Insider trade

CFO sold ~$6.61M of KLAC shares in the open market

Traded Aug 12, 2026 · Filed Aug 13, 2026

~$6.61M
Reported value · 32K sh @ $209.87: 308K
Holds after · shares reported: -3.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.1%, $208.25 → $200.33 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of KLA Corporation sold $6.61M 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: Aug 12, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 13, 2026

CFO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$6,610,905

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

15 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 $208.25 on Aug 12, 2026, 147% above its 52-week low and 31% below its high, after a 31% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $84.39 (Sep 3, 2025) to $301.71 (Jun 30, 2026), 57% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $301.71 on Jun 30, 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	-9.7%	-1.4%	-8.3%
30 days	-17.0%	-2.0%	-15.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-349139
Filed / recorded: Aug 13, 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: Bren D. Higgins
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 12, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 31,500
Price per share: $209.87
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 307,815.4359
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 11, 2026.
The number of shares of KLA common stock includes 128,244.613 shares issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs").

Around the same time

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

Officer sold ~$6.6M of KLA Corporation

Scheduled in advance8w ago