Insider trade

Chair sold ~$20M of BRK.B shares in the open market

Traded Sep 28, 2026 · Filed Sep 29, 2026

Berkshire HathawayBRK.B

~$20M
Reported value · 40K sh @ $503.0926: 68K
Holds after · shares reported: -0.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.2%, $503.09 → $500.50 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman sold $20M of Berkshire Hathaway shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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: Sep 28, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Sep 29, 2026

ChairIndirect holding$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$19,972,776

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

48 days after results of Aug 11, 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 $503.09 on Sep 28, 2026, within 5% of its 52-week high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $465.40 (Apr 22, 2026) to $529.42 (Aug 10, 2026), 59% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $504.03 on Aug 14, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001728451-26-000004
Filed / recorded: Sep 29, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Issuer CIK: 1067983
Ticker: BRK.A
Reporting person: Ajit Jain
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Vice Chairman
Security: Class B Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Sep 28, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 39,700
Price per share: $503.0926
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 67,608
Ownership form: Indirect — By Jain Foundation Inc. (Non-Profit Corporation)
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

On September 28th, the non-profit corporation Jain Foundation, Inc. sold 39,700 shares of Class B Common Stock at an average price of $503.092592. Upon request by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., any security holder thereof, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Reporting Person can provide full information regarding the specific pricing of individual sales.