Insider trade

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth sold about $4.38M of company shares under a set plan

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 20, 2026

MetaMETA

~$4.38M
Reported value · 7,848 sh @ $558.00: 828
Holds after · shares reported: +33.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.5%, $543.67 → $725.93 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Meta's Chief Technology Officer sold $4.38M of Meta 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 90% of their holdings
Routine for them: 20 sales in the past year
9 insiders at Meta 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: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 20, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,379,184

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

20 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 $543.67 on Aug 18, 2026, within 4% of its 52-week low, after a 12% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $525.72 (Mar 27, 2026) to $780.25 (Sep 18, 2025), 7% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $615.58 on Jul 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

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	+5.1%	+0.5%	+4.6%
30 days	+34.8%	+1.0%	+33.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950103-26-012726
Filed / recorded: Aug 20, 2026, 10:29 PM 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: Andrew Bosworth
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Technology Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 7,848
Price per share: $558.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 828
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on January 31, 2025.

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