Insider trade

CEO sold ~$12.4M of KLAC shares in the open market

Traded Sep 15, 2026 · Filed Sep 16, 2026

KLA CorporationKLAC

~$12.4M
Reported value · 72K sh @ $171.88: 707K
Holds after · shares reported: +19.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.9%, $168.02 → $200.33 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of KLA Corporation sold $12.4M of KLA Corporation shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Sep 15, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Sep 16, 2026

CEO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$12,378,626

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

49 days after results of Jul 28, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $168.02 on Sep 15, 2026, 71% above its 52-week low and 44% below its high, after an 8% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $98.275 (Oct 10, 2025) to $301.71 (Jun 30, 2026), 34% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $182.75 on Aug 3, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+10.7%	+0.6%	+10.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-393053
Filed / recorded: Sep 16, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: KLA CORP
Issuer CIK: 319201
Ticker: KLAC
Reporting person: Richard P Wallace
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President and CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Sep 15, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 72,019
Price per share: $171.88
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 706,924.5499
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This sale was effected pursuant to the terms of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on November 19, 2025.
The number of shares of KLA common stock includes 386,970.215 shares issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs").

Around the same time

Officer plans to sell ~$12.4M of KLA Corporation

Planned, from pay3w ago

Officer sold ~$12.4M of KLA Corporation

Scheduled in advance8w ago

8w ago

Fund holdings

11KPrior-quarter shares · no longer reported

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

Why it stands out Official record