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KOP Insider Trading & Form 4 Activity

Koppers Holdings Inc.
Last filing: Sep 1, 2026·1mo ago· Data may be outdated
BEARISH · LAST 90 DAYS
0%
buyers
$0
0 buys
$4.9M
7 sells
-$4.9M
net selling
4
insiders
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ACTIVE SELLING CLUSTER

4 insiders sold a combined $4.7M of KOP between Aug 7, 2026 and Aug 19, 2026.

Sullivan James A., Pearce Bradley A, Lucas Stephen G, Ball M Leroy

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Net flow — last 12 months

Monthly net of insider buys minus sells. Green months indicate net buying; red months indicate net selling.

Most active insiders

Ranked by total transaction value over the last 90 days.

INSIDERBOUGHTSOLDNET
Sullivan James A.
President and CTO
—
$4.4M
-$4.4M
Ball M Leroy
CEO
—
$321K
-$321K
Pearce Bradley A
CAO
—
$102K
-$102K
Lucas Stephen G
SVP, Culture and Engagement
—
$58K
-$58K

Recent transactions

Every Form 4 transaction for KOP, newest first.

GIFT
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Aug 31·Filed Sep 1·EDGAR ↗
200 sh
—
SELL
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Aug 31·Filed Sep 1·EDGAR ↗
4,000 sh @ $45.96
$184K
SELL
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Aug 19·Filed Aug 20·EDGAR ↗
3,000 sh @ $45.84
$138K
SELL
Lucas Stephen G · SVP, Culture and Engagement
Tx Aug 12·Filed Aug 13·EDGAR ↗
1,308 sh @ $44.55
$58K
SELL
Sullivan James A. · President and CTO
Tx Aug 11·Filed Aug 12·EDGAR ↗
7,500 sh @ $50.00
$375K
SELL
Pearce Bradley A · CAO
Tx Aug 10·Filed Aug 11·EDGAR ↗
2,000 sh @ $51.01
$102K
SELL
Sullivan James A. · President and CTO
Tx Aug 7·Filed Aug 11·EDGAR ↗
79,900 sh @ $50.01
$4.0M
SELL
Sullivan James A. · President and CTO
Tx Aug 7·Filed Aug 11·EDGAR ↗
100 sh @ $51.22
$5K
SELL
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Jun 18·Filed Jun 23·EDGAR ↗
3,412 sh @ $43.90
$150K
GIFT
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
300 sh
—
SELL
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
4,141 sh @ $41.34
$171K
GIFT
Feng Xudong · Insider
Tx Jun 3·Filed Jun 4·EDGAR ↗
5,695 sh
—
AWARD
Brenner Eric D. · CFO and Treasurer
Tx May 26·Filed May 27·EDGAR ↗
6,620 sh
—
SELL
Ball M Leroy · CEO
Tx May 13·Filed May 14·EDGAR ↗
2,659 sh @ $42.55
$113K
AWARD
Pearce Bradley A · Interim CFO and CAO
Tx May 12·Filed May 14·EDGAR ↗
5,000 sh
—
AWARD
Vartanian Nishan J. · Insider
Tx May 7·Filed May 11·EDGAR ↗
3,280 sh
—
EXERCISE
Vartanian Nishan J. · Insider
Tx May 7·Filed May 11·EDGAR ↗
50 sh
—
AWARD
Jensen Traci L · Insider
Tx May 7·Filed May 11·EDGAR ↗
3,280 sh
—
EXERCISE
Jensen Traci L · Insider
Tx May 7·Filed May 11·EDGAR ↗
50 sh
—
AWARD
Feng Xudong · Insider
Tx May 7·Filed May 11·EDGAR ↗
3,280 sh
—

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About KOP insider trading data

Form 4 is the SEC filing required when an officer, director, or 10% owner of a public company buys or sells the company's stock. By law, these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade. Tracenotes pulls every Form 4 filing for KOP from EDGAR, parses it, and surfaces the activity on this page.

What insider buying tells you. Open-market purchases by insiders are widely studied as a meaningful signal. Unlike stock awards (which are compensation, not conviction), an executive spending their own money to buy shares of the company they run is a vote of confidence. Studies have found insider-buying clusters — three or more insiders buying within a short window — outperform the broader market over the following year.

What insider selling tells you. Selling is noisier. Many sales are pre-scheduled under SEC Rule 10b5-1 plans, which let insiders sell on a fixed schedule regardless of company news. We label these "10b5-1" so you can see them. Discretionary sales — sales not tied to a plan — are more meaningful, especially when multiple insiders sell in quick succession.

Tracenotes methodology. We scan EDGAR daily for new Form 4 filings, parse them into individual transactions, and detect clusters when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. The data on this page covers the last 12 months. For deeper analysis, Tracenotes also runs language-change detection on 10-K and 10-Q filings — that's our core product.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Form 4 filing?

Form 4 is the SEC disclosure required when a company insider — an officer, director, or 10% owner — buys or sells the company's stock. By law these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade.

Is insider buying KOP always bullish?

Open-market purchases by insiders are widely viewed as a bullish signal because executives are spending their own money. Stock awards and option exercises are part of compensation and don't carry the same weight, which is why we treat them separately on this page.

What is a 10b5-1 trade?

A trade made under SEC Rule 10b5-1, which lets insiders pre-schedule sales weeks or months in advance. These sales execute on a fixed plan regardless of company news, so they're a weaker signal than discretionary sales. We label them with a "10b5-1" tag.

What is an insider cluster?

A cluster is when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. Clusters are studied as stronger signals than single trades because multiple people independently reach the same view. We surface active clusters on Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) when they form.

Where does KOP insider trading data come from?

Every Form 4 filing for KOP is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR. Tracenotes scans EDGAR daily, parses each Form 4 into individual transactions, and updates this page within hours of new filings.

Nothing on this page constitutes investment advice. Form 4 data is sourced from SEC EDGAR and provided for research purposes only.

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