Meta (META) Chief Accounting Officer Aaron Anderson Exercises RSUs

What Happened

• Aaron Anderson, Meta's Chief Accounting Officer, had restricted stock units (RSUs) convert to 2,448 shares on August 15, 2026. The reported exercise/conversion entries show an acquisition at $0 (RSU settlement), and the issuer withheld 1,216 shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations at $589.85 per share, totaling about $717,258. After withholding, Anderson received a net of 1,232 shares.
• This was an RSU settlement (award vesting / conversion), not an open-market purchase or a sale to a third party. The $0 acquisition price reflects that these were vested RSUs rather than purchased stock.

Key Details

• Transaction date: August 15, 2026; Form filed August 18, 2026.
• Gross shares delivered on settlement: 2,448 (1,450 + 332 + 331 + 335).
• Shares withheld for taxes: 1,216 at $589.85/share = $717,258 (withholding is not a sale).
• Net shares retained by insider: 1,232.
• Acquisition price shown: $0 (RSU conversion). Withholding reported as a disposition for tax purposes (code F).
• Footnotes: F1 = shares withheld to cover income tax withholding (not a sale); F2 = each RSU converts to one share; F3–F6 = vesting schedules (quarterly 1/16th starts on various grant dates).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt.
• Filing timeliness: transaction reported on Form 4 filed 2026-08-18 for an August 15 transaction (no late-filing flag provided in the excerpt).

Context

• This is a routine RSU vesting/net settlement (cashless style): the issuer converted RSUs into shares and withheld a portion to pay withholding taxes. That withholding is standard and does not indicate a market sale by the insider.
• For retail investors, RSU settlements signal executive compensation being realized but are not the same as an insider buying stock with personal funds (which is often viewed as a stronger bullish signal).