MRK Merck & Co., Inc.

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Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

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Insider signal Bearish Selling ran elevated versus MRK's own trailing one-year pace, with 0% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 5 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
5
17 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$30.0M
228,238 shares
Net activity
-$30.0M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $0 0 transactions · 0 shares
Discretionary sales $30.0M 17 transactions · 228,238 shares

Largest single sale: $10.7M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Guindo Chirfi EVP, Access, Policy & Comms Sell 10,000 $135.00 $1.4M 36,613 −21.5% of holding
Zachary Jennifer EVP, General Counsel Sell 80,315 $133.46 $10.7M 45,509 −63.8% of holding
DeLuca Richard R. 2 fills EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth Sell 11,699 $131.63 $1.5M 110,767 −9.6% of holding
DeLuca Richard R. 2 fills EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth Sell 12,837 $131.76 $1.7M 127,293 −9.2% of holding
DeLuca Richard R. EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth Sell 20,784 $130.43 $2.7M 134,703 −13.4% of holding
Guindo Chirfi EVP, Access, Policy & Comms Sell 15,000 $131.00 $2.0M 46,613 −24.3% of holding
DeLuca Richard R. 3 fills EVP&Pres, Merck Animal Heallth Sell 6,050 $130.38 $788.8K 160,732 −3.6% of holding
Williams David Michael 3 fills EVP,Chief Info&Digital Officer Sell 52,847 $128.77 $6.8M 31,716 −62.5% of holding
Maraldo David R. 3 fills EVP & Pres. MMD Sell 18,706 $128.72 $2.4M 18,212 −50.7% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.