[Form 4] EverQuote, Inc. Insider Trading Activity

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Taoping Inc. (TAOP) filed a Form 6-K announcing that on 8 July 2025 its board granted a total of 266,666 ordinary shares as restricted-stock compensation under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (registered on Form S-8 No. 333-283697). The awards vested immediately, meaning the entire cost will be recognized in the current period and the shares are now free-trading, modestly increasing the company’s outstanding share count.

Key allocations: CEO & Chairman Jianghuai Lin received 133,332 shares; President Zhiqiang Zhao, COO Zhixiong Huang and CFO Iris Yan each received 36,000; other executives and non-executive directors received between 1,012 and 13,630 shares. No financial performance metrics, cash impact, or other corporate developments were disclosed in this filing.

Insights

Financial Analyst

TL;DR: Minor dilution from 266k share grant; no earnings data, overall neutral impact.

The grant represents a small percentage of Taoping’s likely outstanding shares, so economic dilution should be modest. Because all shares vest immediately, GAAP compensation expense will hit the current quarter, slightly depressing near-term earnings. Absent revenue, profit or cash-flow data, the filing has limited valuation impact and is best viewed as routine equity compensation disclosure.

Corporate Governance Expert

TL;DR: Immediate vesting weakens performance alignment; governance impact modest.

While equity awards are common, best practices favour multi-year vesting to align management with shareholder value creation. Immediate vesting eliminates retention hooks and performance linkage. However, the absolute share count is small and the plan was previously shareholder-approved, so governance risk is contained.

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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X

Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Brainard David

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EVERQUOTE, INC.

141 PORTLAND STREET

(Street)

CAMBRIDGE MA 02139

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EverQuote, Inc. [ EVER ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/07/2025

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

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

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

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
Class A Common Stock	07/07/2025		S		5,710(1)	D	$24.57(2)	128,720	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. The sale was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 17, 2025.

2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $24.25 to $24.82, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide EverQuote, Inc., any security holder of EverQuote, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this Form 4.

	/s/ Jon Ayotte, as attorney-in-fact for David Brainard	07/09/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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