Dave Schaeffer - 04 May 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (CCOI)

Reporting relationship: CHAIRMAN, CEO, AND PRESIDENT, Director
Issuer ticker: CCOI
Reported as of: 04 May 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 04 May 2026, 16:22:31 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 02 Apr 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ David Schaeffer

Key filing fact

Dave Schaeffer filed Form 4 for COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (CCOI) on 04 May 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Dave Schaeffer's Form 4 filing for COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (CCOI).
3 reported transactions and 0 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 04 May 2026, 16:22.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 02 Apr 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001166976 Primary reporting owner

SCHAEFFER DAVE

Relationship: CHAIRMAN, CEO, AND PRESIDENT, Director
Address: 2450 N ST NW, 4TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON
Signature: /s/ David Schaeffer
Signature date: 04 May 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

CCOI transaction

common stock

Award

Transaction value
Shares: +1,000,000
Change %: +164%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 1,609,143
Date: 04 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

CCOI transaction

common stock

Gift

Transaction value
Shares: -1,000,000
Change %: -62%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 609,143
Date: 04 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F2

CCOI transaction

common stock

Gift

Transaction value
Shares: +1,000,000
Change %: +386%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 1,258,990
Date: 04 May 2026
Ownership: by family trust

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 2 footnotes

Footnote F1

This award of restricted stock will vest in three tranches, with each tranche vesting on the last day of any consecutive sixty-calendar-day period during the period from February 28, 2026, through February 28, 2031, if the volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock equals or exceeds: $70.00, in which case 200,000 shares will vest; $85.00, in which a case 300,000 will vest; and $100, in which case 500,000 shares will vest. Vesting is subject to the reporting person's continuous service with the company as chief executive officer for the period from February 28, 2026, to December 31, 2028, and either as CEO or in such other capacity approved by the Board for the period from January 1, 2029, to February 28, 2031.

Footnote F2

These shares were transferred to a family trust for no consideration.