Insider trade

Microsoft's Vice Chair Bradford L Smith sold ~$1.67M in company shares

Traded May 5, 2025 · Filed Dec 12, 2025

~$1.67M
Reported value · 3,812 sh @ $438.8197: 452K
Holds after · shares reported: +17.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +35.6%, $436.17 → $512.80 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Bradford L Smith sold about $1.67 million of Microsoft shares on May 5, 2025. This sale was not part of a pre-arranged plan and follows recent insider buying of $1.45 million, making this a routine transaction without unusual timing.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Insiders also bought $1.45M of Microsoft stock in the past 3 months

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: May 5, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 12, 2025

Chair$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,672,781

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Apr 30, 2025, 86 days before results of Jul 30, 2025

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

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 1,985 workers was filed in Washington on May 13, 2025.

From the official state WARN list, 8 days after the trade; 2 more notices by the company within 60 days. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

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	+2.1%	+0.6%	+1.5%
30 days	-3.3%	+1.4%	-4.7%
90 days	-15.8%	-1.7%	-14.1%
180 days	-15.8%	+10.9%	-26.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000789019-25-000120
Filed / recorded: Dec 12, 2025, 11:20 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MICROSOFT CORP
Issuer CIK: 789019
Ticker: MSFT
Reporting person: Bradford L Smith
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Vice Chair and President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 5, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,812
Price per share: $438.8197
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 451,596.7633
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

On May 5, 2025, the shares remaining from the April 23, 2025 acquisition, after the April 30, 2025 disposition, were rescinded through the broker's error account. This disposition was broker initiated without the reporting person's direction, approval, or knowledge. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $438.8169 to $438.8201. The price reported above reflects the weighted average price. The reporting person hereby undertakes upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.