Lincoln Electric CEO Steven Hedlund Exercises Options, Sells $4,051,853 of Stock
Lincoln Electric Chairman, President and CEO Steven Hedlund exercised 14,371 stock options and sold the same number of shares for $4,051,853, according to a Form 4 filing made Monday.
The Oct. 30 transactions included the exercise of 450 options at $89.63 a share and 13,921 options at $114.27 a share. Hedlund then sold 14,371 shares at a weighted average price of $281.9465.
The filing does not indicate the sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Holdings after the sale
After the trades, Hedlund holds 63,483 Lincoln Electric shares directly, plus 2,495.425 shares in his 401(k) plan.
By the numbers
- 14,371 options exercised
- 14,371 shares sold on Oct. 30
- $281.9465 weighted average price
- $4,051,853 total
- 63,483 shares held directly afterward
Sources
- Steven Hedlund Form 4, filed Nov. 2, 2026 (accession 0001529684-26-000007)
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