Matthew J. Zimpfer - 17 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO)

Role
General Counsel
Signature
Heidi M. Krings, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol
CNO
Transactions as of
17 Feb 2026
Net transactions value
-$1,331,842
Form type
4
Filing time
18 Feb 2026, 19:36:26 UTC
Previous filing
12 Feb 2026
SEC
View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Zimpfer Matthew J. General Counsel C/O CNO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 11299 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 200, CARMEL Heidi M. Krings, Attorney-in-Fact 18 Feb 2026 0001438233

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CNO Common Stock Options Exercise $549,888 +23,570 +7.7% $23.33 331,507 17 Feb 2026 Direct
transaction CNO Common Stock Sale $1,017,413 -23,570 -7.1% $43.17 307,937 17 Feb 2026 Direct F1, F2
transaction CNO Common Stock Options Exercise $590,824 +33,800 +11% $17.48 341,737 18 Feb 2026 Direct
transaction CNO Common Stock Sale $1,455,141 -33,800 -9.9% $43.05 307,937 18 Feb 2026 Direct F1, F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction CNO Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -23,570 -100% $0.000000 0 17 Feb 2026 Common Stock 23,570 $23.33 Direct F4
transaction CNO Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -33,800 -100% $0.000000 0 18 Feb 2026 Common Stock 33,800 $17.48 Direct F5
* 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 Shares sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on June 9, 2025.
F2 Reflects the weighted average sale price. Shares were sold at prices ranging from $42.94 per share to $43.79 per share. Reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or any security holder of the issuer.
F3 Reflects the weighted average sale price. Shares were sold at prices ranging from $42.92 per share to $43.28 per share. Reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or any security holder of the issuer.
F4 One-half of the stock options vested and became exercisable on February 21, 2020, and one-half vested and became exercisable on February 21, 2021.
F5 One-half of the stock options vested and became exercisable on February 19, 2021, and one-half vested and became exercisable on February 19, 2022.