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The Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Knowles is a manufacturer of specialty electronic components, including high-performance capacitors, RF and RF/Microwave filters, advanced medtech microphones, balanced armature speakers, miniaturization products, and High-Q ceramic core inductors, serving MedTech, Defense, Industrial, and Electrification / Energy markets.
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Form 144 discloses a planned sale of 25,000 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on or about February 3, 2026, to be sold on the NYSE with an aggregate market value of $637,500.
The securities to be sold were acquired as performance shares from the issuer on February 8, 2021, in the same 25,000-share amount. The notice also lists prior sales by Jeffrey S. Niew over the past three months: 25,000 shares for $600,000 on December 10, 2025, 25,000 shares for $587,500 on December 4, 2025, and 50,000 shares for $1,237,500 on January 15, 2026.
Knowles Corporation’s Senior Vice President & CFO John S. Anderson reported equity compensation activity involving company common stock. On January 30, 2026, he received 17,396 shares through the settlement of performance share units granted under the Knowles Corporation Equity Incentive Plan after a three-year performance period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. Mr. Anderson had previously elected to defer receipt of these shares until that date. On the same day, a total of 7,298 shares were withheld at a price of $24.24 per share to cover tax liabilities related to the PSU settlement in transactions coded "F". After these entries, he directly owned 215,957 shares of Knowles common stock.
Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC, a Delaware investment adviser, filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting its beneficial ownership of Knowles Corporation common stock. It reports holding 1,258,590 shares of Knowles, representing 1.5% of the outstanding common stock as of the event date.
Franklin Mutual Advisers has sole voting power over 1,190,848 shares and sole dispositive power over 1,258,590 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The shares are held in client accounts, which receive dividends and sale proceeds. The filing states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Knowles.
Knowles Corp President & CEO Jeffrey Niew sold a total of 50,000 shares of common stock in pre-planned trades. On January 15, 2026, he sold 25,000 shares at $25.00 and another 25,000 shares at $24.50, reported as open market sale transactions. These sales were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 13, 2025, which is designed to allow insiders to sell shares according to a preset schedule. After these transactions, Niew directly held 839,370 shares of Knowles common stock.
KN filed a Form 144 notice for a planned stock sale by shareholder Jeffrey S. Niew. The filing states an intention to sell 50,000 shares of KN common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $1,237,500. The number of KN common shares outstanding is listed as 85,151,884.
The shares to be sold were originally acquired from the issuer as equity awards, including performance shares and restricted stock granted between February 8, 2021 and February 7, 2022. The notice also lists prior KN common stock sales in the past three months by the same seller, including 98,252 shares sold on October 31, 2025 for gross proceeds of $2,330,026.53.
Knowles Corp Senior Vice President and COO Daniel Giesecke reported an insider equity transaction involving company common stock. On 12/11/2025, he exercised a non-qualified stock option to buy 31,513 shares of Knowles common stock at an exercise price of $16.77 per share, as shown by transaction code "M" in the filing. The related derivative position was fully exercised, leaving 0 non-qualified stock options of this grant outstanding.
On the same date, transaction code "F" shows a disposition of 26,205 shares of common stock at $24.04 per share, described as shares withheld to cover the option exercise price and tax liability. After these transactions, Giesecke directly owned 184,180 shares of Knowles common stock.
Knowles Corp insider activity shows its President & CEO, who is also a director, reporting a sale of company stock. On 12/10/2025, the reporting person sold 25,000 shares of Knowles common stock at a price of $24 per share. After this transaction, the insider beneficially owns 889,370 shares of Knowles common stock in direct ownership form. The filing notes that this trade was carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 13, 2025, which is designed to allow insiders to systematically sell shares under predefined conditions.
A holder of KN common stock has filed notice of a planned sale of 25,000 shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, with an aggregate market value of 600000.00. The sale is expected to occur on or around 12/10/2025 on the NYSE, where 85,151,884 common shares are reported as outstanding. The shares to be sold were originally acquired from the issuer as restricted stock and performance shares in February 2022. Over the past three months, the same individual, Jeffrey S. Niew, has reported additional sales of KN common stock, including 25,000 shares on 12/04/2025, 38,404 shares on 11/03/2025, and 98,252 shares on 10/31/2025, with total disclosed gross proceeds in the low millions of dollars.
Knowles Corp (KN) insider trading update: the company’s President and CEO, who is also a director, reported selling 25,000 shares of Knowles common stock on December 4, 2025. The sale was reported at a price of $23.50 per share, using transaction code “S,” which indicates an open market or private sale. After this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owns 914,370 shares of Knowles common stock. The filing notes that the sale was carried out under a Rule 10b5‑1 trading plan that the reporting person adopted on August 13, 2025, which is a pre-arranged plan commonly used to systematically sell shares over time.
Jeffrey S. Niew filed a Form 144 notice to sell common stock of KN under Rule 144. The planned sale covers 25,000 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, with an aggregate market value of $587,500, and the shares are listed on the NYSE. The filing notes 85,151,884 common shares outstanding. The securities to be sold were acquired as restricted stock from the issuer in three grants in February 2022. Over the past three months, Niew has already sold 38,404 common shares for gross proceeds of $904,402.68 and 98,252 common shares for $2,330,026.53.