Insider trade

Jeffrey P Bezos sold about $346M of Amazon shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Aug 3, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026

AmazonAMZN

~$346M
Reported value · 1.21M sh @ $286.4083: 880M
Holds after · shares reported: -12.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.8%, $284.02 → $248.23 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Amazon's Executive Chair sold $346M 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
Their first sale in the data covering the past year
7 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: Aug 3, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 5, 2026

Chair$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$346,453,514

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

4 days after results of Jul 30, 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 $284.02 on Aug 3, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 16% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $198.79 (Feb 13, 2026) to $284.02 (Aug 3, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $244.39 on Jun 18, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 494 workers was filed in Florida on July 16, 2026.

From the official state WARN list, 18 days before the trade; 2 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	-2.6%	+1.2%	-3.8%
30 days	-5.6%	-0.3%	-5.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001018724-26-000028
Filed / recorded: Aug 5, 2026, 8:34 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: Jeffrey P Bezos
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Executive Chair
Security: Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 3, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,209,649
Price per share: $286.4083
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 879,739,004
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 11/14/2025.
Represents the weighted average sale price. The highest price at which shares were sold was $287.00 and the lowest price at which shares were sold was $286.04.

Around the same time

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Scheduled in advance5w ago

Defense awarded5w ago

$66.2Mcommitted so far

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$23.4Mcommitted so far

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Competed among a limited group of bidders

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