H. Phillip Moore Jr. - 13 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for NICOLET BANKSHARES INC (NIC)

Role: CFO
Signature: /s/ H. Phillip Moore, Jr.
Issuer symbol: NIC
Transactions as of: 13 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: +$343,125
Form type: 4
Filing time: 17 Feb 2026, 17:38:21 UTC
Previous filing: 21 Jan 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
MOORE HUBERT PHILLIP JR	CFO	C/O NICOLET NATIONAL BANK, 111 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET, GREEN BAY	/s/ H. Phillip Moore, Jr.	17 Feb 2026	0001866582

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	NIC	Common Stock	Award	$517,248	+3,333	+9.1%	$155.19	40,137	13 Feb 2026	Direct	F1
transaction	NIC	Common Stock	Tax liability	$174,123	-1,122	-2.8%	$155.19	39,015	13 Feb 2026	Direct	F2, F3
holding	NIC	Common Stock						400	13 Feb 2026	By Spouse's IRA

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock unit ("RSU") vesting. Per the terms of the RSU, the performance-based metric of successfully closing the merger between Nicolet Bankshares, Inc., and MidWestOne Financial Group was completed on February 13, 2026.
F2	Shares withheld to cover the tax liability of the RSU performance vesting on February 13, 2026.
F3	Includes shares acquired under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. I have not acquired additional shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan since my last filing on January 21, 2026. I own a total of 462 shares in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of the date of this report.