[Form 4] FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST Insider Trading Activity
Donald C. Wood, identified as Director and CEO & President of Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), reported related-party transfers on 09/29/2025. The filing shows 60,000 shares of FRT were disposed of by IJKR II, LLC and 60,000 shares were acquired by the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust. Following the transfer, the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust is reported to beneficially own 113,879 shares. The filing states the transfers were part of estate planning, with Mr. Wood retaining indirect beneficial interest and control over the trust. The Form 4 is signed by an attorney on 09/30/2025.
- Estate-planning transfer clearly disclosed, with explicit explanation that shares were gifted from IJKR II, LLC to the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust
- No cash consideration reported (price shown as $0), indicating a non-market, intra-family/entity transfer
- Beneficial ownership updated for the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust to 113,879 shares, improving transparency of related-party holdings
- None.
Insights
TL;DR: Related-party gift shifts 60,000 FRT shares into a trust, reflecting estate planning without disclosed cash proceeds or third-party sales.
The reported transactions on 09/29/2025 show a non-market transfer: 60,000 shares were removed from IJKR II, LLC and placed into the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust, increasing the trust's beneficial ownership to 113,879 shares. This is described explicitly as an estate-planning gift, and Mr. Wood retains indirect control. From a governance perspective, the transaction is an intra-family/entity reallocation and not a public disposition or open-market sale; it has no disclosed price impact or change in voting control beyond the stated indirect interest.
TL;DR: The filing documents a gift transfer between related entities to a revocable trust, a common estate-planning step with retained indirect control.
The Explanation of Responses explicitly states the shares were gifted from IJKR II, LLC to the Stacey Wood Revocable Trust for estate-planning purposes. The Form 4 indicates no cash consideration (price $0) and records the reporting person as having indirect beneficial interest and control over the trust. The filing does not disclose tax treatment, consideration of gift tax, or other estate specifics; it only documents the change in beneficial ownership reported under Section 16.