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Trump Media CFO, director sells DJT stock | Real Time Headlines

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chief financial officer Trump Media and two other company insiders sold more than $16 million worth of the company in stock A week after the presidential election, according to new data expose.

Most of the shares have been sold by the CFO philip johnhe adopted a trading plan in August, revealing his intention to sell 400,000 DJT Shares will be issued by December 2025.

Trump Media Director Eric Swede The company’s general counsel, Scott Glabe, each sold smaller shares of the company, while the company’s largest shareholders Donald Trump elected President November 5.

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The company’s stock price has fluctuated wildly since it became publicly traded at the end of March, and the company lost $19.2 million in the quarter.

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Juhan, who is also Trump’s media treasurer, sold 320,000 shares on Friday at $30.65 per share, for a total of $9.8 million in stock, according to a Form 4 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

On Monday, Juhan sold an additional 64,000 shares at $32.97 per share, worth $2.11 million, the same filing said.

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Documents show that after the second sale, Juhan still held 265,798 shares of DJT stock. All but about 20,000 of those shares are restricted stock units, which were granted to him on Election Day, Nov. 5, and cannot be sold immediately.

A quarter of the award shares will vest and be eligible for sale on Dec. 25, according to a filing. The remaining shares will be paid in quarterly installments until March 2027.

According to Swider’s new Form 4 filing, 136,183 shares of DJT were sold on Friday at $28.23 per share, for a total value of $3.84 million.

The sale disposed of all of Swade’s Trump Media holdings, documents show. Swede controls a company called Renatus Advisors, which still owns 18,043 shares of Trump Media.

General counsel Glabe sold 15,917 shares on Friday at $32.19 per share, for a total value of $512,368, filings show.

Glabe, who is also the company’s secretary, still owns 336,576 shares restricted stock units After the sale in Trump Media. The stock vested in him on November 5 and will vest on the same schedule as Juhan’s RSU.

On the same day Juhan and Scott received their RSUs, Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes 1.3 million RSUs were received, with a paper value of nearly $38 million as of Wednesday.

Nunes’ RSU follows the same exercise schedule as Juhan and Scott have.

A Trump media spokesman did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the stock sales.

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