Linford Michael 4
4 · Affirm Holdings, Inc. · Filed Jun 30, 2026
Research Summary
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Affirm (AFRM) COO Michael Linford Exercises Options, Sells 100k
What Happened
Michael Linford, Chief Operating Officer of Affirm Holdings (AFRM), exercised 100,000 stock options at $5.39 per share (cost ≈ $539,000) on June 26, 2026 and sold 100,000 shares in an open-market transaction the same day for a weighted average price of $80.04 per share (gross proceeds ≈ $8,004,000). The Form 4 also reports a derivative disposition of 100,000 shares at $0.00 associated with the exercise/conversion.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-06-26. Form filed: 2026-06-30.
- Exercise: 100,000 shares @ $5.39 = ~$539,000 cash paid (coded M).
- Sale: 100,000 shares @ weighted avg $80.04 = ~$8,004,000 proceeds (coded S). Sale price range reported $80.00–$80.30; weighted average $80.04 (see footnote F2).
- Derivative disposition: 100,000 shares reported at $0.00 (coded M) — reflects conversion/exercise reporting (see F3).
- Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in this filing.
- Footnotes: F1 notes the trades were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted Dec 9, 2025. F3 describes the original option vesting schedule for the underlying options.
- Timeliness: filing date is listed as 2026-06-30 for transactions on 2026-06-26 (the filing itself does not state a late filing code in the provided data).
Context
- This was an option exercise followed by an immediate open-market sale (commonly a cashless outcome for the insider): the insider paid the exercise cost and sold the acquired shares the same day.
- The 10b5-1 plan note (F1) indicates the sale was executed under a pre-established trading plan, which is commonly used to avoid trading based on nonpublic information.
- The derivative disposition at $0.00 is a reporting convention for the conversion/exercise of the option; see F3 for vesting terms rather than implying a separate cashless payment.
All figures are rounded. This summary is factual and does not speculate on the insider’s motivations.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Linford Michael
Chief Operating Officer
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Class A Common Stock
[F1]2026-06-26$5.39/sh+100,000$539,000→ 217,984 total - Sale
Class A Common Stock
[F1][F2]2026-06-26$80.04/sh−100,000$8,004,000→ 117,984 total - Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
[F1][F3]2026-06-26−100,000→ 433,870 totalExercise: $5.39Exp: 2028-08-26→ Class A Common Stock (100,000 underlying)
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on December 9, 2025.
- [F2]Represents the weighted average sale price of the shares sold from $80.00 to $80.30 per share. The Reporting Person will provide, upon request by the Commission staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
- [F3]Stock options vested with respect to 1/4 of the shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), underlying the stock option on the one-year anniversary of August 27, 2018, the vesting commencement date, and the remaining 3/4 of the shares underlying the option vested in equal monthly installments over the subsequent three years, in each case subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer. The Reporting Person can elect to exercise the stock options at any time, provided that the shares acquired upon exercise remain subject to the applicable vesting schedule.
Signature
/s/ Josh Samples, Attorney-in-Fact|2026-06-30