A board member of Elanco paid $936K out of pocket for Elanco shares. 4 other people at Elanco bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in 8 months.

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View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 21, 2026

Director$500K–$1MHoldings +27%5 insiders bought in 30dFirst buy in 8 moLargest by this insider

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$935,920

Shares × reported transaction price

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Size band

$500K–$1M

Ownership change

+26.9%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

First purchase in 8 months

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Largest by this insider

Yes

Compared with 1 earlier confirmed purchase

Cluster activity

5 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

15 days after results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	−2.0%	+0.5%	−2.5%
30 days	−7.6%	+0.6%	−8.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001352090-26-000006
Filed / recorded: Aug 21, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Elanco Animal Health Inc
Issuer CIK: 1739104
Ticker: ELAN
Reporting person: Lawrence Erik Kurzius
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 40,000
Price per share: $23.40
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 188,647
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Reflects the weighted average price of 40,000 shares of common stock of Elanco Animal Health Inc. purchased by the reporting person in multiple transactions on August 20, 2026 with purchase prices ranging from $23.385 to $23.40 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.