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Home › Insider trades › Skillsoft › CEO exercised or converted 31K SKIL derivative securities
Why it stands out Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
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Transaction date Oct 16, 2026
Reporting period Not applicable
Filed with the SEC Oct 20, 2026 CEO Option exercise
Context Classification option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID 0001091482-26-000021
Filed / recorded
Oct 20, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC
Added to OQRO Oct 20, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC
Data quality Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Reporting person Ronald W Hovsepian
Relationship Director, Officer
Officer title CEO & Executive Chair
Security Class A Common Stock
Table Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date Oct 16, 2026
Acquired / disposed Acquired (A)
Shares owned after 413,517
Around the same time Insider filing
Traded Oct 16 · filed 4 days later
Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
Insider filing
Traded Oct 1 · filed 5 days later
Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
Insider filing
Traded Oct 1 · filed 5 days later
Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.
The story around this disclosure Every dated public record OQRO holds about the company from 60 days before to 120 days after, oldest first. It shows what was going on; none of it is a stated reason for the trade.
Aug 26, 2026 Company filing · Form 8-K · Executive change Changed a top executive or board member “On August 26, 2026, Helena B. Foulkes notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Skillsoft Corp. (“Skillsoft”) of her resignation from the Board and all committees of the Board of which she is a member, effective August 31, 2026.” Sep 9, 2026 Company filing · Form 8-K · Results, Reg FD Reported its results, and shared information with investors Sep 15, 2026 Insider · 2 people Insiders: 2 purchases (~$153K) Sep 16, 2026 Insider CEO purchased ~$8.4K of SKIL shares in the open market Sep 17, 2026 Insider CEO purchased ~$17K of SKIL shares in the open market Sep 18, 2026 Insider CEO purchased ~$83K of SKIL shares in the open market Sep 21, 2026 Insider CEO purchased ~$51K of SKIL shares in the open market Sep 23, 2026 Insider CEO purchased ~$66K of SKIL shares in the open market 