Insider trade

Marc L Andreessen sold about $26K of Meta shares on the open market

Traded Aug 4, 2026 · Filed Aug 7, 2026

MetaMETA

~$26K
Reported value · 44 sh @ $590.39: 45
Holds after · shares reported: +23.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.9%, $587.94 → $725.93 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Meta sold $26K of Meta shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 49% of their holdings
9 insiders at Meta sold within a month
Unusual: most other recent sales at Meta were scheduled in advance

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: Aug 4, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 7, 2026

DirectorIndirect holding$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$25,977

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

6 days after results of Jul 29, 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 $587.94 on Aug 4, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 26% below its high, after a 4% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $525.72 (Mar 27, 2026) to $790.00 (Aug 12, 2025), 24% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $563.85 on Jun 22, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.4%	+0.4%	-0.8%
30 days	+3.6%	-0.9%	+4.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001160077-26-000008
Filed / recorded: Aug 7, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1326801
Ticker: META
Reporting person: Marc L Andreessen
Relationship: Director
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 4, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 44
Price per share: $590.39
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 45
Ownership form: Indirect — By a16z Capital Management, L.L.C.
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $589.99 per share to $590.98 per share, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
These shares are held of record by a16z Capital. The members of a16z Capital are the Reporting Person and Benjamin Horowitz, who share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by a16z Capital. The Reporting Person disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by a16z Capital and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.

Around the same time

Officer sold ~$870K of Meta

Scheduled in advance7w ago

CFO sold ~$1.01M of Meta

Scheduled in advance7w ago

CFO sold ~$1.02M of Meta

Scheduled in advance7w ago