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Home › Insider trades › Bentley Systems › 28K BSY shares were withheld to cover taxes or exercise cost (Chair)
Why it stands out Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.
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Transaction date Oct 22, 2026
Reporting period Not applicable
Filed with the SEC Oct 26, 2026 Chair Tax withholding
Context Classification tax withholding
Code F — shares delivered to pay exercise price or tax liability
Planned / mechanical clue Tax mechanics (code F)
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID 0001104659-26-118785
Filed / recorded
Oct 26, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC
Added to OQRO Oct 26, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC
Data quality Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC
Reporting person Gregory S Bentley
Relationship Director, Officer, 10% owner
Officer title Executive Chair & President
Security Class B Common Stock
Table Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date Oct 22, 2026
Acquired / disposed Disposed (D)
Shares owned after 7,716,252
Footnotes from the filing Represents shares withheld by the Issuer to cover taxes owed by the Reporting Person in respect of the Bonus Pool Payment. 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 28, 2026 Federal contract · $73K obligated Department of Agriculture awarded BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC: $73K obligated to date Sep 18, 2026 Federal contract · $32K obligated Department of the Interior awarded BENTLEY SYSTEMS INC: $32K obligated to date What came next Oct 23, 2026 Insider Director sold ~$666K of BSY shares in the open market Oct 26, 2026 Insider Director sold ~$5.57M of BSY shares in the open market Oct 30, 2026 Insider Director sold ~$13.8M of BSY shares in the open market Nov 5, 2026 Company filing · Form 8-K · Results Reported its results Nov 5, 2026 Insider · 1 person Insiders: 3 sales (~$23.2M) Nov 6, 2026 Insider CFO sold ~$450K of BSY shares in the open market Nov 10, 2026 Insider Director sold ~$4.52M of BSY shares in the open market Nov 13, 2026 5% stake Verdugo Bentley Marie T. reported a passive stake (13G) of 8.6% 