Microsoft (MSFT) Director John W. Stanton Receives 125-Share Award

What Happened John W. Stanton, a director of Microsoft Corporation, was granted 125 shares as an award on September 5, 2026. The Form 4 reports the acquisition price as $0.00 (no cash paid) and notes the award was fully vested on the grant date.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-05; Form 4 filed: 2026-09-08 (accession 0000789019-26-000185).
• Transaction type/code: A = Award/Grant; shares: 125; reported acquisition price: $0.00.
• Footnote: F1 — the stock award is fully vested on the date of grant.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• No sale or purchase of shares occurred—this was an awarded grant, not an open-market trade.

Context Stock awards that vest immediately mean the director receives the shares outright on the grant date; no exercise or cash outlay was required. Such awards can be part of routine director compensation and do not by themselves indicate the director is buying (bullish) or selling (bearish) the stock. For purchase/sale signals, investors typically weigh open-market buys/sells or patterns of trading over time.