Sachin J. Mehra’s SEC Form 4 filings over the past year reveal a pronounced sell-side bias concentrated in Mastercard (MA), with no open-market purchases recorded across his 36 total transactions. The data shows $24.37 million in total sales value across two companies, entirely from MA disposals, while his activity in Salesforce (CRM) consisted solely of option exercises (code M) and compensation grants (code A) valued at zero. The most concentrated selling occurred on September 2, 2025, when Mehra executed nine open-market sales (code S) of MA stock totaling approximately $10.2 million, with individual transactions ranging from $176,455 to $2.5 million. A smaller cluster of MA sales on August 19, 2025, added another $1.3 million, bringing his recent three-month selling to roughly $11.5 million.
The transaction pattern is dominated by mechanical and compensatory events rather than discretionary buying. On March 1, 2026, Mehra received three MA grants (code A) but simultaneously had shares withheld to cover taxes (code F) totaling $4.95 million—a standard vesting event that reduces his net position. Similarly, option exercises in MA on September 2, 2025, valued at $5.32 million were immediately followed by same-day sales, suggesting the exercises facilitated the disposals rather than reflecting accumulation. His CRM activity follows the same structure: recurring monthly option exercises (May, August, November, and February) with no corresponding open-market purchases, indicating these are scheduled vesting events. Across all 36 filings, there are zero transactions coded as open-market purchases (P) or acquisitions (A) that would signal conviction buying, while the 12 recent sell transactions (codes S and F) total approximately $16.5 million, reinforcing a consistent pattern of monetization rather than accumulation.
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