[Form 4] Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. Series C Insider Trading Activity
Gregory John Heller, EVP, CLO & Secretary of Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (BATRK), exercised options and sold shares on 08/21/2025. He exercised a stock option with a $27.18 exercise price to acquire 60,000 shares of Series C common stock and immediately sold 60,000 shares at a weighted average sale price of $43.45, with the sale price range reported as $43.09 to $43.70. After these transactions he beneficially owned 14,876 shares of Series C common stock directly and 80,263 shares through previously held derivative securities or other holdings.
The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/22/2025 and discloses the option grant’s original grant date (12/10/2023) and option expiration date (12/10/2027). The filing notes the reported sale price is a weighted average and that detailed per-price sale breakdowns are available upon regulatory request.
- Transaction fully disclosed: Form 4 includes exercise price ($27.18), sale weighted average price ($43.45), and price range ($43.09–$43.70).
- Post-transaction ownership reported: Beneficial ownership shown as 14,876 direct shares and 80,263 shares related to derivative holdings.
- Insider sale of 60,000 shares: The reporting person sold all 60,000 shares acquired by exercise, reducing direct holdings to 14,876 shares.
- Filing reflects insider liquidity, not company performance: The document does not provide operational or financial metrics to explain the sale.
Insights
TL;DR: Insider exercised options at $27.18 and sold 60,000 shares at a weighted average $43.45, realizing an immediate gain.
The transaction shows a typical option exercise followed by a sale covering the exercised shares. The filing explicitly reports the exercise price of $27.18 and the weighted average sale price of $43.45 (range $43.09–$43.70), indicating the insider captured a spread between exercise and sale prices. Post-transaction beneficial ownership is broken out as 14,876 shares direct and 80,263 shares associated with derivative holdings. For investors, this is a disclosure of insider liquidity rather than an operational signal; the filing contains no other company performance metrics.
TL;DR: Disclosure is complete for the reported exercise and sale; it documents both option terms and remaining beneficial ownership.
The Form 4 provides required detail: transaction date 08/21/2025, option exercise and sale codes, original option grant date (12/10/2023), and expiration (12/10/2027). It also includes a note that the sale price is a weighted average and that granular price-level data can be provided on request. The filing was executed by an attorney-in-fact, with signature dated 08/22/2025, consistent with procedural norms. There are no indications of hedging arrangements or additional agreements in this document.