Thompson Steve B

Thompson Steve B, President and CEO of PrimeLending, has filed 53 Form 4 transactions over the past two years, all involving a single ticker: Hilltop Holdings (HTH). The pattern is unambiguous: zero open-market purchases against $1.1 million in open-market sales, with the most recent sell activity clustered in August 2025 and February 2026. Those four sales—$363,348.83 on August 13, 2025, $216,995.20 on August 15, 2025, and $359,562.32 on February 6, 2026—account for roughly $940,000 of the total, showing a consistent cadence of trimming rather than a one-off liquidation. The remaining transactions are overwhelmingly mechanical. Compensation grants (code A) appear quarterly, typically valued at zero, with occasional cash-denominated awards like the $22,471.28 grant on April 1, 2026. Tax-withholding events (code F) accompany those grants, ranging from $84,257.52 in December 2025 to $114,311.60 in February 2025, while the $134,902.54 in total acquired value reflects these compensation awards rather than any discretionary buying. No code P purchases appear anywhere in the filing history. The direction is clear: Thompson is a consistent seller of HTH stock, but the sales are modest relative to his overall position and occur alongside routine equity compensation. The February 2026 sale of $359,562.32 is his largest single open-market disposition in the window, but it follows the same pattern as prior August sales. There is no evidence of accelerating exits or panic selling—just a steady, periodic reduction that aligns with standard executive compensation cycles.