Insider trade

Officer sold ~$10.7M of MRK shares in the open market

Traded Aug 12, 2026 · Filed Aug 13, 2026

MerckMRK

~$10.7M
Reported value · 80K sh @ $133.4557: 46K
Holds after · shares reported: +8.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.1%, $132.92 → $143.81 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Merck's General Counsel sold $10.7M of Merck 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: Aug 12, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 13, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$10,718,495

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

8 days after results of Aug 4, 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 $132.92 on Aug 12, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 3% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $77.60 (Sep 25, 2025) to $132.92 (Aug 12, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $128.50 on Jun 30, 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 Feb 12, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, D. New Jersey. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

IN RE MERCK & CO., INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION, docket 2:25-cv-01208, 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	+12.3%	-1.4%	+13.7%
30 days	+6.6%	-2.0%	+8.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000310158-26-000221
Filed / recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Merck & Co., Inc.
Issuer CIK: 310158
Ticker: MRK
Reporting person: Jennifer Zachary
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP, General Counsel
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 12, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 80,315
Price per share: $133.4557
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 45,509.254
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $133.0300 to $133.5000, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., any security holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote.

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Fund holdings

30KShares 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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