Insider Trading February 18, 2026

Nerdy CFO Disposes of About $48,300 in Class A Shares; Receives 1 Million RSUs

Form 4 shows CFO Jason H. Pello sold nearly 50,000 shares and was granted 1,000,000 restricted units; CEO Chuck Cohn made large open-market purchases in Q4 2025

By Priya Menon NRDY
Nerdy CFO Disposes of About $48,300 in Class A Shares; Receives 1 Million RSUs
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Nerdy Inc. (NASDAQ: NRDY) reported a February 17, 2026 sale by Chief Financial Officer Jason H. Pello of 49,814 shares of Class A common stock at $0.97 per share, netting $48,319. A Form 4 filing also records that Pello acquired 1,000,000 restricted stock units on February 15, 2026 under the company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. After these moves, Pello’s direct holdings total 2,646,235 Class A shares including 1,094,286 shares and 1,551,949 restricted units. Separately, Nerdy confirmed that Chairman, Founder and CEO Chuck Cohn purchased 3.5 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2025 for $4.4 million in aggregate, at an average price of $1.24 per share, increasing his holdings to 91.4 million shares as of December 31, 2025. No earnings or revenue updates accompanied the disclosures.

Key Points

  • CFO Jason H. Pello sold 49,814 shares of Nerdy Class A common stock on February 17, 2026, at $0.97 per share, totaling $48,319.
  • Pello received 1,000,000 restricted stock units under Nerdy’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan on February 15, 2026, and now directly holds 2,646,235 Class A shares including restricted units.
  • Chairman and CEO Chuck Cohn made open-market purchases of 3.5 million shares during Q4 2025 for $4.4 million total, bringing his holdings to 91.4 million shares as of December 31, 2025.

Key transactions disclosed

Nerdy Inc. (NASDAQ: NRDY) disclosed a pair of insider transactions involving its finance chief in mid-February 2026. According to a Form 4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chief Financial Officer Jason H. Pello sold 49,814 shares of Class A common stock on February 17, 2026. The filing records the sale price as $0.97 per share, producing a gross value of $48,319 for the transaction.

Restricted awards recorded days earlier

The same regulatory filing shows Pello also received 1,000,000 shares of Class A common stock on February 15, 2026. Those shares were issued as restricted stock units under Nerdy’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and are reflected in the officer’s reported holdings.

Resulting ownership stake

Following the February transactions, Pello is reported to directly own a total of 2,646,235 shares of Nerdy Inc. Class A common stock. That total comprises 1,094,286 shares of Class A common stock plus 1,551,949 restricted stock units listed in the filing.

CEO buying in fourth quarter 2025

In an additional disclosure noted by the company, Chairman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Chuck Cohn acquired 3.5 million shares of Nerdy common stock during the fourth quarter of 2025. The company confirmed those purchases were made in the open market, at an average cost of $1.24 per share, between November 19 and December 16, 2025, for a total consideration of $4.4 million. The purchases raised Cohn’s total ownership to 91.4 million shares as of the December 31, 2025 reporting date, according to the company statement.

Context and available disclosures

The filings and company confirmation set out the quantities, prices and dates of the transactions. The company did not, in these disclosures, pair the trades with any contemporaneous earnings or revenue updates. The company statement confirmed the CEO’s open-market purchases, while the Form 4 documents the CFO’s sale and restricted stock unit grant.

Investor note

Investors and observers tracking insider activity will find the filings provide the transactional facts and share counts reported as of the dates referenced, but the public disclosures did not include additional financial results tied to the timing of these trades.


This article reports the content of regulatory filings and a company statement as provided.

Risks

  • The disclosures were not accompanied by any earnings or revenue updates, limiting concurrent financial context.
  • Available information is limited to regulatory filings and a company statement confirming the CEO’s open-market purchases; no further operational details were provided in those disclosures.

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