NVDA Form 4: Director Coxe Tench reports 1M-share gift, retains large trust holdings
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Coxe Tench, a director of NVIDIA Corp (NVDA), reported transfers of common stock on Form 4 dated 09/08/2025. The filing shows a transaction coded G (gift) for 1,000,000 shares disposed of at $0, after which the reporting person’s beneficial holdings are reported as 25,671,360 shares (indirect) held by a trust. The filing also lists 56,167 shares disposed and 4,852,480 shares indirectly held by a company profit sharing plan trust for the reporting person.
The explanations specify the 1,000,000-share transfer was a gift, some shares are held by a trust where the reporting person is trustee (with a disclaimer of beneficial ownership except for pecuniary interest), and other shares are held in the SHV Profit Sharing Plan for the reporting person’s benefit. The form is signed by power of attorney on 09/10/2025.
Positive
- Timely disclosure of insider transactions via a filed Form 4
- Clarity on ownership with explanations that shares are held by trust and a profit sharing plan
Negative
- Transfer of 1,000,000 shares as a gift, reducing the reporting person’s direct/indirect holdings
- Disposition of 56,167 shares also reported without price detail in the summary section
Insights
TL;DR: Director reported a 1,000,000-share gift and retains substantial indirect holdings via trust and retirement plan.
The Form 4 shows a material non-sale transfer: a gift of 1,000,000 shares executed 09/08/2025, recorded at $0, which reduces the director’s direct/indirect position but leaves sizable indirect ownership (25.67 million shares by trust and 4.85 million via a profit sharing plan). The filing includes standard disclaimers about trust-held shares and is executed by power of attorney. For governance review, the transaction appears to be a personal transfer rather than a market sale, reducing immediate market signaling risk but changing beneficial ownership disclosures.
TL;DR: Insider transferred shares as a gift; remaining indirect holdings remain large, so investor impact is limited.
The entry code G indicates a gift of 1,000,000 shares on 09/08/2025. Following the transaction, the reporting person is shown with 25,671,360 shares indirectly via a trust and 4,852,480 shares via a profit sharing plan, indicating continued substantial exposure to NVDA equity. From a securities perspective, gifts do not provide cash proceeds and are distinct from open-market sells; while the transfer is sizable in absolute terms, the retained indirect stake suggests limited change to alignment with shareholders.