BZFD insider receives 4,300,000 shares in stock awards

By AlphaYouPublished Sep 25, 2026Form 4

Stocks in this disclosure

Reported activity

Allen Family Digital, LLC; Folks Byron Allen

Reporting filer

Allen Family Digital, LLC; Folks Byron Allen reported 4,300,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in BuzzFeed, Inc. as grants or awards dated 2026-09-23. The Form 4 was disclosed on Sep 25, 2026. These were stock awards, not open-market purchases.

Disclosed: Sep 25, 2026

Reported details

1 entry

All validated entries in this disclosure
Security	Owner	Date	Code	Action	Quantity	Price	Following holdings	Reporting delay	Filed terms and references
Class A Common Stock	Allen Family Digital, LLC; Folks Byron Allen	2026-09-23	A	Grant or award	4300000	1.09	50,000,000	2 days	Filed terms security Title: Class A Common Stock transaction Date: 2026-09-23 deemed Execution Date: transaction Form Type: 4 transaction Code: A equity Swap Involved: 0 transaction Timeliness: transaction Shares: 4300000 transaction Price Per Share: 1.09 transaction Acquired Disposed Code: A shares Owned Following Transaction: 50000000 direct Or Indirect Ownership: I nature Of Ownership: See footnote id: F1

Class A Common Stock

Owner: Allen Family Digital, LLC; Folks Byron Allen
Date: 2026-09-23
Code: A
Action: Grant or award
Quantity: 4300000
Price: 1.09
Following holdings: 50,000,000
Reporting delay: 2 days
Filed terms and references: Filed terms
security Title: Class A Common Stock
transaction Date: 2026-09-23
deemed Execution Date:
transaction Form Type: 4
transaction Code: A
equity Swap Involved: 0
transaction Timeliness:
transaction Shares: 4300000
transaction Price Per Share: 1.09
transaction Acquired Disposed Code: A
shares Owned Following Transaction: 50000000
direct Or Indirect Ownership: I
nature Of Ownership: See footnote
id: F1

Purchases, sales, grants and option exercises are different transactions. The reported code identifies the action; it does not establish a motive.

Filing context

Quantities and prices are shown in the units filed. No trade value is inferred from their product.
Allen Family Digital, LLC: Director, 10% owner.
Folks Byron Allen: CEO, Director, 10% owner.
F1: Securities held by Allen Family Digital, LLC. Byron Allen Folks is the sole member of Allen Family Digital, LLC, and as a result, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by Allen Family Digital, LLC.

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Security

Owner

Date

Code

Action

Quantity

Price

Following holdings

Reporting delay

Filed terms and references

Class A Common Stock

Allen Family Digital, LLC; Folks Byron Allen

2026-09-23

Grant or award

4300000

1.09

50,000,000

2 days

Filed terms

security Title: Class A Common Stock
transaction Date: 2026-09-23
deemed Execution Date:
transaction Form Type: 4
transaction Code: A
equity Swap Involved: 0
transaction Timeliness:
transaction Shares: 4300000
transaction Price Per Share: 1.09
transaction Acquired Disposed Code: A
shares Owned Following Transaction: 50000000
direct Or Indirect Ownership: I
nature Of Ownership: See footnote
id: F1

Filing context

Quantities and prices are shown in the units filed. No trade value is inferred from their product.

Allen Family Digital, LLC: Director, 10% owner.

Folks Byron Allen: CEO, Director, 10% owner.

F1: Securities held by Allen Family Digital, LLC. Byron Allen Folks is the sole member of Allen Family Digital, LLC, and as a result, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by Allen Family Digital, LLC.