Coffin Kim 4
4 · Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. · Filed Mar 19, 2026
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Sprouts (SFM) SVP Coffin Kim Sells 467 Shares
What Happened Coffin Kim, SVP and Chief Forager at Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), sold 467 shares of common stock on March 18, 2026, at $83.50 per share for proceeds of $38,992. The Form 4 indicates this was a broker-assisted sale to satisfy tax withholding obligations triggered by the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs), not a discretionary open-market trade.
Key Details
- Transaction date and price: 2026-03-18, 467 shares at $83.50 each (total $38,992).
- Report filed: 2026-03-19 (timely filing; no late flag).
- Reported holdings: filing notes beneficial ownership that includes 16,966 shares of common stock and 6,679 restricted stock units (each RSU converts to one share upon vesting).
- Footnote: sale was a broker-assisted tax-withholding transaction (not a voluntary sale by the insider).
- RSU vesting schedule called out: 1,478 RSUs vest evenly on Mar 19, 2026 & Mar 19, 2027; 1,299 RSUs vest evenly on Mar 12, 2027 & Mar 12, 2028; 3,902 RSUs vest evenly on Mar 12, 2027, Mar 12, 2028 & Mar 12, 2029 (vesting assumes continued employment).
Context This was a tax-withholding sale tied to RSU vesting (transaction code F), a common administrative transaction that does not necessarily reflect the insider’s trading view. For retail investors, outright purchases are generally more informative about insider sentiment; tax-related disposals are routine.
Insider Transaction Report
- Sale
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
[F1][F2]2026-03-18$83.50/sh−467$38,992→ 23,645 total
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]This transaction was a broker-assisted sale of shares of common stock to satisfy the withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock units, as mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plan documents, and does not represent a discretionary trade by the reporting person.
- [F2]Includes 16,966 shares of common stock and 6,679 restricted stock units. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of common stock. 1,478 restricted stock units will vest evenly over two years on March 19, 2026 and March 19, 2027, 1,299 restricted stock units will vest evenly over two years on March 12, 2027 and March 12, 2028, and 3,902 restricted stock units will vest evenly over three years on March 12, 2027, March 12, 2028 and March 12, 2029. All such vests assume continued employment through the applicable vest date.