Palantir (PLTR) Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey Buckley Receives Award

What Happened

• Jeffrey Buckley, Palantir's Chief Accounting Officer, was granted 16,714 stock appreciation rights (SARs) on 2026-09-29. The award is reported as a derivative grant (price listed $0.00), meaning no cash changed hands at grant. The SARs are fully vested and exercisable as of the grant date per the filing.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-29; Form 4 filed: 2026-10-01 (timely filing).
• Grant size: 16,714 SARs; reported acquisition price: $0.00 (derivative award).
• Derivative specifics (from filing footnotes):
  • F1: SARs are fully vested and exercisable as of the grant date; maximum term of 40 years, subject to earlier termination on certain events.
  • F2: Shares issuable on exercise are determined at exercise based on the difference between the SAR exercise price and the fair value of Palantir Class A common stock on the trading day before exercise.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in this Form 4 (filing notes it may not disclose all holdings).
• Transaction code: A (award/grant). No tax-withholding or sale reported in this filing.

Context

• SARs are a derivative award that lets the holder capture stock appreciation; they do not represent immediate share ownership until exercised/settled. This grant was recorded as an award (not a purchase or sale) and, per the footnotes, is already vested and exercisable but has no immediate cash value shown on the Form 4. The filing also states it’s not intended to disclose all equity holdings of the reporting person.