Carolyn Herzog - 11 Mar 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Elastic N.V. (ESTC)

Signature
/s/ Marielle Reints, by power of attorney
Issuer symbol
ESTC
Transactions as of
11 Mar 2024
Net transactions value
-$267,598
Form type
4
Filing time
13 Mar 2024, 18:11:39 UTC
Previous filing
12 Dec 2023
Next filing
29 Mar 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction ESTC Ordinary Shares Sale $267,598 -2,591 -2.9% $103.28 87,799 11 Mar 2024 Direct F1
* 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.