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John Joseph Giamatteo sold $173k of BB

CEO & President, Cybersecurity at BLACKBERRY Ltd. 43,135 shares at an average of $4.00, traded Jan 3, 2025, filed Jan 7, 2025.

Warning score
36
Value
$173k
43,135 shares
Holdings after
449,140
-9% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $173k at market
    +11
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 8.8% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    6 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +27.1%, 3m -29.3%, 6m +3.7%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

BBOct 12, 2026 · close 8.45
Since filing Jan 7, 2025: +108.1%SPY +34.8% · excess +73.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001070235-25-000020, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 3, 2025MOption exercise
Common Shares
+106,723--492,275Jan 7, 2025
Jan 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Shares
-43,135$4.00$173k449,140Jan 7, 2025
Jan 3, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Share Unitsderivative
-106,723--0Jan 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at BLACKBERRY Ltd and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
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Jennifer Armstrong-Owen
Sr VP & Chief People Officer
$28k
3,379 shares
-3%
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Tim Foote
Chief Financial Officer
$71k
8,441 shares
-11%
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John Joseph Giamatteo
CEO & President, Secure Comm.
$226k
27,004 shares
-3%
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BLACKBERRY Ltd
Philip S. Kurtz
CLO & Corp. Secretary
$52k
6,164 shares
-8%
15Weak
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
Jennifer Armstrong-Owen
Sr VP & Chief People Officer
$24k
2,590 shares
-2%
30Weak
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
John Christopher Wall
President, QNX
$32k
3,474 shares
-20%
27Weak
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
Tim Foote
Chief Financial Officer
$30k
3,269 shares
-5%
38Weak
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
John Joseph Giamatteo
CEO & President, Secure Comm.
$269k
29,272 shares
-4%
21Weak
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
Philip S. Kurtz
CLO & Corp. Secretary
$38k
4,168 shares
-6%
53Moderate
BBsell 5
BLACKBERRY Ltd
Philip S. Kurtz
CLO & Corp. Secretary
$274k
30,000 shares
-32%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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