A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 7 filings in this group are Form 4s for PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.
Across the 7 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 4 compensation award, 2 option exercise and 1 open-market sale. 1 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-20
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
ZANELLA STEVEN J (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
A |
Compensation award
|
120,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: ZANELLA STEVEN J (Director)
Shares: 120,000
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-20
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Horowitz Hyman Joseph (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
A |
Compensation award
|
120,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Horowitz Hyman Joseph (Director)
Shares: 120,000
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-20
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Krikorian Jason (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
A |
Compensation award
|
120,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Krikorian Jason (Director)
Shares: 120,000
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-07-20
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
MENCHER JUDY K (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
A |
Compensation award
|
120,000 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: MENCHER JUDY K (Director)
Shares: 120,000
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-05-19
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Peterson Scott Edward (Chief Financial Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
166,667 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
65,584 |
$0.49 |
$32.2K |
J |
Other transaction
|
25,271 |
— |
— |
J |
Other transaction
|
25,271 |
— |
— |
J |
Other transaction
|
75,812 |
— |
— |
J |
Other transaction
|
75,812 |
— |
— |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
166,667 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Peterson Scott Edward (Chief Financial Officer)
Shares: 434,417
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-05-19
MYPS insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Agena Joel (General Counsel) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.
The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
M |
Option exercise
|
83,334 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
35,709 |
$0.49 |
$17.6K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
83,334 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Agena Joel (General Counsel)
Shares: 119,043
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-04-09
MYPS insider Peterson Scott Edward (Chief Financial Officer) sold 47,968 shares (~$22.1K)
Peterson Scott Edward, listed as Chief Financial Officer at PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 47,968 MYPS shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
S |
Open-market sale
|
23,984 |
$0.45 |
$10.8K |
S |
Open-market sale
|
23,984 |
$0.47 |
$11.3K |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Peterson Scott Edward (Chief Financial Officer)
Shares: 47,968
Est. Value: $22.1K