Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
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View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
May 4, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
May 5, 2026
CEOGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001166976-26-000011
Filed / recorded
May 5, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 6, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
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form4-xml-v2
Data quality
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Issuer
COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Issuer CIK
1158324
Ticker
CCOI
Reporting person
Dave Schaeffer
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
CHAIRMAN, CEO, AND PRESIDENT
Security
common stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
May 4, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
1,000,000
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
1,609,143
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
This award of restricted stock will vest in three tranches, with each tranche vesting on the last day of any consecutive sixty-calendar-day period during the period from February 28, 2026, through February 28, 2031, if the volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock equals or exceeds: $70.00, in which case 200,000 shares will vest; $85.00, in which a case 300,000 will vest; and $100, in which case 500,000 shares will vest. Vesting is subject to the reporting person's continuous service with the company as chief executive officer for the period from February 28, 2026, to December 31, 2028, and either as CEO or in such other capacity approved by the Board for the period from January 1, 2029, to February 28, 2031.