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Filed 2025-10-24 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001193125-25-249966 mid
Price before filing: $29.41 (2025-10-23 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $2.81B (2025-10-24) 路 Latest: $3.57B (2026-10-16)
| Window | WSBC | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | +2.8% | -0.5% | +3.2% | 2025-11-24 |
| 90 days | +19.2% | +2.9% | +16.3% | 2026-01-22 |
| 180 days | +10.3% | +6.5% | +3.8% | 2026-04-22 |
Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.
90 days before the flag: 13 insiders bought $1.4M (13 purchases)
30 days after: 1 insider bought $100K (2 purchases)
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | Allen-Herring Rosie Director | Purchase | 800 | $25.00 | $20K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Altman Louis Michael Director | Purchase | 1,000 | $25.00 | $25K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Bookmyer John Director | Purchase | 2,000 | $25.00 | $50K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | CORNELSEN JAMES W Director | Purchase | 10,000 | $25.00 | $250K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Clossin Todd Director | Purchase | 8,000 | $25.00 | $200K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Daniel K Weiss SEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Purchase | 4,000 | $25.00 | $100K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Friend Robert H EVP & CCO | Purchase | 800 | $25.00 | $20K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Jackson Jeffrey H President & CEO, Director | Purchase | 4,000 | $25.00 | $100K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | KNOX D BRUCE Director | Purchase | 8,000 | $25.00 | $200K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Love Scott A EVP - Wealth Management | Purchase | 1,000 | $25.00 | $25K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | NELSON F ERIC JR Director | Purchase | 8,000 | $25.00 | $200K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Proctor Gregory S JR Director | Purchase | 2,000 | $25.00 | $50K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-17 | Robinson Joseph R Director | Purchase | 8,000 | $25.00 | $200K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-10-24: red flag filed | |||||||
| 2025-10-30 | Afzal Zahid Director | Purchase | 3,319 | $30.11 | $100K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-10-30 | Afzal Zahid Director | Purchase | 2 | $30.10 | $60 | no | Form 4 |
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-07-26 to 2025-11-23. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.
"A copy of EY's letter dated October 22, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. (b) Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On October 22, 2025, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm to perform independent audit services for the fiscal year ending December 31,..."
Quoted from the filing. Source
The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.
Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Ernst & Young LLP · New auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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