Updated
Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 23
Dropbox Co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi Sells 47,865 Shares Worth $1.6 Million for Taxes
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 23

Dropbox Co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi Sells 47,865 Shares Worth $1.6 Million for Taxes

1 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 23

Summary

  • 47,865 Dropbox shares held by co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi were disposed of on Aug. 17 in a non-discretionary transaction tied to vested restricted stock units, according to an SEC Form 4.
  • The company withheld the shares to cover tax remittance obligations from the vesting, meaning the sale was not an open-market trade or a discretionary bet on Dropbox's valuation.
  • 1,032,881 shares remain in Alkarmi's direct holdings after the transaction, a stake valued at about $34.48 million based on Dropbox's Aug. 17 closing price of $33.38.
  • Dropbox stock had returned 20% over the prior year heading into the filing, leaving the $8.6 billion software company with trailing 12-month revenue of $2.5 billion and net income of $442.8 million.

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