Insider trade

Microsoft's Vice Chair Bradford L Smith sold ~$15.8M of shares

Traded Nov 3, 2025 · Filed Nov 4, 2025

MicrosoftMSFT

~$15.8M
Reported value · 30K sh @ $518.4907: 470K
Holds after · shares reported: +1.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.4%, $517.03 → $525.18 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Microsoft's Vice Chair and President sold $15.8M of Microsoft shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 6% of their holdings
3 insiders at Microsoft 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 3, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 4, 2025

Chair$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$15,767,821

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 86 days before results of Jan 28, 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 $517.03 on Nov 3, 2025, within 5% of its 52-week high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $354.56 (Apr 8, 2025) to $542.07 (Oct 28, 2025), 87% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $514.45 on Sep 22, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 42 workers was filed in Washington on September 8, 2025.

From the official state WARN list, 56 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

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.8%	+0.9%	-0.1%
30 days	-4.7%	+1.2%	-5.9%
90 days	-18.9%	+1.8%	-20.7%
180 days	-18.4%	+6.0%	-24.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000789019-25-000063
Filed / recorded: Nov 4, 2025, 11:03 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MICROSOFT CORP
Issuer CIK: 789019
Ticker: MSFT
Reporting person: Bradford L Smith
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Vice Chair and President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 3, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 30,411
Price per share: $518.4907
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 469,685.7633
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $517.90 to $518.89. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.