Udemy (UDMY) CFO reshapes stock awards after Coursera takeover
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Udemy, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Blanchard reported two equity transactions in common stock connected to Udemy’s merger with Coursera. She disposed of 1,551,295 shares in a transaction categorized as a disposition to the issuer and received a grant or award of 125,000 shares, both at a stated price of $0 per share.
Footnotes explain that a prior performance-based restricted stock unit award was deemed achieved upon a change of control triggered immediately before the merger’s effective time, leaving only time-based vesting. At the effective time of the merger, each share of Udemy common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.800 shares of Coursera common stock, and eligible Udemy restricted stock units were converted into Coursera restricted stock units using the same 0.800 factor.
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Insights
Udemy’s CFO equity awards were restructured as part of the Coursera merger.
The transactions show Sarah Blanchard disposing of 1,551,295 shares of Udemy common stock back to the issuer and receiving a grant of 125,000 shares. Both events occurred at a stated per-share price of $0, indicating non-cash, equity-compensation mechanics rather than open-market trading.
Footnotes link these changes to a change of control under the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Coursera. A performance-based RSU award granted on August 15, 2025 became earned based on the greater of target and actual performance, then continued with time-based vesting only. At the merger effective time, each Udemy share and eligible RSU converted into Coursera equity using a 0.800 share-for-share factor.
These details clarify how Udemy’s equity incentives transitioned into Coursera instruments after Udemy became a wholly owned subsidiary. The transactions are structural outcomes of the merger rather than discretionary buying or selling by the CFO, so their market signaling value is limited and must be understood in this compensation and deal-context framework.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant/Award | Common Stock | 125,000 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Common Stock | 1,551,295 | $0.00 | -- |
Footnotes (1)
- Represents shares of common stock under a performance-based restricted stock unit ("PSU") award granted effective August 15, 2025. In connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 17, 2025 (the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Issuer, Coursera, Inc. ("Coursera"), and Chess Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coursera ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger"), with the Issuer continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coursera. Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), a change of control was deemed to occur with respect to the PSU award, resulting in the PSU award being deemed achieved based on the greater of target and actual performance. Consequently, immediately prior to the Effective Time, the PSU award was subject only to time-based vesting conditions. At the Effective Time, each share of common stock of the Issuer ("Udemy Common Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than certain excluded shares) was converted into the right to receive 0.800 shares of common stock of Coursera ("Coursera Common Stock") and each restricted stock unit award that was not subject to performance-based vesting conditions and was not granted in respect of services as a non-employee director of Udemy (each, a "Udemy RSU Award") was assumed by Coursera and converted into a restricted stock unit award covering a number of shares of Coursera Common Stock equal to the product of (1) the number of shares of Udemy Common Stock that were subject to the Udemy RSU Award as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (2) 0.800 (rounded to the nearest whole number).