Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of streaming big Netflix, simply bought a stack of Spotify shares.
That’s based on an SEC submitting noticed by MBW, which reveals Sarandos cashed out 17,710 frequent shares on Thursday (September 12).
The combination market worth of Sarandos’ SPOT share sale was roughly USD $6 million.
In accordance with the SEC doc (see beneath), the sale of Sarandos’ 17,710 shares was dealt with by Morgan Stanley.
Sarandos is Netflix’s co-CEO and is credited with main the corporate’s strikes into streaming, worldwide markets, and unique programming.
He has been at Netflix since 2000 and was promoted from Chief Content material Officer to co-CEO in 2020.
Sarandos has been a member of Spotify’s Board of Administrators since September 13, 2016.
Along with his function on SPOT’s board of administrators, Sarandos serves on the board of administrators of Netflix and serves as Chairman of the board of trustees for the Academy Museum of Movement Photos and the Treasurer for the board of administrators of Exploring the Arts.
He additionally serves on the board of trustees for the American Movie Institute and is a member of the Govt Committee of the Academy of Tv Arts and Sciences, in addition to a Henry Crown Fellow on the Aspen Institute.
The SEC submitting additionally reveals that the 17,710 shares bought by Sarandos have been acquired by way of inventory choices held by the Netflix chief and Spotify Board member.
On June 12, Sarandos acquired 13,952 shares, and on September 12, he acquired 3,758 shares by way of a inventory choice train.
In accordance with Spotify’s 2023 annual report, Sarandos nonetheless holds 24,317 in inventory choices.
Sarandos is the most recent Spotify shareholder to money out a pile of inventory within the firm.
On June 7, the corporate’s co-founder and former chairman Martin Lorentzon bought $81.5 million in Spotify shares.
The sale was completed by way of Rosello Firm Ltd., a Cyprus-registered holding firm owned by Almatea, a Luxembourg-based agency whose sole shareholder is Lorentzon. The overwhelming majority of Lorentzon’s shares in Spotify are held by way of Rosello.
On June 5, former Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy cashed out $10 million in SPOT inventory – not lengthy after stepping down as CEO of Peloton.
In April, Spotify co-founder CEO Daniel Ek bought 400,000 share items in Spotify, with an mixture market worth of $118.8 million.
The transfer marked the fourth time within the prior 12 months that Ek had cashed in a few of his Spotify inventory:
Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon are Spotify’s largest shareholdings.
Per Spotify’s newest 20-F, filed in February, as of the tip of 2023, CEO Daniel Ek was the most important shareholder, with 30.86 million shares, or 15.65% of Spotify’s 197.14 million excellent shares.
At Spotify’s share worth of $337.5 at market shut on Thursday (September 12), Ek’s shares can be value $10.41 billion.
Lorentzon, in the meantime, held 21.53 million shares, or 10.92% of all shares, and people shares can be valued at $7.26 billion on the present share worth.
Spotify’s share worth is up practically 79% 12 months to this point. The music streaming firm posted its biggest-ever quarterly revenue within the three months to finish of June.
Spotify additionally noticed its world Premium Subscriber base develop to 246 million paying customers in Q2, after attaining web additions of 7 million subscribers throughout the quarter – up 1 million forward of steering.
SPOT’s market cap worth as of Thursday, September 12, was USD $67.77 billion.
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