale entered on November 3, 2022, under which CD delivered CELH shares T+1 after each tranche matured. The buyer was required to pay cash based on a formula using a floor price of $27.7675, a cap price of $37.0234, and a fixed spread of $9.2559. Because the settlement price on each maturity date exceeded the cap price, CD transferred CELH shares and received cash amounts calculated under the cap-based formula, leaving the related derivative positions at zero.
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FAQ
What insider transaction did CELH report on this Form 4?
The filing reports that an affiliated holder of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (CELH) settled three tranches of a variable prepaid forward sale, delivering 187,500 CELH shares on each of November 13, 14, and 17, 2025 in full physical settlement.
Who is the reporting person in the CELH Form 4 and how are the shares held?
The reporting person is a trustee of the Carl DeSantis Revocable Trust, which owns a 99% beneficial interest in CD Financial, LLC. CD is the record holder of the CELH shares, and the reporting person has shared voting and dispositive power, with the holdings reported as indirect ownership.
What are the key terms of the CELH variable prepaid forward sale transaction?
The prepaid variable forward sale, entered on November 3, 2022, obligated CD to deliver 187,500 CELH shares for each tranche after maturity and entitled CD to cash based on a formula using a $27.7675 floor price, a $37.0234 cap price, and a $9.2559 spread when the settlement price exceeded the cap.
How was the cash consideration determined for the CELH share deliveries?
For each tranche, if the settlement price was between the $27.7675 floor and the $37.0234 cap, CD received the product of the 187,500-share amount and the excess of the settlement price over the floor. If the settlement price was above the cap, CD received the product of 187,500 shares and $9.2559.
What happened to the CELH derivative positions after these transactions?
The variable prepaid forward sale contracts were reported in the derivative securities table as Variable Prepaid Forward Sale Contracts (obligation to sell). After the three tranches settled in full physical delivery, the number of such derivative securities beneficially owned by the reporting person was shown as zero.
How many CELH shares did the affiliated holder report owning after each tranche?
Following the reported transactions, the indirectly held CELH common stock beneficially owned was listed as 18,848,367 shares after the November 13, 2025 trade, 18,660,867 shares after the November 14 trade, and 18,473,367 shares after the November 17 trade.