Mertz Elinor 4

What Happened
Elinor Mertz, Chief Financial Officer of Airbnb (ABNB), disposed of 4,308 shares on March 5, 2026, at $135.73 per share, for total proceeds of about $584,725. This was a sale (not a purchase) and was executed pursuant to a pre-established trading plan.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: March 5, 2026 — 4,308 shares sold at $135.73 each (total ≈ $584,725).
• Transaction type: Reported as an open-market/private sale (code S).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Filing date / timeliness: Form 4 filed March 9, 2026 — appears to be timely (filed within the SEC’s two-business-day window).
• Footnote: Sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted May 30, 2025 (prearranged plan).

Context
Sales under 10b5-1 plans are pre-planned trades and are often routine liquidity events for insiders; they do not, by themselves, indicate a change in the insider’s view of the company. For retail investors, purchases typically carry more informational weight than routine sales, but tracking size and frequency of insider sales can still be useful.