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Christopher E Mead sold $900k of AJG

VICE PRESIDENT at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. 3,500 shares at an average of $257.03, traded Aug 19, 2026, filed Aug 20, 2026.

Warning score
44
Value
$900k
3,500 shares
Holdings after
22,223
-14% from before
From 52-week low
+35%
low $190.85, close $256.76
From 52-week high
-16%
high $306.87, as of Aug 19, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $900k at market
    +24
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 14% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    3 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.

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.

AJGOct 9, 2026 · close 232.70
Since filing Aug 20, 2026: -10.1%SPY +2.3% · excess -12.4%

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 0000354190-26-000195, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 19, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+3,500$86.17$302k25,723Aug 20, 2026
Aug 19, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-3,500$257.03$900k22,223Aug 20, 2026
Aug 19, 2026MOption exercise
Non-qualified Stock Optionderivative
-3,500$0.00$07,590Aug 20, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
36Weak
AJGsell 2
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Richard C Cary
Controller, CAO
$253k
1,000 shares
-2%
45Moderate
AJGsell 4
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Scott R Hudson
Vice President
$3.2M
12,000 shares
-12%
60Notable
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Walter D. Bay
General Counsel
$3.2M
12,000 shares
-14%
35Weak
AJGsell
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Richard C Cary
Controller, CAO
$618k
3,000 shares
-6%
38Weak
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Scott R Hudson
Vice President
$865k
3,800 shares
-4%
44Moderate
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Christopher E Mead
VICE PRESIDENT
$908k
4,000 shares
-17%
55Moderate
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
J Patrick Gallagher Jr
CEO
$6.3M
27,450 shares
-22%
45Moderate
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Christopher E Mead
VICE PRESIDENT
$1.0M
4,000 shares
-19%
62Notable
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Douglas K Howell
VP & Chief Financial Officer
$1.3M
5,000 shares
-5%
45Moderate
AJGsell 3
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Walter D. Bay
General Counsel
$4.0M
15,850 shares
-17%

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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