According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the transactions were executed in two tranches.
One transaction was for 66,390 shares, sold for $174.66 each, while the other was 30,345 shares fetching $175.60 apiece.
MacRumors reports that Maestri sold a total of 96,735 shares.
“The transactions were made pursuant to a predetermined trading plan adopted by Maestri in November 2020, in accordance with insider trading laws”, the report mentioned.
According to the US SEC filing, Maestri still holds around 110,000 shares of Apple stock following the sale.
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Maestri joined Apple in 2013 and reports directly to CEO Tim Cook.
Apple’s stock closed at $171.52 on Friday and has been up nearly 32% since June.
Despite the global macro-economic environment, Apple saw a record June quarter with a 2% (year-over-year) revenue increase at $83 billion, riding on a 12% sales increase in services.
iPhone revenue increased from $39.5 billion to $40.7 billion in April-June, a 3% increase from last year.
“Our June quarter results continued to demonstrate our ability to manage our business effectively despite the challenging operating environment,” said Maestri.
“We set a June quarter revenue record, and our installed base of active devices reached an all-time high in every geographic segment and product category,” he had said.
During the quarter, Apple generated nearly $23 billion in operating cash flow and returned over $28 billion to its shareholders.
