Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
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View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Oct 1, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Oct 6, 2026
CEOOption exercise
Context
Classification
option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001140361-26-038669
Filed / recorded
Oct 6, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 6, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
Apple Inc.
Issuer CIK
320193
Ticker
AAPL
Reporting person
John Ternus
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
CEO
Security
Restricted Stock Unit
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Oct 1, 2026
Transaction code
M
Shares / units
99,878
Acquired / disposed
Disposed (D)
Shares owned after
0
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of common stock. This transaction represents the settlement of RSUs in shares of common stock on their scheduled vesting date.
This award was granted on October 1, 2023, for a target number of 58,408 RSUs. The award settled on October 1, 2026, applying a percentage of the target number of RSUs that was determined based on Apple's total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the other companies in the S&P 500 from the first day of Apple's fiscal year 2024 and ending with the last day of Apple's fiscal year 2026.
TSR is calculated based on the change in a company's stock price during the performance period, taking into account any dividends paid during that period, which are assumed to be reinvested in the stock. In accordance with the terms of the award, the beginning value used for calculating TSR is the average closing stock price for the first 20 trading days of the performance period. Apple's beginning value was calculated to be $175.08. Similarly, the ending value used for calculating TSR is the average closing price for the final 20 trading days of the performance period. Apple's ending value was calculated to be $333.82.
This award provided that if Apple's relative TSR performance was ranked at or above the 85th percentile for companies in the S&P 500 for the performance period, 200% of the target number of RSUs vest. If Apple's performance was ranked at or above the 55th percentile, 100% of the target number of RSUs vest. If Apple's performance was ranked at or above the 25th percentile, 25% of the target number of RSUs vest, and if Apple's performance was ranked below the 25th percentile, 0% of the target number of restricted stock units vest. If Apple's performance was between these levels, the portion of the restricted stock units that vest would be determined on a straight-line basis (i.e., linearly interpolated) between the two nearest vesting percentages.
Apple's TSR for the three-year performance period was 90.67%, which ranked 115 of the 480 companies that were included in the S&P 500 for the performance period and placed Apple in the 76.20th percentile. Therefore, 99,878 restricted stock units subject to performance requirements vested.
