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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. filings document an operating industrial company with Nasdaq-listed common shares and recurring disclosures on financial results, shareholder governance and executive compensation. Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual results press releases and record material corporate governance actions, including executive severance arrangements.
Proxy materials describe annual meeting proposals, director elections, auditor ratification and advisory votes on named executive officer compensation. The filings also identify the company’s registered common shares and provide formal records for board matters, shareholder voting outcomes, exhibits, Inline XBRL cover data and other Exchange Act disclosures tied to Lincoln Electric’s welding, cutting and automation business.
Lincoln Electric Holdings executive Susan C. Edwards reported equity compensation transactions. On February 18, she received 598 Common Shares and an Employee Stock Option for 2,394 shares, both granted at $0.00 per share as awards, with the option exercisable in three equal annual installments. On February 19, 93 Common Shares at $288.12 per share were disposed of to satisfy tax withholding, leaving her with 1,868 Common Shares held directly.
Lincoln Electric Holdings EVP, CFO & Treasurer Gabriel Bruno reported equity compensation activity and related tax withholding. On February 18, he received a grant of 5,780 employee stock options with an exercise price of $0.00 per share, exercisable in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date. He also acquired 1,444 common shares pursuant to a restricted stock unit award, bringing his direct common share holdings to 30,195 shares, including 277 shares held jointly with his spouse. On February 19, 161 common shares were disposed of at $288.12 per share in a tax-withholding disposition to cover obligations, reducing his direct common share holdings to 30,034 shares.
Lincoln Electric Holdings executive Lisa Dietrich reported equity compensation activity involving company common shares and stock options. She received a grant of 2,052 employee stock options and 513 common shares pursuant to a restricted stock unit award. The options vest in three equal annual installments. To cover tax obligations, 61 common shares were disposed of through a tax-withholding transaction.
Lincoln Electric Holdings EVP and General Counsel Jennifer I. Ansberry reported a set of option exercises and share sales. On February 17, she exercised 10,657 employee stock options, receiving the same number of common shares through a derivative exercise.
That same day, she conducted open-market sales totaling 10,657 common shares in several transactions at reported per-share prices of $288.6490, $289.1844 and $290.3780. On February 13, 465 shares were disposed of to cover tax obligations at $293.6800 per share.
After these transactions, she directly owned 18,708 common shares, which the disclosure notes includes 20 shares held as joint tenants with her spouse.
Lincoln Electric Holdings executive Gabriel Bruno, EVP, CFO & Treasurer, reported a tax-related share disposition. On the transaction date, he used 600 Common Shares in a tax-withholding disposition at $293.68 per share to cover tax obligations rather than selling shares on the open market.
After this transaction, Bruno directly owned 28,751 Common Shares, which includes 277 shares held jointly with his spouse. This filing reflects a share withholding mechanism tied to equity compensation, not a discretionary buy-or-sell trade.
Lincoln Electric Holdings EVP, CDIO Lisa Dietrich reported a tax-related share disposition. On the reported date, 195 Common Shares were disposed of as a tax-withholding transaction at a reported price of $293.68 per share. After this non-open-market disposition, she directly owned 2,743 Common Shares.
Lincoln Electric Holdings senior vice president Doria Gregory reported a tax-related share disposition. On February 13, 2026, she transferred 150 common shares at $293.68 per share to cover tax liabilities. After this non-market tax-withholding transaction, she directly holds 4,523 common shares.
Lincoln Electric Holdings executive reports tax-related share disposition
Michael J. Whitehead, SVP and President, Americas Welding at Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., reported a Form 4 transaction involving company common shares. On the reported date, 194 common shares were disposed of at a price of $293.68 per share to satisfy tax withholding obligations, as indicated by transaction code "F" for a tax-withholding disposition.
After this transaction, Whitehead directly owned 8,983 common shares. This type of transaction reflects shares withheld to cover taxes rather than an open-market sale.
A holder of LECO common stock has filed a notice to sell 10,657 shares on the NASDAQ, with an aggregate market value of $3,078,281.91. The sale is to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services.
The filing notes that 55,026,176 shares of this class were outstanding. The 10,657 shares were acquired on 02/17/2026 by exercising stock options under a registered plan, with the purchase price paid in cash on the same date.
Lincoln Electric Holdings reported solid fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. Fourth quarter net sales rose 5.5% to $1,078.7 million, with organic sales up 2.5%, and diluted EPS of $2.45; adjusted EPS increased to $2.65 from $2.57 a year earlier. Operating income margin was 17.1%, with an adjusted margin of 18.0%.
For the full year 2025, net sales grew 5.6% to $4,233.0 million, driven by 2.5% organic growth and a 2.7% benefit from acquisitions. Diluted EPS increased to $9.32 from $8.15, and adjusted EPS rose to $9.87 from $9.29. Operating income margin improved to 17.0% from 15.9%, while adjusted operating margin held at 17.6%. Net cash provided by operating activities reached $661.2 million, supporting $534.2 million of free cash flow and $507 million returned to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.