Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC) CTO uses 2,697 shares to pay award taxes

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Digimarc Corp (DMRC) reported that EVP and Chief Technology Officer Tony Rodriguez received a grant/award of 2,268 shares of Common Stock on 2026-08-15 at $7.53 per share. On the same date, 2,697 shares were returned to the company at $7.53 per share to cover tax liability for vested stock awards, as described in a footnote. The transactions are reported as direct ownership, and resulting total holdings are not stated.

Insider Trade Summary

Net Seller: 429 shares

Net Sell 2 txns

Insider Rodriguez Tony

Role EVP, Chief Technology Officer

Type	Security	Shares	Price	Value
Grant/Award	Common Stock	2,268	$7.53	$17K
Tax Withholding	Common Stock F1	2,697	$7.53	$20K

Holdings After Transaction: Common Stock — 99,299 shares (Direct)

Footnotes (1)

1. F1. Shares traded back to the Company to cover tax liability for vested stock awards.

Key Figures

Shares granted/awarded: 2,268 shares of Common Stock Shares used for tax liability: 2,697 shares of Common Stock Transaction price per share: $7.53 per share +1 more

4 metrics

Shares granted/awarded 2,268 shares of Common Stock Grant/award acquisition to Tony Rodriguez on 2026-08-15 at $7.53 per share

Shares used for tax liability 2,697 shares of Common Stock Delivered back to Digimarc on 2026-08-15 to cover tax liability for vested stock awards

Transaction price per share $7.53 per share Applied to both the 2,268-share grant and 2,697-share tax-liability disposition on 2026-08-15

Exercise-price-or-tax-liability shares 2,697 shares Total shares reported under code F for payment of tax liability by delivering or withholding securities

Key Terms

Grant, award, or other acquisition, Payment of tax liability by delivering or withholding securities, vested stock awards, tax liability

4 terms

Grant, award, or other acquisition financial

"transaction code description "Grant, award, or other acquisition""

Payment of tax liability by delivering or withholding securities financial

"transaction code description "Payment of tax liability by delivering or withholding securities""

vested stock awards financial

"tax liability for vested stock awards"

tax liability financial

"Shares traded back to the Company to cover tax liability"

FAQ

What insider transactions did DMRC executive Tony Rodriguez report on this Form 4?

Tony Rodriguez reported a grant/award of 2,268 DMRC common shares on 2026-08-15 at $7.53 per share and a same-day disposition of 2,697 shares back to Digimarc to satisfy tax liability on vested stock awards.

Was the Tony Rodriguez DMRC Form 4 transaction a buy or a sale?

The filing shows a mix of acquisition and disposition. Rodriguez received a grant of 2,268 shares and then 2,697 shares were used to pay tax liability by delivering them back to Digimarc, rather than an open-market sale.

What price per share was used in Tony Rodriguez’s DMRC Form 4 transactions?

Both transactions for Tony Rodriguez used a price of $7.53 per DMRC share on 2026-08-15. This price applied to the 2,268-share grant and the 2,697 shares delivered back to Digimarc to cover tax obligations on vested awards.

How many DMRC shares did Tony Rodriguez use to cover tax liability on vested awards?

Tony Rodriguez used 2,697 shares of Digimarc common stock at $7.53 per share to cover tax liability tied to vested stock awards. These shares were traded back to Digimarc, as indicated in the transaction footnote on the Form 4.

Were Tony Rodriguez’s DMRC Form 4 transactions under a Rule 10b5-1 plan?

The Form 4’s Rule 10b5-1 checkbox is not marked as affirmative. The filing does not state that these specific DMRC transactions— the 2,268-share grant and 2,697-share tax payment—were executed under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan.

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SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Rodriguez Tony

(Last) (First) (Middle)

8500 SW CREEKSIDE PLACE

(Street)

BEAVERTON OREGON 97008

(City) (State) (Zip)

UNITED STATES

(Country)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Digimarc Corp [ DMRC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director		10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	EVP, Chief Technology Officer

2a. Foreign Trading Symbol

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/15/2026

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/15/2026		A		2,268	A	$7.53	101,996	D
Common Stock	08/15/2026		F		2,697(1)	D	$7.53	99,299	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares traded back to the Company to cover tax liability for vested stock awards.

Remarks:

	/s/ Tony Rodriguez	08/18/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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