Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. officer Steven Hedlund filed a Form 144 notice on October 30, 2026, disclosing a proposed sale of 14,371 shares of common stock acquired through the exercise of options under a registered plan.

Key Highlights

  • Filing person: Steven Hedlund, identified as an officer of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
  • Shares proposed for sale: 14,371 shares of common stock, with an aggregate market value of $4,051,853.15 according to the filing.
  • Acquisition method: Shares were acquired on October 30, 2026, via exercise of options under a registered plan, with cash payment on the same date.
  • Approximate sale date: October 30, 2026, through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services, located at 1 New York Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
  • Total shares outstanding: 54,156,967 shares of common stock, as reported in the filing.
  • Prior sales: The filing indicates nothing to report for securities sold during the past three months.

Hedlund's Proposed Sale Details at Lincoln Electric Holdings

According to the Form 144 filing, Steven Hedlund, an officer of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO), proposed to sell 14,371 shares of the company's common stock. The aggregate market value of the shares proposed for sale was listed as $4,051,853.15. The filing states that the shares were acquired on October 30, 2026, through the exercise of options under a registered plan, with the issuer named as the person from whom the securities were acquired, and payment made in cash on the same date.

The proposed sale was to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services at 1 New York Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10004, on the NASDAQ exchange, with an approximate sale date of October 30, 2026. The filing notes that as of the notice date, total shares of common stock outstanding for Lincoln Electric Holdings stood at 54,156,967.

The filing further indicates that there were no securities of the issuer sold by Hedlund during the three months preceding the notice date. By signing the Form 144, Hedlund represented, as stated in the filing, that he does not know "any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed."

What Was Disclosed

A Form 144 notice of proposed sale was filed by Lincoln Electric Holdings officer Steven Hedlund on October 30, 2026, covering 14,371 common shares acquired through options exercise, with an aggregate market value of $4,051,853.15 and no prior sales in the preceding three months.