Guindo Chirfi 4

What Happened

• Guindo Chirfi, Chief Marketing Officer of Merck & Co., sold 10,000 shares of MRK on February 12, 2026. The filing reports a weighted average sale price of $121.46 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $1,214,562. The transaction is coded as a sale (S) and was executed in multiple trades.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-12 (filed same day).
• Price: weighted average $121.46; reported price range $121.4400 to $121.5150 (see footnote F1).
• Shares sold: 10,000; estimated proceeds: $1,214,562.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing.
• Footnote: F1 notes the reported price is a weighted average and offers to provide a per-trade breakdown on request.
• Timeliness: filing date equals transaction date (no late filing indicated).

Context

• This was an outright sale (open-market/private sale), which is common for liquidity or portfolio reasons and does not by itself indicate a change in insider views about the company. Purchases generally carry more weight as a bullish signal; no purchase or option exercise is reported here.