Insider trade

Meta CFO Susan J Li sold about $1.47M of shares automatically for taxes

Traded Aug 15, 2026 · Filed Aug 19, 2026

MetaMETA

~$1.47M
Reported value · 2,127 sh @ $689.85: 15K
Holds after · shares reported: +23.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.6%, $589.85 → $725.93 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Meta sold $1.47M of Meta shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

An automatic sale tied to taxes or pay, not a fresh decision
Sold 12% of their holdings
Routine for them: 33 sales in the past year
10 insiders at Meta sold within a month

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 15, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 19, 2026

CFOIndirect holding$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,467,311

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

17 days after results of Jul 29, 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 $589.85 on Aug 14, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 25% below its high, after a 1% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $525.72 (Mar 27, 2026) to $785.23 (Aug 15, 2025), 25% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $582.90 on Jul 2, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references tax withholding

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+5.5%	-0.4%	+5.9%
30 days	+21.9%	-1.0%	+22.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000950103-26-012607
Filed / recorded: Aug 19, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1326801
Ticker: META
Reporting person: Susan J Li
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Financial Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 15, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,127
Price per share: $689.85
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 15,347
Ownership form: Indirect — Susan Li and John Hegeman, Co-Trustees of The Li-Hegeman Living Trust u/t/a dated November 30, 2012
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Represents the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that have been withheld by the Issuer to satisfy its income tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the net settlement of the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") and does not represent an open market sale.

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Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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