Insider trade

CEO sold ~$73K of GL shares in the open market

Traded Jul 31, 2026 · Filed Aug 3, 2026

Globe LifeGL

~$73K
Reported value · 400 sh @ $183.36: 58K
Holds after · shares reported: −9.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.7%, $182.25 → $165.92 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The boss of Globe Life sold $73K 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: Jul 31, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 3, 2026

CEO$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$73,343

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

9 days after 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 $182.25 on Jul 31, 2026, within 2% of its 52-week high, after a 6% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $130.37 (Nov 20, 2025) to $184.76 (Jul 17, 2026), 95% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $171.25 on Jun 17, 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	−1.6%	−0.1%	−1.5%
30 days	−4.0%	+0.2%	−4.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000320335-26-000214
Filed / recorded: Aug 3, 2026, 9:08 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: James Matthew Darden
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Co-Chairman & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 31, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 400
Price per share: $183.36
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 58,451.4598
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 $183.15 per share to $183.565 per share.