Insider trade

Officer sold ~$17.5M of BLK shares in the open market

Traded Jul 16, 2026 · Filed Jul 17, 2026

BlackRockBLK

~$17.5M
Reported value · 16K sh @ $1,101.9936: 16K
Holds after · shares reported: -2.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +1.8%, $1,087.05 → $1,064.36 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

BlackRock's General Counsel and CLO sold $17.5M of BlackRock shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

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 16, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 17, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$17,516,188

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

1 day after results of Jul 15, 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 $1,087.05 on Jul 16, 2026, 18% above its 52-week low and 10% below its high, after a 7% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $922.90 (Mar 12, 2026) to $1,202.59 (Oct 15, 2025), 59% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $1,018.96 on Jun 2, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references vesting of compensation awards

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.8%	-0.4%	+1.2%
30 days	+9.9%	+3.6%	+6.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002012383-26-001976
Filed / recorded: Jul 17, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: BlackRock, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 2012383
Ticker: BLK
Reporting person: Christopher J. Meade
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: General Counsel and CLO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 16, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 15,895
Price per share: $1,101.9936
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 16,259
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $1,101.43 to $1,102.34. The price reported represents the weighted average sale price of these trades. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the shares sold at each separate price.
Includes Common Stock as well as Restricted Stock Units that will vest over a period of 1 to 3 years. Each Restricted Stock Unit is payable solely by delivery of an equal number of shares of Common Stock.

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Fund holdings

4,683Shares reported

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

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