WMB The Williams Companies, Inc.

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The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Moderately bearish Selling ran elevated versus WMB's own trailing one-year pace, with 4% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 1 seller in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
4
11 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$6.6M
87,500 shares
Net activity
-$6.6M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 4% planned / 96% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $286.1K 2 transactions · 4,000 shares
Discretionary sales $6.3M 9 transactions · 83,500 shares

Largest single sale: $3.8M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Wilson Terrance Lane 2 fills SVP & General Counsel Sell 13,000 $74.87 $973.3K 278,359 −4.5% of holding
Wilson Terrance Lane SVP & General Counsel Sell 2,000 $70.65 $141.3K 281,159 −0.7% of holding
Wilson Terrance Lane SVP & General Counsel Sell 2,000 $74.16 $148.3K 283,159 −0.7% of holding
Wilson Terrance Lane SVP & General Counsel Sell 10b5-1 2,000 $71.30 $142.6K 285,159 −0.7% of holding
Jasek Glen G. 2 fills Senior Vice President Sell 2,500 $78.15 $195.4K 54,101 −4.4% of holding
Larsen Larry C Executive Vice President & COO Sell 12,000 $76.48 $917.8K 98,219 −10.9% of holding
Porter John Dean EVP & CFO Sell 50,000 $75.37 $3.8M 196,567 −20.3% of holding
Wilson Terrance Lane SVP & General Counsel Sell 2,000 $76.35 $152.7K 287,159 −0.7% of holding
Wilson Terrance Lane SVP & General Counsel Sell 10b5-1 2,000 $71.75 $143.5K 289,159 −0.7% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.