Palantir (PLTR) Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey Buckley Receives Award

What Happened Jeffrey Buckley, Palantir’s Chief Accounting Officer, received an award of 17,124 stock appreciation rights (SARs) on July 22, 2026. The grant was reported at $0.00 acquisition price (a derivative award, not an open‑market purchase). The SARs do not provide immediate shares or cash—they can pay out later if service and stock‑price conditions are met.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-22; Form 4 filed 2026-07-24 (timely filing).
• Award type/code: A (grant/award of SARs); reported acquisition price $0.00.
• Award size: 17,124 SARs granted.
• Vesting/exercise conditions (per filing): 1/38th of the SARs will satisfy the service‑based requirement in August 2026 and each quarter thereafter (subject to continued service). SARs that meet service conditions become exercisable during a limited window in November 2035 and only if Palantir’s stock price exceeds $135 at that time.
• Cap/settlement: SARs have a maximum appreciation value of $365, and the filing says the maximum aggregate number of Class A shares issuable upon exercise is approximately 12,500. (By multiplication, the maximum aggregate appreciation value across all SARs would be roughly $6.25M, as an approximation based on the $365 cap.)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
• Officer title noted: Chief Accounting Officer. Filing disclaimer: the Form 4 is compiled to reflect this transaction and may not list all holdings of the reporting person.

Context SARs are derivative awards that pay the increase in stock value (typically in cash or shares) above a baseline; they are different from immediate stock purchases or open‑market sales. This grant is a long‑dated, conditional award with both service and stock‑price hurdles (not an immediate sign of buying or selling). For retail investors, such awards indicate compensation tied to long‑term performance targets rather than an immediate insider bet on the stock.