META Platforms Inc. Lobbying and Trading Activity Revealed

$60,000 of META PLATFORMS INC. (formerly FACEBOOK INC. and its subsidiaries) lobbying expenditures from Q4 2024 have recently come to light in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

Insights on Lobbying Efforts

The lobbying activities included various critical issues such as:

“Privacy, security data legislation, cyber security discussions, data security, encryption, youth safety, and platform integrity.” This emphasizes the company’s focus on protecting user data and ensuring platform reliability.

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Congressional Trading in META Stock

In the past six months, members of Congress have made seven trades involving META stock. Among these trades, four were purchases while three were sales.

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Insider Trading Movements at META

Over the last six months, META insiders executed a staggering 1,060 stock trades, with no purchases but all sales.

Here is a breakdown of recent insider trading activity:

• MARK ZUCKERBERG (COB and CEO): 0 purchases, 957 sales, selling 1,121,006 shares for approximately $663,568,450.
• SUSAN J LI (Chief Financial Officer): 0 purchases, 23 sales, selling 69,563 shares for about $37,302,434.
• ANDREW BOSWORTH (Chief Technology Officer): 0 purchases, 11 sales, selling 39,607 shares for roughly $21,577,234.
• CHRISTOPHER K COX (Chief Product Officer): 0 purchases, 3 sales, selling 30,000 shares for an estimated $16,849,786.
• NICHOLAS CLEGG (President, Global Affairs): 0 purchases, 12 sales, selling 24,382 shares for about $13,159,917.
• JENNIFER NEWSTEAD (Chief Legal Officer): 0 purchases, 26 sales, selling 22,617 shares for approximately $12,655,453.
• JAVIER OLIVAN (Chief Operating Officer): 0 purchases, 25 sales, selling 19,701 shares for around $10,991,022.
• PEGGY ALFORD: 0 purchases, 2 sales, selling 1,925 shares for about $1,012,430.
• AARON ANDERSON (Chief Accounting Officer): 731 shares sold for an estimated $407,167.

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Institutional Investor Activities with META Stock

A total of 2,074 institutional investors increased their holdings in META stock, while 1,623 chose to reduce their positions in the most recent quarter.

Notable movements include:

• INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 9,500,243 shares (-99.8%) in Q4 2024, valued at approximately $5,562,487,278.
• BARCLAYS PLC decreased their holdings by 3,519,459 shares (-34.7%) in Q3 2024, for an estimated value of $2,014,679,109.
• APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. eliminated 2,305,238 shares (-100.0%) in Q3 2024, worth around $1,319,610,440.
• ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP decreased their position by 2,222,612 shares (-24.1%) in Q3 2024, for an estimated $1,272,312,013.
• MORGAN STANLEY added 1,622,152 shares (+4.6%) in Q3 2024, valued at approximately $928,584,690.
• CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS reduced their positions by 1,590,526 shares (-4.1%) in Q3 2024, for a value of about $910,480,703.
• SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ADVISERS, LP increased their holdings by 1,502,792 shares (+infinity%) in Q3 2024, roughly valued at $860,258,252.

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