Carolyn Herzog - Sep 11, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Elastic N.V. (ESTC)

Signature
/s/ Marielle Reints, by power of attorney
Stock symbol
ESTC
Transactions as of
Sep 11, 2023
Transactions value $
-$307,293
Form type
4
Date filed
9/13/2023, 04:56 PM
Previous filing
Jul 6, 2023
Next filing
Dec 12, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction ESTC Ordinary Shares Sale -$204K -2.62K -3.1% $77.83 82K Sep 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction ESTC Ordinary Shares Sale -$103K -1.32K -1.61% $78.25 80.7K Sep 12, 2023 Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The ordinary shares were sold to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units. This sale was mandated by the Issuer's equity incentive plan which requires the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and does not represent a discretionary trade by the Reporting Person.
F2 This sale was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 31, 2023.