A top manager at Merck told the SEC about a plan to sell $6.81M of Merck shares around Aug 5, 2026. The shares came from pay, which is the usual reason to sell.

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View the official recordSEC Form 144 — Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Planned sale date: Aug 5, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Notice filed with the SEC: Aug 5, 2026

OfficerPlanned saleShares from pay

Context

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001950047-26-007709
Filed / recorded: Aug 5, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC

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Oct 2, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC

Parser

form144-v1

Data quality

Read from the record; company matched by name

Issuer

MERCK & CO., INC.

Issuer CIK

310158

Table

Non-derivative (Table I)

Transaction date

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Shares / units

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Price per share

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Shares owned after

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Ownership form

Direct

Amendment

Around the same time

Fund moves

30KShares reported

8w ago

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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Officer plans to sell ~$1.35M of Merck

Planned, from pay8w ago

Officer sold

~$1.35MReported value · 10K sh @ $135.00

8w ago

Merck's Access, Policy & Comms sold $1.35M of Merck shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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