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Planet Labs PBC insiders sold $42.5M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

Insiders sold $42.5M in the past 12 months.70% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 30% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, William Marshall (Co-Founder and CEO, Director), sold $16.1M.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 13, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026
$12.9M
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
70%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
8 of 11
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? More than usual: $42.5M sold, after almost none in the past 4 years. 8 insiders sold; the average is 1 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 2 for a sale on Oct 1. Ita Brennan sold 12K shares ($187K) under a disclosed plan. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 61 filed in the 12 months to Oct 13, 2026; 218 on record since Mar 5, 2021 · See the evidence

What stands out

Two insiders sold $12.4M with no disclosed plan: Ashley Johnson ($11.1M) and Kristen Robinson ($1.3M). The filings don't state a reason.Ashley Johnson: largest such sale, Apr 2, 2026 · Kristen Robinson: largest such sale, Jan 21, 2026
William Marshall, the biggest seller, had more shares withheld by the company for taxes ($18.8M) than sold on the open market ($16.1M).Largest withholding, Jun 15, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 8 officers and directors who sold. 11 are left out

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Left out: William Marshall, Robert Schingler, Niccolo de Masi, Ashley Johnson, Carl Bass, Kristen Robinson, Ita Brennan, Vijaya Gadde, John Raymond, Gary Smith and Scott Reese (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

William Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$16.1MDisclosed plan
Ashley Johnson
President & CFO
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$14.5M23% planned 77% no plan disclosed
Robert Schingler
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$7.2MDisclosed plan
Kristen Robinson
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$2.2M42% planned 58% no plan disclosed
Ita Brennan
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$1.8MDisclosed plan
All 8 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
OctNov 2025: $254 no plan disclosedNovDec 2025: $5.3M under a disclosed planDecJan 2026: $5.9M no plan disclosedJanFebMarApr 2026: $10.8M under a disclosed planApr 2026: $7.0M no plan disclosed$17.9MAprMayJunJul 2026: $11.4M under a disclosed planJulAugSep 2026: $1.8M under a disclosed planSepOct 2026: $187K under a disclosed planOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026
Oct 1, 2026Ita Brennan sold 12K shares ($187K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Ita Brennan
Director
11,500$16.30n/an/aOct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026
Sep 18, 2026William Marshall gave away 80K shares as a gift.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
William Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
80,000n/an/an/aSep 18, 2026Sep 18, 2026
Sep 17, 20262 executives sold 108K shares ($1.8M) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Ashley Johnson
President & CFO
55,663$16.96n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Robert Schingler
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
52,240$16.96n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Sep 15, 20263 executives had 277K shares ($4.4M) withheld by the company for taxes (not a market sale). 5.6K shares came in from vesting or option exercises the same day, so their combined holdings fell by 271K net.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
William Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
134,642$16.02n/an/aSep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Ashley Johnson
President & CFO
87,944$16.02n/an/aSep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Robert Schingler
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
54,117$16.02n/an/aSep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Common questions

Is the Planet Labs PBC CEO selling stock?

Yes. William Marshall sold 600K shares ($16.1M) in the past 12 months, all of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Planet Labs PBC insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 70% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 30% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Planet Labs PBC insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold8 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
William Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
$16.1M
600K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Ashley Johnson
President & CFO
$14.5M
516K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
23% under a disclosed plan 77% no plan disclosed
Robert Schingler
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
$7.2M
289K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Kristen Robinson
Director
$2.2M
85K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
42% under a disclosed plan 58% no plan disclosed
Ita Brennan
Director
$1.8M
60K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Vijaya Gadde
Director
$535K
20K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
John Raymond
Director
$170K
6.5K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Gary Smith
Director
$254
20 shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
The full ownership picture0 of 11 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 13, 2025SoldHeld Oct 13, 2026Still held
William Marshall
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for William Marshall are complete.
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
n/a−600Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for William Marshall

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for William Marshall are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−235Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−800Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Robert Schingler
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Schingler are complete.
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
n/a−289Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Schingler

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Schingler are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−110Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−294Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Niccolo de Masi
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Niccolo de Masi are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Niccolo de Masi

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Niccolo de Masi are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Ashley Johnson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. See the filing Sales and other transactions for Ashley Johnson are complete.
President & CFO
n/a−516Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Ashley Johnson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Ashley Johnson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−5Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−514Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Carl Bass
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. See the filing Sales and other transactions for Carl Bass are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Carl Bass

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Carl Bass are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
153,183$3.92Jun 29, 2031$1.9M

Estimate: options held × ($16.30 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 1, 2026), not a market close.

Kristen Robinson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Kristen Robinson are complete.
Director
n/a−85Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kristen Robinson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Kristen Robinson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Ita Brennan
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Ita Brennan are complete.
Director
n/a−60Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Ita Brennan

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Ita Brennan are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Vijaya Gadde
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Vijaya Gadde are complete.
Director
n/a−20Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Vijaya Gadde

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Vijaya Gadde are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
John Raymond
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for John Raymond are complete.
Director
n/a−6.5Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for John Raymond

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for John Raymond are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Gary Smith
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Gary Smith are complete.
Director
n/a−20n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Gary Smith

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Gary Smith are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Scott Reese
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Scott Reese are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Scott Reese

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Scott Reese are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Planet Labs PBC are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$42.5M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $42.5M across 1,576,676 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($12.9M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $12.9M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $11.1M of it is Ashley Johnson. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Ashley Johnson, Apr 2, 2026

Taxes

1,607,253 shares ($37.7M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
William Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO, Director
600K$16.1M100%38%Dec 26, 2025 to Jul 10, 2026
Ashley Johnson
President & CFO
516K$14.5M23%34%Jan 21, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026
Robert Schingler
Co-Founder Chief Strategy Off., Director
289K$7.2M100%17%Dec 26, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026
Kristen Robinson
Director
85K$2.2M42%5%Jan 21, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026
Ita Brennan
Director
60K$1.8M100%4%Apr 15, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026
Vijaya Gadde
Director
20K$535K0%1%Jan 22, 2026 to Jan 22, 2026
John Raymond
Director
6.5K$170K100%0.4%Jul 13, 2026 to Jul 13, 2026
Gary Smith
Director
20$2540%0.0%Nov 11, 2025 to Nov 11, 2025

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$254$0$0$254
Dec 2025$5.3M$5.3M$0$0
Jan 2026$5.9M$0$0$5.9M
Feb 2026$0$0$0$0
Mar 2026$0$0$0$0
Apr 2026$17.9M$10.8M$0$7.0M
May 2026$0$0$0$0
Jun 2026$0$0$0$0
Jul 2026$11.4M$11.4M$0$0
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$1.8M$1.8M$0$0
Oct 2026$187K$187K$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year4 earlier years to compare with

More than usual: $42.5M sold, after almost none in the past 4 years. 8 insiders sold; the average is 1 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 13, 2026
Latest 12 months
1.58M8$42.5M
Oct 13, 2025
1 year earlier
658K3$10.3M
Oct 13, 2024
2 years earlier
6K1$14K
Oct 14, 2023
3 years earlier
7.5K1$28K
Oct 14, 2022
4 years earlier
00$0
Oct 14, 2021
5 years earlier · filings don't cover the whole year
n/an/an/a

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty11 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Planet Labs PBC are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology218 filings on record, 61 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 218 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Planet Labs PBC (SEC CIK 1836833), filed from Mar 5, 2021 to Oct 2, 2026; 61 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 13, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (8)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total

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