Insider trade

Amazon's Senior VP David Zapolsky sold ~$3.02M of shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Nov 24, 2025 · Filed Nov 25, 2025

AmazonAMZN

~$3.02M
Reported value · 14K sh @ $222.49: 41K
Holds after · shares reported: +9.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.2%, $226.28 → $248.23 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Amazon's Senior Vice President sold $3.02M of Amazon shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Sold 25% of their holdings
Routine for them: 6 sales in the past year
9 insiders at Amazon 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: Nov 24, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 25, 2025

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$3,019,189

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

25 days after results of Oct 30, 2025, 73 days before results of Feb 5, 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 $226.28 on Nov 24, 2025, 35% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after a 3% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $167.32 (Apr 21, 2025) to $254.00 (Nov 3, 2025), 68% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $220.07 on Oct 13, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 84 workers was filed in Washington on December 13, 2025.

From the official state WARN list, 19 days after the trade; 5 more notices by the company within 60 days. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.4%	+0.6%	+0.8%
30 days	+1.5%	+1.6%	-0.1%
90 days	-9.0%	+1.1%	-10.1%
180 days	+15.8%	+10.4%	+5.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001557979-25-000003
Filed / recorded: Nov 25, 2025, 9:23 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AMAZON COM INC
Issuer CIK: 1018724
Ticker: AMZN
Reporting person: David Zapolsky
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Senior Vice President
Security: Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 24, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 13,570
Price per share: $222.49
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 41,190
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on 11/12/2024.

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