LeBlanc Claude

CIK: 0001380820
Primary company: AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AMBC)

LeBlanc Claude is a corporate insider at AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AMBC) filing SEC Form 4 transactions. 183 transactions across 2 companies, totaling $2,686,296 in purchases and $0 in sales. Source: SEC EDGAR.

AI Insider Summary

Claude LeBlanc's Form 4 record centers on a single company that appears to have changed its name mid-record: transactions filed under 'AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC' (ticker AMBC) through October 2025 give way to 'OCTAVE SPECIALTY GROUP INC' (ticker OSG) by July 2026, both tied to the same issuer CIK across 165 total transactions since March 2017. The bulk of the activity — 213,425 shares bought, 937,771 sold across the full history — includes a dense cluster of large transactions between September 29 and October 3, 2025: two 661,355-share conversion transactions (code C) on September 29, paired with 350,188 shares withheld for taxes at $9.72; an option exercise of 193,353 shares on September 30, alongside a 174,961-share award and 111,034 shares withheld at $8.34; and five separate stock-award transactions on October 3, together totaling 1,056,932 shares. Amid that cluster, LeBlanc also made genuine open-market purchases with real cash: 25,000 shares at $8.54 on October 1, 2025, 25,000 shares at $7.03 on August 11, 2025, and 40,000 shares at $6.50 on May 14, 2025. The most recent activity, on July 9, 2026, under the Octave Specialty Group name, was a more routine option exercise: 39,380 shares (in two tranches) with 21,777 shares withheld for taxes at $6.08.

The most eventful stretch is a five-day window from September 29 to October 3, 2025. On September 29, two conversion transactions (transaction code C) moved 661,355 shares each, alongside 350,188 shares withheld for taxes at $9.72. The next day, September 30, brought a 193,353-share option exercise, a 174,961-share award, and 111,034 shares withheld at $8.34. Then, on October 3, five separate stock-award transactions landed together, summing to 1,056,932 shares. Across those few days, well over two million shares moved through LeBlanc's Form 4 filings in conversions, awards, exercises, and tax withholdings.

Threaded through that period are three genuine open-market purchases, made with real cash rather than compensation: 40,000 shares at $6.50 on May 14, 2025, 25,000 shares at $7.03 on August 11, and 25,000 shares at $8.54 on October 1 — each purchase landing at a progressively higher price as the stock moved over those five months.

Total Transactions
183
Total Buy Value
$2.69M
Total Sell Value
$0
Net Activity
+$2.69M
Last Transaction
Jul 2026
Companies
2

Companies

Transaction History

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 insider transaction filings.

Type
Exercise
Shares
39,380
Price
-
Value
-
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
21,777
Price
$6.08
Value
$132K
Type
Exercise
Shares
39,380
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
232,816
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
45,650
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
500,000
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
232,816
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
45,650
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
500,000
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
118,045
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Purchase
Shares
25,000
Price
$8.54
Value
$213K
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
174,961
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
111,034
Price
$8.34
Value
$926K
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Exercise
Shares
193,353
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Conversion
Shares
661,355
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Tax Payment
Shares
350,188
Price
$9.72
Value
$3.40M
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Conversion
Shares
661,355
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Purchase
Shares
25,000
Price
$7.03
Value
$176K
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Award
Shares
163,695
Price
-
Value
-
AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AMBC
Type
Purchase
Shares
40,000
Price
$6.50
Value
$260K