Sinclair (SBGI) SEC Filings

Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI) reported three indirect dispositions and three direct acquisitions involving 48,000 Class A Common Stock shares each by Vice President, director and ten-percent owner Frederick G. Smith on September 30, 2026. The shares were valued at $12.76 per share, using the September 29 closing price. Smith received shares from the AFS trust on September 23, 2026, as an in-kind distribution satisfying an annuity payment; this changed his beneficial ownership from indirect to direct without changing his pecuniary interest. Upon completion of all transactions, he shall own 333,000 Class A shares.

Sinclair, Inc. amended a Form 4 to correct the September 21, 2026 entry for 992 Class A Common Stock shares from an acquisition to a disposition. The reported transactions were indirect sales through the Frederick G. Smith EGS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust (992 shares at $13.5061 each; 99,008 shares afterward), the AFS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust (100 shares at $13.5050 each; 99,900 afterward), and the JRS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust (100 shares at $13.5000 each; 99,900 afterward). Frederick G. Smith, a Vice President, exercised his right to substitute the trust corpus and withdrew the shares from the trust for his child's benefit; no other changes were made to the original report.

On September 23, 2026, Sinclair, Inc. Vice President/Secretary, director and ten percent owner J. Duncan Smith received 222,300 Class B Common Stock shares from the J. Duncan Smith 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust as an in-kind distribution satisfying an annuity payment. The paired indirect disposition and direct acquisition changed the form of Smith’s beneficial ownership without changing his pecuniary interest. Afterward, the trust held 242,900 Class B shares indirectly, and Smith reported 5,515,386 Class B shares directly.

Sinclair, Inc. director Frederick Smith reported a proposed sale of 298,808 Class A shares, with an aggregate market value of $3,845,658.96, through Merrill Lynch; the approximate sale date is September 24, 2026. The notice also lists 1,192 Sinclair shares sold during the preceding three months on September 21, 2026, for $15,839.87.

Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI) Vice President, director and ten-percent owner Frederick G. Smith reported September 21, 2026 transactions in Class A common stock held indirectly through three trusts: the AFS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust; the JRS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust; and the EGS 2025, Series I Irrevocable Trust. The first two rows report sales of 100 shares each at $13.5050 and $13.5000 per share. The EGS trust row lists 992 shares at $13.5061 per share, but records an acquisition direction while describing the action as a sale.

The reported post-transaction positions were 99,900 shares in each of the AFS and JRS trusts and 99,008 shares in the EGS trust. Footnotes state that Smith exercised a right to substitute trust corpus and withdrew shares for the benefit of his child. They also report that he directly owns 3,000,000 Class B shares and 189,000 Class A shares, plus 17,801.567198 Class A shares held in a 401(k) unitized stock fund. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.

Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI) reported that Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer David Bochenek will separate from employment effective November 9, 2026, remaining in his role and assisting with transition until that date. He is the company’s principal accounting officer.

Under a Transition and Separation Agreement, Bochenek will receive severance consistent with a termination without cause, including base salary through November 30, 2026, a lump-sum cash payment equal to 24 months of his current base salary, accrued unused vacation, and any benefits under existing equity awards. He will also receive an additional bonus of approximately $66,000 paid over six months, contingent on signing and not revoking a waiver and release of claims and complying with non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-disparagement covenants. Subject to compensation committee approval, the post-termination exercise period for his stock appreciation rights under the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan will be extended to their 10-year expiration date, subject to the same conditions. After the separation, Bochenek has agreed to remain available through filing of the 2026 Form 10-K to address related questions. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Narinder Sahai will become principal accounting officer as of the Separation Date, without additional compensation.

Sinclair, Inc. executive David B. Gibber, EVP & Chief Legal Officer, reported transactions in Class A Common Stock on 2026-08-10. He executed two open-market sales totaling 29,246 shares and a discretionary transaction under Rule 16b-3(f), all treated as dispositions of non-derivative shares.

The reported sales were 28,828 shares at a weighted average price of $13.7414 per share, with individual execution prices ranging from $13.67–$13.84, and 418 shares at $13.82 per share. A separate discretionary transaction disposed of 5,799.0233 shares from a 401(k) unitized stock fund at $13.76 per share. After these transactions, the reporting person also holds 307,707 shares of Class A Common Stock issued as Stock Appreciation Rights.

Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) filed a notice of proposed sale of common stock under Form 144. The filing covers 29,248 common shares to be sold through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on NASDAQ. These shares were previously acquired via dividend reinvestment, restricted stock awards, and an employee stock purchase plan.