BARRY MICHAEL F

CIK: 0001238141

BARRY MICHAEL F is a corporate insider at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP (KWR) filing SEC Form 4 transactions. 439 transactions across 4 companies, totaling $442,000 in purchases and $30,233,553 in sales. Source: SEC EDGAR.

AI Insider Summary

Michael F. Barry's newest board relationship, at FMC Corp, began in March 2026 with an immediate, genuine open-market purchase: 18,072 shares bought at $13.83 on March 4, 2026 — a real vote of confidence from a freshly appointed director rather than routine compensation. That contrasts with his older, now-closed lithium-sector directorships: Livent Corp (2018-2024, 67,350 shares sold) closed via merger into Arcadium Lithium in January 2024, and Arcadium Lithium itself closed via a further corporate disposition in March 2025 (132,847 shares across two transactions) — a director who has now watched two consecutive lithium companies get absorbed. His long-standing Quaker Chemical relationship (413 transactions since 2003, 505,067 shares sold) shows a February 2026 cashless exercise at a $136.64 strike sold at $176.06 — a roughly 29% embedded gain.

A new director who bought in immediately

Barry's FMC Corp relationship began in March 2026, and his very first transaction there was a real open-market purchase: 18,072 shares at $13.83 on March 4, 2026. A newly appointed director putting his own capital into the stock right at the start of the relationship, rather than simply accumulating grants, is a meaningfully different signal than the routine equity compensation that dominates the rest of his record.

Total Transactions
439
Total Buy Value
$442K
Total Sell Value
$30.23M
Net Activity
$-29.79M
Last Transaction
Jul 2026
Companies
4

Companies

Transaction History

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 insider transaction filings.

Type
Award
Shares
11
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Purchase
Shares
18,072
Price
$13.83
Value
$250K
Type
Exercise
Shares
8,212
Price
$136.64
Value
$1.12M
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
6,876
Price
$176.06
Value
$1.21M
Type
Exercise
Shares
8,212
Price
$136.64
Value
$1.12M
Type
Award
Shares
1,198
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Exercise
Shares
9
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Exercise
Shares
716
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Exercise
Shares
9
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Exercise
Shares
716
Price
-
Value
-
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Disposition
Shares
40,786
Price
-
Value
-
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Disposition
Shares
92,061
Price
-
Value
-
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Award
Shares
40,786
Price
-
Value
-
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
5,683
Price
$3.45
Value
$20K
Type
Award
Shares
716
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
849
Price
$200.16
Value
$170K
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Award
Shares
14,798
Price
-
Value
-
Arcadium Lithium plc
ALTM
Type
Award
Shares
82,946
Price
-
Value
-
Livent Corp.
LTHM
Type
Disposition
Shares
32,875
Price
-
Value
-
Livent Corp.
LTHM
Type
Disposition
Shares
34,475
Price
-
Value
-