Rockwell Automation President and CEO Blake D. Moret filed a Form 4 on November 9, 2026, disclosing an employee stock option exercise and three open-market purchases of Rockwell Automation common stock, all held indirectly through a family trust.

Key Highlights

  • Option exercise: Moret exercised 700 employee stock options at an exercise price of $136.40 on November 9, 2026, converting them to common stock acquired by the family trust.
  • Open-market purchases: The family trust purchased 1,039 shares at a weighted average price of $385.5906, 2,411 shares at a weighted average price of $386.4502, and 550 shares at a weighted average price of $387.4354, all on November 9, 2026.
  • Post-transaction holdings: Following all reported transactions, the family trust held 99,285 shares of common stock indirectly.
  • Savings Plan units: The filing also discloses 165.0922 shares represented by Company stock fund units held indirectly through the Company Savings Plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of September 30, 2026.
  • Options fully exercised: The exercised employee stock option position, which had an expiration date of December 6, 2026, shows zero derivative securities remaining after the transaction.
  • Issuer: Rockwell Automation, Inc., listed on NYSE:ROK.

Moret Family Trust Adds Rockwell Shares Via Exercise and Market Purchases

According to the Form 4 filed with the SEC, Blake D. Moret, who serves as both President and CEO and as a Director of Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK), reported five transactions on November 9, 2026. All equity positions are held indirectly through a family trust. The filing was signed by Danielle White as Attorney-in-Fact for Blake D. Moret.

The first transaction was the exercise of 700 employee stock options with an exercise price of $136.40 per share. Those options carried an expiration date of December 6, 2026, and following the exercise, zero options remain outstanding under that grant, the filing shows. The shares acquired via exercise were added to the family trust's indirect holdings. Three separate open-market purchase transactions followed on the same date, bringing additional shares into the trust at weighted average prices of $385.5906, $386.4502, and $387.4354. The filing notes that the weighted average prices reflect purchases made within ranges: $385.00 to $385.99 for the first lot, $386.00 to $386.97 for the second, and $387.01 to $387.9672 for the third. Full price detail is available upon request to the company, its shareowners, or SEC staff, according to the filing.

Separately, the filing discloses 165.0922 shares represented by Company stock fund units acquired under the Company Savings Plan since the date last reported, based on Plan Administrator data as of September 30, 2026. The filing includes a note that the unit count "may not exactly equal the number of stock fund units represented by a prior balance due to variance in the proportion of uninvested cash held in the reference fund."

What Was Disclosed

The filing reports one option exercise and three open-market common stock purchases by the family trust of Rockwell Automation's President and CEO on November 9, 2026, bringing the trust's total indirect share count to 99,285, plus 165.0922 Savings Plan units.