Microsoft EVP Takeshi Numoto Receives Award; Sells Shares for Taxes

What Happened

• Takeshi Numoto, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft, had 12,684 shares vest as a performance-stock award on 2026-08-31 (acquired at $0.00). To satisfy tax withholding related to the vesting, 7,518.208 of those shares were transferred/sold at $513.53 per share for proceeds of $3,860,825 (reported as a tax withholding disposition).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-31; filing date: 2026-09-01.
• Awarded/acquired: 12,684 shares (price reported $0.00 — vested performance shares).
• Disposed/withheld for taxes: 7,518.208 shares @ $513.53 = $3,860,825.
• Footnote: Full vesting of a performance stock award granted in Sept 2023 under the Microsoft Executive Incentive Plan for the 3-year performance period ending June 30, 2026.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in this Form 4 filing.
• Filing timeliness: filing date is 2026-09-01; no late filing flag is indicated in the provided record.

Context

• This appears to be a routine vesting of performance-based restricted shares with a sell-to-cover (tax withholding) transaction. Such dispositions to satisfy tax obligations are common and don’t necessarily indicate a view on the company’s outlook.