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Snap (SNAP) 10% Owner Robert C. Murphy Sells Shares
What Happened
Robert C. Murphy, listed as a 10% owner of Snap Inc. (SNAP), sold a total of 4,000,000 Snap shares in open-market transactions and made a charitable gift of 1,202,533 shares. The two sales were: 2,000,000 shares at a weighted average price of $5.44 (proceeds $10,883,800) on 2026-05-13, and 2,000,000 shares at a weighted average price of $5.28 (proceeds $10,561,400) on 2026-05-14. Combined sale proceeds were about $21.45 million. The 1,202,533-share transfer on 2026-05-14 was reported as a gift (charitable).
Key Details
- Transaction dates: May 13, 2026 (2,000,000 shares sold) and May 14, 2026 (2,000,000 shares sold and 1,202,533 shares gifted). Filing date: May 15, 2026.
- Prices/ranges: reported weighted averages $5.44 and $5.28. Footnotes indicate the individual sale prices ranged $5.31–$5.54 (one sale) and $5.185–$5.50 (the other); full per-price breakdown is available on request per the filing.
- Proceeds: ~$10.88M (5/13 sale) and ~$10.56M (5/14 sale); total ≈ $21.45M.
- Plan/authorization: Sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted Nov 11, 2025 and amended Feb 11, 2026 (footnote).
- Gift: The 1,202,533-share transfer is described as a charitable gift (footnote).
- Holdings structure: Filing footnotes note some shares are held in an irrevocable trust (reporting person is trustee with voting power but no financial interest) and some held by entities where the reporting person retains investment power.
- Shares owned after the transactions: not disclosed in the excerpt provided.
Context
- These were sales under a pre-established 10b5-1 plan, which are routine mechanisms insiders use to sell shares on a set schedule and are generally viewed as planned disposition rather than an ad hoc market-timing signal.
- Gifts (charitable transfers) do not necessarily reflect the donor’s market view.
- As a 10% owner, Murphy is a large shareholder; this filing reflects significant shareholder activity rather than an option exercise or executive compensation event.