Insider trade

CEO sold ~$169K of GL shares in the open market

Traded May 5, 2026 · Filed May 6, 2026

Globe LifeGL

~$169K
Reported value · 1,095 sh @ $154.072: 54K
Holds after · shares reported: +7.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +5.6%, $154.14 → $165.83 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Globe Life sold $169K of Globe Life 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: May 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 6, 2026

CEO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$168,709

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

13 days after results of Apr 22, 2026, 78 days before results of Jul 22, 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 $154.14 on May 5, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 12% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $117.60 (Jul 9, 2025) to $154.30 (Apr 30, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $137.38 on Mar 23, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

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 Apr 30, 2024 in the U.S. District Court, E.D. Texas. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

City of Miami General Employees' & Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust v. Globe Life Inc., docket 4:24-cv-00376, 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	+1.3%	+2.3%	-0.9%
30 days	+3.1%	+1.0%	+2.0%
90 days	+20.6%	+5.2%	+15.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000320335-26-000165
Filed / recorded: May 6, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: GLOBE LIFE INC.
Issuer CIK: 320335
Ticker: GL
Reporting person: Frank M Svoboda
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Co-Chairman & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 5, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,095
Price per share: $154.072
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 54,020.4648
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Reporting person will provide full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or any security holder of the issuer.
Sales at prices ranging from $154.025 per share to $154.085 per share.