[Form 4] Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE Insider Trading Activity
Rivian Automotive (RIVN) reported insider equity award changes involving its CEO. On November 6, 2025, the company canceled the 2021 CEO Performance Award and granted a new 2025 CEO Award. The new grant is a stock option for 36,500,000 shares of Class A common stock with an exercise price of $15.22 and an expiration date of 11/06/2035.
The prior performance award reflected a stock option covering 20,355,946 shares at an exercise price of $21.72 that was disposed in connection with the exchange. The 2025 CEO Award vests in tranches: 22,000,000 shares based on stock price thresholds and 14,500,000 shares based on financial performance targets, subject to continued service. A separate time-based option granted alongside the 2021 award remains outstanding and continues to vest, including 6,785,315 shares vesting in six substantially equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of Rivian’s IPO. Following the reported transactions, derivative securities beneficially owned include 36,500,000 (new award) and 4,922,182 (time-based option).
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CEO award replaced: 36.5M new options, prior performance award canceled.
Rivian replaced a prior performance-based option with a new 2025 CEO Award granted on
Vesting is split between market and operational performance: 22,000,000 shares vest on stock price hurdles, and 14,500,000 on financial targets, each conditioned on continued service. A separate time-based option from 2021 remains and includes 6,785,315 shares vesting over six annual installments starting from the IPO’s first anniversary.
This reshapes long-term incentives but actual outcomes depend on meeting price and performance conditions. The filing lists 36,500,000 derivative securities from the new award and 4,922,182 from the time-based option as beneficially owned after the transactions.