Jeffrey E. Williams - Oct 1, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Role
COO
Signature
/s/ Sam Whittington, Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey E. Williams
Stock symbol
AAPL
Transactions as of
Oct 1, 2024
Transactions value $
-$28,831,085
Form type
4
Date filed
10/3/2024, 06:31 PM
Previous filing
Oct 1, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction AAPL Common Stock Options Exercise +127K +25.98% 617K Oct 1, 2024 Direct F1, F2, F3
transaction AAPL Common Stock Tax liability -$15.3M -67.6K -10.94% $226.21 550K Oct 1, 2024 Direct F3, F4
transaction AAPL Common Stock Sale -$11.7M -51.7K -9.4% $226.80 498K Oct 2, 2024 Direct F3, F5, F6
transaction AAPL Common Stock Sale -$1.83M -8.06K -1.62% $227.22 490K Oct 2, 2024 Direct F3, F5, F7

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction AAPL Restricted Stock Unit Options Exercise -127K -100% 0 Oct 1, 2024 Common Stock 127K Direct F1, F2, F8, F9, F10, F11
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of common stock.
F2 This transaction represents the settlement of RSUs in shares of common stock on their scheduled vesting date.
F3 The shares are held through Mr. Williams' living trust.
F4 Shares withheld by Apple to satisfy tax withholding requirements on vesting of RSUs.
F5 This transaction was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 30, 2023.
F6 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $226.11 to $227.105; the price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected upon request to the SEC staff, Apple, or a security holder of Apple.
F7 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $227.11 to $227.315; the price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected upon request to the SEC staff, Apple, or a security holder of Apple.
F8 This award was granted on September 26, 2021, for a target number of 68,065 RSUs. The award vested on October 1, 2024, applying a percentage of the target number of RSUs that was determined based on Apple's total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the other companies in the S&P 500 from the first day of Apple's fiscal year 2022 and ending with the last day of Apple's fiscal year 2024.
F9 TSR is calculated based on the change in a company's stock price during the performance period, taking into account any dividends paid during that period, which are assumed to be reinvested in the stock. In accordance with the terms of the award, the beginning value used for calculating TSR is the average closing stock price for the first 20 trading days of the performance period. Apple's beginning value was calculated to be $143.96. Similarly, the ending value used for calculating TSR is the average closing price for the final 20 trading days of the performance period. Apple's ending value was calculated to be $227.29.
F10 This award provided that if Apple's relative TSR performance was ranked at or above the 85th percentile for companies in the S&P 500 for the performance period, 200% of the target number of RSUs vest. If Apple's performance was ranked at or above the 55th percentile, 100% of the target number of RSUs vest. If Apple's performance was ranked at or above the 25th percentile, 25% of the target number of RSUs vest, and if Apple's performance was ranked below the 25th percentile, 0% of the target number of RSUs vest. If Apple's performance was between these levels, the portion of the RSUs that vest would be determined on a straight-line basis (i.e., linearly interpolated) between the two nearest vesting percentages.
F11 Apple's TSR for the three-year performance period was 57.88%, which ranked 92 of the 485 companies that were included in the S&P 500 for the performance period and placed Apple in the 81.20th percentile. Therefore, 127,282 RSUs subject to performance requirements vested.