Form 4 Transaction Codes

Every code ranked by how often it was actually filed in 2025. Select a row for the full reference on that code, or sort by any column.

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AGrant or award27.7%21.8%43.5%106,411
MOption or derivative exercise21.8%14.4%41.7%83,684
SOpen market or private sale21.7%29.6%0.38%83,177
FShares withheld for taxes or exercise price13.2%18.1%0.13%50,650
POpen market or private purchase5.9%7.7%0.95%22,569
DDisposition to the issuer3.3%2.2%6.0%12,527
JOther acquisition or disposition2.5%2.3%2.9%9,572
GBona fide gift1.7%2.2%0.52%6,656
CConversion of a derivative1.7%1.1%3.3%6,445
XExercise of in or at the money derivative0.18%0.11%0.37%708
LSmall acquisition under Rule 16a-60.12%0.16%0%452
UDisposition pursuant to a tender of shares in a change of control transaction0.10%0.13%<0.01%366
IDiscretionary transaction in accordance with Rule 16b-3(f) resulting in acquisition or disposition of issuer securities0.08%0.06%0.13%297
WAcquisition or disposition by will or the laws of descent and distribution0.02%0.03%<0.01%87
EExpiration of short derivative position0.02%<0.01%0.07%74
HExpiration (or cancellation) of long derivative position with value received<0.01%0%0.02%24
ZDeposit into or withdrawal from voting trust<0.01%<0.01%0.01%20
OExercise of out-of-the-money derivative security<0.01%<0.01%<0.01%13

Each table column is measured against its own table, so "% of Table I" is the code's share of Table I lines only. Based on all 383,732 transaction lines reported on original Form 4 filings in calendar year 2025 (279,260 in Table I, 104,472 in Table II). Holdings lines and amendments are excluded. Tallied from the SEC's Insider Transactions Data Sets.

The eight least-used codes share one page: The Uncommon Form 4 Transaction Codes.