Insider trade

CFO sold ~$2.79M of KLAC shares in the open market

Traded Dec 16, 2025 · Filed Dec 18, 2025

~$2.79M
Reported value · 2,254 sh @ $1,237.01: 32K
Holds after · shares reported: +63.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.5%, $122.337 → $200.33 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of KLA Corporation sold $2.79M 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: Dec 16, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 18, 2025

CFO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,788,221

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

48 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 44 days before results of Jan 29, 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 $122.337 on Dec 16, 2025, within 2% of its 52-week high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $57.653 (Apr 4, 2025) to $124.618 (Dec 11, 2025), 97% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $121.914 on Nov 3, 2025. 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	+2.7%	+1.4%	+1.3%
30 days	+19.3%	-0.4%	+19.8%
90 days	+21.3%	-3.0%	+24.4%
180 days	+91.7%	+8.9%	+82.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-25-324797
Filed / recorded: Dec 18, 2025, 9:05 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: Bren D. Higgins
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 16, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,254
Price per share: $1,237.01
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 32,154.4
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 May 5, 2025.
The number of shares of KLA common stock includes 21,418.468 shares issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs").

Around the same time

11mo ago

85Shares

Gift or transfer — classified separately from trades.

Why it stands out Official record

CEO sold ~$13M of KLA Corporation

Scheduled in advance11mo ago

11mo ago

804Shares

Gift or transfer — classified separately from trades.

Why it stands out Official record