Vince McMahon Sells 1.5 Million Shares of WWE Stock Today, Potentially Nets Over $30 Million

August 17, 2016

Vince McMahon might have had himself a $30 million day today, as he sold over 1.5 million shares of WWE stock according to an SEC filing.

In what might be a “battle of the million dollar days” against Kevin Dunn, McMahon sold 1.547 million shares today, however the sale price was not revealed. We do know that WWE stock closed today at $20.97, so if that’s the price at which Vince sold his stock, he would have made $32 million. As noted, McMahon sold 2.19 million shares this past May at a sale price of $16.50 per share, which amounted to $36.2 million.

Earlier this week, Kevin Dunn, WWE’s Executive Vice President of Television Production, sold 56,000 shares of WWE stock at $20.55 totaling over $1.15 million. As noted, Dunn sold $1 million worth of stock last month.

Below is the SEC filing for Vince McMahon’s sale today:

On August 17, 2016, the Vincent K. McMahon 2013 Irrev. Trust U/A dtd. December 5, 2013 (the “GRAT”) sold 1,547,372 shares of Class A common stock of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) in a block trade made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The GRAT was established by Vincent K. McMahon (“Mr. McMahon”), the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, for estate planning purposes for the benefit of Mr. McMahon and certain members of Mr. McMahon’s family. The GRAT sale was executed for liquidity and asset diversification. After the sale, the GRAT owns no Company common stock. Mr. McMahon has informed the Company that he has no further plans to sell shares of the Company’s stock and that he intends to continue in his capacity as the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the foreseeable future.

The 1,547,372 shares sold by the GRAT represent approximately 2% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock. After the sale, Mr. McMahon beneficially owns 35,533,375 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, which represents approximately 85% of the Company’s total voting power and approximately 46.5% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of common stock.

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