NASSETTA CHRISTOPHER J

Nassetta sells 114,289 HLT shares for $36,283,558.92 in 4 transactions; reduces stake by 75.8% to 36,445 shares

Christopher J Nassetta executed 4 separate sales totaling 114,289 shares for $36,283,558.92 on 2026-02-17, reducing his HLT holdings from 150,734 to 36,445 shares (a 75.8% reduction). The blended average price of $317.47 sits just 1.5% above the current price of $312.73 and near the 52-week high of $325.13, suggesting transaction execution at elevated levels. Nassetta's prior sales at HLT show mixed timing outcomes: 4 of 5 prior trades captured positive 30-day returns, but only 1 of 5 achieved negative 90-day returns (the well-timed outcome for sells); his most recent HLT sale on 2025-02-07 underperformed 90-day returns at -9.5%. The cross-ticker track record shows weak overall sell timing (20% well-timed rate across all open-market history, avg 90d return +1.2% after sells). This large, multi-tranche exit warrants investor attention given both the stake reduction magnitude and the mix of prior trade execution patterns.

NASSETTA CHRISTOPHER J sold 40,653 shares of HLT at $268.83 on 2025-02-07 for $10.9M, reducing holdings by 34.4%.

Chief Executive Officer Christopher Nassetta sold 40,653 shares (40.7K shares) at $268.83, with the stock currently at $269.69 and near its 52-week high of $270.39. At the time of sale, HLT was trading at an elevated valuation with a P/E of 41.30 and a market cap of $64.9B on quarterly revenue of $2.9B and net income of $344.0M. Nassetta's prior sales at HLT have consistently captured gains in the 30-day window (ranging from +4.8% to +6.7%) but have yielded only modest or flat 90-day returns (ranging from +2.1% to +5.5%), with zero of four prior HLT sales proving well-timed at the 90-day mark. The current sale reduces his post-transaction holdings to 77,383 shares from 118,036 shares, a material reduction in personal equity exposure at current valuations.