Form 4 code · Rule 16b-3

Code F: payment of exercise price or tax by delivering securities.

Payment of an exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities received or exercised in a Rule 16b-3 transaction. Typically shares withheld to pay taxes when restricted stock vests. It is not a discretionary sale.

Quarter: Q3 2026
Non-derivative rows: 6,802
Derivative rows: 32
Share of non-derivative: 11.4%

Recent code F transactions

Latest-dated code F rows in Q3 2026. Shares and prices are as filed.
Date	Issuer	Insider	Shares	Price	Filing
2026-09-30	VerifyMe, Inc.	Cola Jennifer L.	4,841	$8.14	4
2026-09-30	VerifyMe, Inc.	Cola Jennifer L.	894	$8.14	4
2026-09-30	VerifyMe, Inc.	Stedham Adam H	18,590	$8.14	4
2026-09-30	VerifyMe, Inc.	Wang Jack	2,224	$8.14	4
2026-09-30	VerifyMe, Inc.	Volk Fred III	2,711	$8.14	4
2026-09-30	Avalanche Treasury Corp	Ostrower Sean William	15,541	$1.9	4

Query code F transactions

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curl "https://sec-api.dev/api/v1/insider-transactions?period=2026q3&transactionCode=F&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SEC_API_KEY"

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Questions

What does transaction code F mean on Form 4?

How common is code F?

In Q3 2026, code F appeared on 6,802 non-derivative and 32 derivative transaction rows in the SEC insider transactions data set (11.4% of non-derivative rows).

Other codes

P: Open market or S: Open market or V: Voluntarily reported earlier A: Grant, award or D: Disposition to the I: Discretionary transaction M: Exercise or conversion C: Conversion of derivative E: Expiration of short H: Expiration or cancellation O: Exercise of out-of-the-money X: Exercise of in-the-money G: Bona fide gift L: Small acquisition under W: Acquisition or disposition Z: Deposit into or J: Other acquisition or K: Transaction in equity U: Disposition pursuant to

Meaning: Form 4 General Instructions, Instruction 8. Counts and examples: SEC insider transactions data sets, Q3 2026.

Plain-text version for agents and LLMs: /form-4-transaction-codes/f.md

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