Light & Wonder (ASX:LNW) director exercises 135k options, sells 30k CDIs
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Light & Wonder, Inc. director Jamie Odell exercised stock options and completed related share dispositions. He exercised 135,000 shares of common stock at $35.42 per share, funded partly by withholding 53,748 CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) and selling 30,000 CDIs at $90.08 per share to cover tax obligations linked to the exercise. Following these transactions, he holds 72,193 shares directly, plus indirect holdings of 10,000 shares through the Jamie and Caroline Odell Superannuation Fund and 8,275 shares through New Dusk Pty Ltd (Odell Family Trust). Each CDI represents one fully paid share of common stock.
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Director’s Form 4 shows an option exercise funded by tax-related share dispositions.
Director Jamie Odell exercised 135,000 stock options at $35.42 per share, converting a derivative award into common equity. Footnotes state this is via CHESS Depositary Interests, each equal to one common share.
To fund the exercise and related obligations, 53,748 CDIs were withheld and 30,000 CDIs were sold at $90.08 per share to cover tax liability. This M + F + S pattern is typical of equity compensation events rather than a purely discretionary sale.
After these transactions, Odell holds 72,193 shares directly and additional indirect positions of 10,000 shares in a superannuation fund and 8,275 shares in a family trust. With no remaining options shown in this filing, the move mainly shifts value from options into common stock.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Common Stock | 30,000 | $90.08 | $2.70M |
| Exercise | Stock Option (right to buy) | 135,000 | $0.00 | -- |
| Exercise | Common Stock | 135,000 | $35.42 | $4.78M |
| Tax Withholding | Common Stock | 53,748 | $88.20 | $4.74M |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Footnotes (1)
- Shares are held via CHESS Depositary Interests ("CDIs"), which are units of beneficial ownership in shares of common stock of the Company that are publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (the "ASX") and held by CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty. Limited, a subsidiary of ASX Limited, the company that operates the ASX. Each CDI represents one fully paid share of common stock. Represents the withholding of CDIs to pay the exercise price upon the exercise of stock options. Price converted from Australian Dollars into U.S. Dollars based on an exchange rate of $1 AUD to $0.7047 USD. Represents the sale of CDIs to cover tax liability in connection with the exercise of stock options. Price converted from Australian Dollars into U.S. Dollars based on an exchange rate of $1 AUD to $0.7068 USD. Represents shares of common stock held by New Dusk Pty Ltd (Odell Family Trust), of which Mr. Odell serves as a director and a shareholder and is a beneficiary of the trust. Represents shares of common stock held by the Jamie and Caroline Odell Superannuation Fund, a fund of which Mr. Odell is the beneficiary. The stock options vested in three equal installments on September 28, 2021, 2022 and 2023.