[Form 4] Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Insider Trading Activity
Kevin J. Yeaman, President and CEO and a director of Dolby Laboratories (DLB), reported option exercise and related stock sale on 09/16/2025. He exercised an employee stock option with a $45.50 exercise price to acquire 25,000 shares of Class A common stock and immediately reported a sale of 25,000 Class A shares at a weighted average price of $71.6596. After these transactions he beneficially owned 139,725 shares indirectly through the Kevin and Rachel Yeaman Family Trust, including 127,735 Class A shares underlying restricted stock units that remain subject to forfeiture until they vest. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 09/18/2025.
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TL;DR: CEO exercised options at $45.50 and sold the same number of shares at ~$71.66, maintaining indirect ownership including unvested RSUs.
The filing documents a common executive liquidity event: exercise of 25,000 option shares granted as part of compensation and concurrent sale of 25,000 Class A shares at a weighted average price of $71.6596. The exercise price of $45.50 implies a realized pre-tax spread on the sold shares of $26.1596 per share, but the filing reports continued indirect ownership of 139,725 shares via a family trust, including 127,735 RSU-linked shares that remain subject to forfeiture until vesting. These details are routine disclosures required under Section 16 and provide transparency on insider holdings and compensation realization.
TL;DR: Transaction reflects routine management compensation exercise and disposition with ongoing indirect ownership through a family trust and unvested RSUs.
The Form 4 shows the reporting person acting within typical executive compensation mechanics: an option grant (part of a larger 194,399-share grant) was exercised for 25,000 shares that were fully vested and exercisable as of the transaction date, and an equal number of shares were sold at the disclosed weighted average price. The filing discloses the nature of indirect ownership and clarifies that a substantial portion of reported holdings are restricted stock units subject to forfeiture, which affects the practical voting and economic control until vesting.