KAO MIN H

CIK: 0001134100Executive Chairman
OfficerDirector
Primary company: GARMIN LTD (GRMN)

KAO MIN H is a corporate insider (Executive Chairman) at GARMIN LTD (GRMN) filing SEC Form 4 transactions. 634 transactions, totaling $0 in purchases and $1,779,348,044 in sales. Source: SEC EDGAR.

AI Insider Summary

KAO MIN H has filed 633 Form 4 transactions over the reporting window — every one a disposition in Garmin Ltd (GRMN) — and the aggregate volume is extreme: 27.2M shares sold against zero recorded buys. The most recent transactions show the pattern continuing: in June 2026, three consecutive gifts (transaction code G) transferred 3,385 + 3,385 + 4,235 shares with no price attached, the signature of a donor-advised fund or family-gifting arrangement rather than an open-market sale. Earlier transactions have the same gift code — a structure that is tax-efficient but mechanically consistent with personal wealth transfer rather than any view on Garmin's stock price. The single-investor, single-issuer, all-gift pattern over 633 filings is one of the more distinctive profiles in the Form 4 dataset.

The aggregate volume — 27.2M shares transferred via gift across the entire reporting history — represents a very large personal stake being dismantled over time. For context, Garmin has approximately 180M shares outstanding at typical float levels; 27.2M shares is a meaningful fraction of the company's insider ownership block. The pace of the gifting — multiple transactions per year, often in tranches of 2,000-5,000 shares — is consistent with annual gift-tax exclusion limits in the U.S. (roughly $18,000 per recipient per year in 2026), suggesting the insider is methodically transferring wealth to family members across tax years.

The recent transactions in May and June 2026 show the same pattern continuing: gifts of 2,083 to 4,345 shares with no price and no accompanying buy or sell. The absence of any market transaction (P for purchase, S for sale) anywhere in the 633-transaction history is notable: this insider has never monetized any Garmin stake through the open market, either as a buyer or as a seller. The wealth transfer is the entire public record.

Analysis generated by 13F Insight from SEC Form 4 filing data. Methodology
Total Transactions
634
Total Buy Value
$0
Total Sell Value
$1.78B
Net Activity
$-1.78B
Last Transaction
Aug 2026
Companies
1

Companies

Transaction History

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 insider transaction filings.

GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
3,090
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
4,235
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
3,385
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
3,385
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
2,083
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
4,345
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
4,166
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
4,166
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
25,200
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
25,200
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
11,100
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
22,200
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
13,815
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
27,630
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
11,675
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
23,350
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
9,412
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
7,060
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
15,150
Price
-
Value
-
GARMIN LTD
GRMN
Type
Gift
Shares
24,240
Price
-
Value
-