Costanza Kelly 4
Accession 0001628280-26-003290
Filed
Jan 22, 7:00 PM ET
Accepted
Jan 23, 4:14 PM ET
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Accession
0001628280-26-003290
Research Summary
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CAVA (CAVA) Chief People Officer Kelly Costanza Sells 1,702 Shares
What Happened
Kelly Costanza, Chief People Officer of CAVA Group, sold 1,702 shares of CAVA common stock on 2026-01-21 for a reported weighted-average price of $67.41, generating approximately $114,732 in proceeds. The sale is reported as a disposition (S) and was a mandatory "sell to cover" transaction to satisfy tax withholding tied to the vesting of RSUs, not a discretionary sale by the insider.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-01-21; Form 4 filed 2026-01-23 (reported two days after the transaction).
- Price: $67.41 reported as the weighted average price allocated to the reporting person; broker sold 52,702 shares for employees at prices ranging $67.05–$67.78.
- Shares sold: 1,702; Proceeds: ~$114,732.
- Reason: Mandatory sell-to-cover to satisfy tax withholding on vested RSUs (footnote F1). The filing states these sales were not discretionary.
- Ownership after transaction: Not specified in the summary data provided; filing indicates ownership figures include unvested RSUs (footnote F3).
- Footnotes: F1 (mandatory sell-to-cover), F2 (weighted average price from multiple sales allocated pro rata), F3 (ownership includes unvested RSUs).
Context
Sell-to-cover transactions are routine when restricted stock units vest and do not necessarily indicate insider sentiment about the company. The filing provides that the reported price is an allocation of a larger block of sales executed by the broker; the reporting person can provide detailed price allocation on request.
Insider Transaction Report
- Sale
Common Stock
[F1][F2][F3]2026-01-21$67.41/sh−1,702$114,732→ 120,846 total
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]The sales reported on this Form 4 represent shares of Common Stock required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs"). These sales are mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plans to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person.
- [F2]The price reported in column 4 represents the weighted average price of 52,702 shares of Common Stock sold by the broker on behalf of employees of the Issuer as a result of mandatory sell to cover transactions associated with the vesting of RSUs. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $67.05 to $67.78, inclusive. The proceeds of all such sales were allocated to the employees, including the Reporting Person, on a pro rata basis. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any securityholder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (2) to this Form 4.
- [F3]Includes unvested RSUs.
Signature
Documents
Issuer
CAVA GROUP, INC.
CIK 0001639438
Related Parties
1- filerCIK 0002048806
Filing Metadata
- Form type
- 4
- Filed
- Jan 22, 7:00 PM ET
- Accepted
- Jan 23, 4:14 PM ET
- Size
- 6.0 KB