InspireMD (NSPR) CCO auto-sells shares to cover RSU tax obligations
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
InspireMD, Inc.’s Chief Commercial Officer Shane Thomas Gleason reported a series of open-market sales of common stock primarily to cover tax withholding on vested restricted stock. The latest transaction on May 19, 2026 involved selling 22,778 shares at a weighted average price of $1.01 per share.
The filing shows a total of 85,295 shares sold across 14 transactions since early 2025, all described as required sales under an automatic sales instruction letter effecting a sell-to-cover election. Following the most recent sale, Gleason directly holds 1,053,882 shares of InspireMD common stock.
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Insights
Routine, pre-arranged tax-related insider sales with large remaining stake.
The transactions by InspireMD’s Chief Commercial Officer are all coded as open-market sales of common stock, totaling 85,295 shares since 2025. Footnotes state these sales were required to cover tax withholding on restricted stock vesting under an automatic sales instruction letter adopted on November 25, 2024.
Because these are sell-to-cover transactions rather than discretionary trades, they carry weaker informational value about management’s view of the stock. After the most recent sale of 22,778 shares at a weighted average of $1.01, the officer still directly owns 1,053,882 shares, indicating a substantial continuing equity position.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Common Stock | 22,778 | $1.01 | $23K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 2,941 | $1.59 | $5K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 7,186 | $2.51 | $18K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 3,760 | $2.51 | $9K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 1,572 | $2.51 | $4K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 2,482 | $2.51 | $6K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 10,000 | $3.65 | $37K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 5,132 | $2.46 | $13K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 7,073 | $2.51 | $18K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 9,923 | $2.55 | $25K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 2,454 | $2.51 | $6K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 3,660 | $2.46 | $9K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 2,476 | $2.61 | $6K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 3,858 | $2.71 | $10K |
Footnotes (1)
- The sales reported on this Form 4 represent shares of common stock required to be sold by the reporting person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock grants pursuant to an automatic sales instruction letter adopted by the reporting person on November 25, 2024 effecting the sell-to-cover election. These sales do not represent discretionary trades by the reporting person. The price reported is a weighted average price. The reported securities were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.04. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within such range.