Insider trade

Apple director Arthur D Levinson sold about $42.6M of shares

Traded May 6, 2026 · Filed May 8, 2026

AppleAAPL

~$42.6M
Reported value · 150K sh @ $284.57: 3.92M
Holds after · shares reported: +14.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +4.1%, $287.51 → $330.32 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Apple sold $42.6M of Apple shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 4% of their holdings
4 insiders at Apple sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 6, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 8, 2026

Director$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$42,550,898

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

6 days after results of Apr 30, 2026, 85 days before results of Jul 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $287.51 on May 6, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 14% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $195.27 (May 23, 2025) to $287.51 (May 6, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $251.64 on Mar 24, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 57 workers was filed in California on April 23, 2026.

From the official state WARN list, 13 days before the trade. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Jul 25, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, N.D. California. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

City of Coral Springs Police Officers Pension Plan v. Apple Inc., docket 5:25-cv-06252, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.8%	-0.1%	+1.9%
30 days	-0.4%	-1.9%	+1.5%
90 days	+5.3%	+4.6%	+0.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001140361-26-020298
Filed / recorded: May 8, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Apple Inc.
Issuer CIK: 320193
Ticker: AAPL
Reporting person: Arthur D Levinson
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 6, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 149,527
Price per share: $284.57
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 3,920,049
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $283.89 to $284.885; the price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected upon request to the SEC staff, Apple, or a security holder of Apple.