Msc Industrial Direct director Mitchell Jacobson buys $29.0 million of shares
Open market purchase reported on Form 4, filed Oct 27, 2026.
Snapshot
Mitchell Jacobson, a director of Msc Industrial Direct (MSM), bought 250,000 shares in open market purchases on Oct 23, 2026, about $29.0 million at an average price of $115.94 a share, according to a Form 4 filed with the SEC on Oct 27, 2026.
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Market Data
| Company | 1D % | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ($MSM) | ▲ +3.40% | 122.41 |
as of 11:59 ET · Realtime derived data
What We Know
The filing lists 3 open market purchase lines: • Oct 23, 2026: 60,951 shares at $115.11. • Oct 23, 2026: 134,662 shares at $116.00. • Oct 23, 2026: 54,387 shares at $116.72.
After the last purchase, the filing reports 2,578,192 shares held directly in that account.
Octans View
The purchases raised the holding reported in that account by about 11%, computed from the filed share counts. An open market purchase is made with the insider's own money at the market price, unlike option exercises or stock awards, which this brief excludes. The filing does not say why the insider bought.
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Limits. Insiders must report trades within two business days; this brief covers one filing and does not net it against sales by the same person or other insiders. Prices are as filed; where a line shows a weighted average, the filing's footnotes give the range.
Method and source. Octans Research reads the structured Form 4 filed with the SEC, keeps open market purchases (code P) only, and computes the total value and the average price from the filed share counts and prices. The filed price must sit within 25% of the closing price on the trade date. The text is generated by a fixed template; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]SEC EDGAR — Form 4 filed by Mitchell Jacobson for Msc Industrial Direct, Oct 27, 2026
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