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 12 filings in this group are Form 4s for Vertex, 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 12 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 9 compensation award, 1 option exercise, 1 open-market purchase and 1 open-market sale. 2 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-10-09
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Saha Debanjan (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
|
11,199 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Saha Debanjan (Director)
Shares: 11,199
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
DeStefano David (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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: DeStefano David (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Gayton Bradley M (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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Gayton Bradley M (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Saunders Philip Seth (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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Saunders Philip Seth (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Radcliffe Amanda Westphal (Director, 10% Owner) 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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Radcliffe Amanda Westphal (Director, 10% Owner)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Stamm John Richard (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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Stamm John Richard (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
ANDERSEN ERIC C. (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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: ANDERSEN ERIC C. (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Thompson Stefanie Westphal (Director, 10% Owner) 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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Thompson Stefanie Westphal (Director, 10% Owner)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Compensation award
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-06-12
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
Mendola Mark 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
|
15,638 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: Mendola Mark J (Director)
Shares: 15,638
Form 4
Open-market sale
Insider Selling
2026-06-01
VERX insider DeStefano David (Director) sold 6,460 shares (~$82.4K)
DeStefano David, listed as Director at Vertex, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 6,460 VERX 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
|
6,460 |
$12.75 |
$82.4K |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: DeStefano David (Director)
Shares: 6,460
Est. Value: $82.4K
Form 4
Open-market purchase
Insider Buying
2026-03-09
VERX insider ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001 (10% Owner) bought 10,000 shares (~$150.5K)
ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001, listed as 10% Owner at Vertex, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 10,000 VERX shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.
The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.
Transactions reported on this filing
| Code |
Nature |
Shares |
Price |
Value |
P |
Open-market purchase
|
10,000 |
$15.05 |
$150.5K |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: ITEM SECOND IRR. TRUST FBO KYLE R. WESTPHAL u/a of JEFFREY R. WESTPHAL dated October 5, 2001 (10% Owner)
Shares: 10,000
Est. Value: $150.5K
Form 4
Option exercise
Tax / Compensation Filing
2026-02-26
VERX insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding
DeStefano David (Director) 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
|
109,233 |
— |
— |
F |
Tax withholding on vested shares
|
51,983 |
$13.26 |
$689.3K |
M |
Option exercise
derivative · Restricted Stock Units
|
109,233 |
— |
— |
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction)
Insider: DeStefano David (Director)
Shares: 161,216