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Venture Global (VG) GC Keith D. Larson Sells Shares After Exercising Options
What Happened
Keith D. Larson, General Counsel and Secretary of Venture Global, exercised stock options and immediately sold the resulting shares in open-market transactions. On May 14, 2026 he exercised 555,556 options at $0.79 per share (cost $438,889) and sold those 555,556 shares at a weighted-average price of $13.07 for proceeds of $7,259,506. On May 15, 2026 he exercised 555,555 options at $0.79 per share (cost $438,888) and sold those 555,555 shares at a weighted-average price of $14.04 for proceeds of $7,800,826. The filings also report the related derivative instruments were extinguished on exercise. Total shares exercised and sold: 1,111,111; total sale proceeds: approximately $15.06M; total exercise cost: $877,777.
Key Details
- Transaction dates: May 14, 2026 and May 15, 2026. Filing date: May 15, 2026 (filed promptly).
- Sale prices (weighted averages): $13.07 (range $12.80–$13.26) and $14.04 (range $13.45–$14.39). The filer will provide per-trade breakdown to the SEC on request (see footnotes).
- Options info: the options exercised were fully vested and exercisable (footnote F3). The derivative entries at $0.00 reflect the extinguishment of the options on exercise.
- Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the provided data.
- Filing timeliness: reported period 2026-05-14 and filed 2026-05-15 — appears timely.
Context
This is a common “exercise-and-sell” (cashless) transaction: the insider exercised vested options and sold the resulting shares in the open market. Such transactions convert option value to cash and do not, by themselves, indicate the insider’s longer-term view of the stock. All figures above are taken from the Form 4; no inference about motives is made.