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Element Solutions Inc insiders sold $25.7M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

0% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 100% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, Ian Ashken (Director), sold $7.9M.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 16, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026
$25.7M
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
0%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
5 of 13
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? More than usual: about 4x the 5-year average. 5 insiders sold; the average is 4 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed May 5 for a vesting on May 4. Ian Ashken had 6.5K shares vest or be exercised. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 23 filed in the 12 months to Oct 16, 2026; 358 on record since Jan 22, 2014 · See the evidence

What stands out

Four insiders sold $24.8M with no disclosed plan: Ian Ashken ($7.9M), Stanley Oneal ($7.1M) and Benjamin Gliklich ($6.3M), plus 1 more. The filings don't state a reason.Ian Ashken: largest such sale, Nov 5, 2025 · Stanley Oneal: largest such sale, Feb 20, 2026 · Benjamin Gliklich: largest such sale, Feb 24, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 5 officers and directors who sold. 13 are left out

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Left out: Ian Ashken, Benjamin Gliklich, John Capps, Stanley Oneal, Michael Goss, Carey Dorman, Martin Franklin, Christopher Fraser, Matthew Liebowitz, Richard Fricke, Elyse Filon, Caroline Lind and Susan Sofronas (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Ian Ashken
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$7.9MNo plan disclosed
Stanley Oneal
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$7.1MNo plan disclosed
Benjamin Gliklich
CEO, Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$6.3MNo plan disclosed
Carey Dorman
Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$3.4MNo plan disclosed
Matthew Liebowitz
President, Specialties
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$984KNo plan disclosed
Amounts, filings and trading plans for each seller

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

No plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
OctNov 2025: $7.9M no plan disclosedNovDec 2025: $984K no plan disclosedDecJanFeb 2026: $16.9M no plan disclosed$16.9MFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026

No officer or director trades were reported for the past 30 days. The most recent before that:

Feb 24, 2026Benjamin Gliklich sold 170K shares ($6.3M) with no plan disclosed.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Benjamin Gliklich
CEO, Director
170,000$37.30n/an/aFeb 24, 2026Feb 24, 2026

Outside holders, reported separately

Martin Franklin and Martin Franklin reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months. Large shareholders and the funds or companies that board members represent are not part of management, so they are left out of the figures above.

Details

Common questions

Is the Element Solutions Inc CEO selling stock?

Yes. Benjamin Gliklich sold 170K shares ($6.3M) in the past 12 months, none of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Element Solutions Inc insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 0% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 100% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Element Solutions Inc insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold5 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Ian Ashken
Director
$7.9M
292K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Stanley Oneal
Director
$7.1M
201K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Benjamin Gliklich
CEO, Director
$6.3M
170K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Carey Dorman
Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO
$3.4M
98K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Matthew Liebowitz
President, Specialties
$984K
37K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed

Sold by a charitable foundation the insider reports: Foundation, reported by Martin Franklin. A foundation's shares are not the insider's own stake, so they are left out of the figures above.

Board members representing outside shareholders, reported separately: Martin Franklin. Details

The full ownership picture0 of 13 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 16, 2025SoldHeld Oct 16, 2026Still held
Ian Ashken
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. See the filing Sales and other transactions for Ian Ashken are complete.
Director
n/a−292Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Ian Ashken

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Ian Ashken are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Benjamin Gliklich
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Benjamin Gliklich are complete.
CEO, Director
n/a−170Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Benjamin Gliklich

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Benjamin Gliklich are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−93Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−378Kwithheld by the company for taxes
John Capps
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for John Capps are complete.
Of Counsel
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Capps

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for John Capps are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−49Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Stanley Oneal
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Stanley Oneal are complete.
Director
n/a−201Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Stanley Oneal

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Stanley Oneal are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Michael Goss
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Michael Goss are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Goss

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Michael Goss are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Carey Dorman
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Carey Dorman are complete.
Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO
n/a−98Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Carey Dorman

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Carey Dorman are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−16Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−166Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Martin Franklin
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Martin Franklin are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Martin Franklin

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Martin Franklin are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Christopher Fraser
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Christopher Fraser are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Christopher Fraser

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Christopher Fraser are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Matthew Liebowitz
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Matthew Liebowitz are complete.
President, Specialties
n/a−37Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Matthew Liebowitz

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Matthew Liebowitz are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−78Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Richard Fricke
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Richard Fricke are complete.
President, Electronics
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Richard Fricke

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Richard Fricke are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−10Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Elyse Filon
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Elyse Filon are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Elyse Filon

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Elyse Filon are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Caroline Lind
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Caroline Lind are complete.
General Counsel and Secretary
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Caroline Lind

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Caroline Lind are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Susan Sofronas
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Susan Sofronas are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Susan Sofronas

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Susan Sofronas are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Element Solutions Inc are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$25.7M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $25.7M across 797,141 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

No plan disclosed · $25.7M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $7.9M of it is Ian Ashken. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Ian Ashken, Nov 5, 2025

Taxes

681,106 shares ($19.5M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

Charitable gifts · 110K shares

Gifts the filings describe as charitable. Gifts are not sales and are not included in the sale totals.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Ian Ashken
Director
292K$7.9M0%31%Nov 5, 2025 to Nov 5, 2025
Stanley Oneal
Director
201K$7.1M0%28%Feb 20, 2026 to Feb 20, 2026
Benjamin Gliklich
CEO, Director
170K$6.3M0%25%Feb 24, 2026 to Feb 24, 2026
Carey Dorman
Pdt Enterprise Ops and CFO
98K$3.4M0%13%Feb 23, 2026 to Feb 23, 2026
Matthew Liebowitz
President, Specialties
37K$984K0%4%Dec 12, 2025 to Dec 12, 2025

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$7.9M$0$0$7.9M
Dec 2025$984K$0$0$984K
Jan 2026$0$0$0$0
Feb 2026$16.9M$0$0$16.9M
Mar 2026$0$0$0$0
Apr 2026$0$0$0$0
May 2026$0$0$0$0
Jun 2026$0$0$0$0
Jul 2026$0$0$0$0
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$0$0$0$0
Oct 2026$0$0$0$0
Board members representing outside shareholders (1)Listed and sourced; not part of the management totals or the answer line

Directors whose reported holdings sit mostly in an investment fund or a corporate shareholder they represent, not in their own name, with beneficial ownership disclaimed except for their own financial interest. Listed and sourced here; not part of the management totals or the answer line. Shares a fund hands to its own investors are distributions, not sales.

Board memberHeld Oct 16, 2025SoldHeld Oct 16, 2026Still held
Martin Franklin
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Martin Franklin are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Martin Franklin

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Martin Franklin are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

More than usual: about 4x the 5-year average. 5 insiders sold; the average is 4 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 16, 2026
Latest 12 months
797K5$25.7M
Oct 16, 2025
1 year earlier
677K5$17.8M
Oct 16, 2024
2 years earlier
139K6$3.2M
Oct 17, 2023
3 years earlier
262K4$4.9M
Oct 17, 2022
4 years earlier
9.1K1$207K
Oct 17, 2021
5 years earlier
4.5K2$63K

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty13 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Element Solutions Inc are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology358 filings on record, 23 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 358 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Element Solutions Inc (SEC CIK 1590714), filed from Jan 22, 2014 to May 5, 2026; 23 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 16, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (24)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Nichelle Maynard-ElliottJun 5, 202432,154 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 4, 2024
Joseph D'AmbrisiFeb 21, 2024411,853 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 17, 2024
Michael GoralskiFeb 21, 2024147,650 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 17, 2024
Scot BensonJun 9, 2021478,309 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 8, 2021
Patricia MountFeb 19, 202133,502 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 19, 2021
Rakesh SachdevJun 5, 20201,437,823 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 5, 2020
John ConnollyFeb 21, 201918,579 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2019
John TolbertFeb 21, 201919,747 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2019
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.Feb 5, 201940,451,506 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 6, 2018
Diego CasanelloFeb 21, 201815,000 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 19, 2017
Mark GibbensFeb 21, 2018No balance on record
Sanjiv KhattriFeb 23, 20175,000 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 19, 2015
John CordaniMar 25, 201669,246 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 5, 2014
Robert WorshekMar 25, 2016No balance on record
David JacoboskiMar 21, 20163,302 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 17, 2016
Daniel LeeverMay 6, 20157,412,531 shares, last reported balance as of May 5, 2015
Permira IV Managers LPApr 7, 2015No balance on record
Frank MonteiroApr 6, 2015307,775 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 6, 2015
Benjamin FoulkApr 6, 2015No balance on record
Wayne HewettApr 6, 2015No balance on record
Stanhope InvestmentsNov 26, 201416,211,408 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 24, 2014
Michael KennedyAug 6, 201420,838 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 5, 2014
Ryan IsraelNo balance on record
Nicolas BerggruenNo balance on record

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