Knowles Corp director Keith Barnes reported several share transfers involving 41,048 shares of common stock. On February 10, 2026, he made bona fide gifts of 41,048 shares, including a transfer to a family trust where he serves as trustee and his immediate family are beneficiaries.
On February 19, 2026, the family trust disposed of 41,048 Knowles shares by contributing them to an exchange fund in return for exchange fund shares, using a value of $27.16 per share to determine the exchange. After these transactions, Barnes held 57,034 shares directly and no shares indirectly through the trust.
KN files a Rule 144 notice reporting proposed and recent sales of Common stock. The filing lists a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC entry showing 7,422 shares with $208,521.83 and sale date 02/24/2026. It also lists restricted stock entries of 3,879 shares dated 02/20/2026 and 3,543 shares dated 02/18/2026. The filing records that Robert J Perna sold 3,166 Common shares on 02/10/2026 for $85,756.18.
Knowles Corp SVP, General Counsel & Secretary Robert J. Perna had 3,086 shares of common stock withheld at $27.54 per share to cover taxes on a restricted stock vesting dated February 20, 2024, a non-open-market disposition under code F. After this tax-withholding transaction, he directly holds 87,694 shares and reports an additional 9,221 shares held indirectly by a trust.
Knowles Corp President & CEO Jeffrey Niew reported a tax-related share disposition. On the vesting of a restricted stock grant dated February 20, 2024, 17,456 shares of common stock were withheld to cover tax liabilities, as permitted under Rule 16b-3. After this non-market transaction, he directly owned 883,719 shares.
Knowles Corp Senior Vice President & COO Daniel J. Giesecke reported a Form 4 transaction where 3,968 shares of common stock were withheld at $27.54 per share to satisfy tax obligations tied to a restricted stock vesting. He now directly holds 196,056 shares.
Knowles Corp executive Raymond D. Cabrera, SVP and Chief HR Officer, reported a tax-withholding share disposition related to restricted stock vesting. On this transaction, 3,086 shares of common stock were withheld at $27.54 per share to cover tax liabilities. After the withholding, Cabrera directly holds 126,512 shares of Knowles common stock.
Knowles Corp Vice President and Controller Bastarrica Air A. Jr. reported a Form 4 showing a tax-withholding disposition of 2,347 shares of common stock at $27.54 per share. The shares were withheld to cover taxes on a restricted stock grant that vested on February 20, 2025, leaving him with 57,569 directly held shares.
Knowles Corp Senior Vice President & CFO John S. Anderson reported a tax-related share disposition. On February 20, he had 5,731 shares of common stock withheld at $27.54 per share to cover tax liabilities tied to a restricted stock grant that vested on February 20, 2024, under Rule 16b-3. After this withholding, he directly holds 234,596 shares of Knowles common stock.
Knowles Corp director Cheryl L. Shavers sold 3,700 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at a weighted average price of $27.40 per share. After this sale, she directly holds 36,076 Knowles shares. The trades were executed in multiple lots between $27.37 and $27.45.
Knowles Corporation reported that its Board’s Compensation Committee granted a special equity award of performance share units (PSUs) to Chief Operating Officer Daniel J. Giesecke under the 2018 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan. The target award is 18,423 PSUs, with a grant date fair value of $500,000, and potential payout from 0% to 140% of target.
The PSUs have a two-year performance period from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027, based on revenue and adjusted EBIT goals for the Cornell Dubilier business unit. Each year’s revenue and adjusted EBIT goals each control 25% of the target PSUs, with threshold, target, and maximum payouts set at 60%, 100%, and 140% of target, respectively. No PSUs vest until the Committee certifies results after the performance period, and continued employment is required, subject to specified Change of Control and termination provisions.