Director’s trust sells 8,400 Live Oak (NASDAQ: LOB) shares under 10b5-1 plan
Filing Impact
Filing Sentiment
Form Type
4
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Live Oak Bancshares director William L. Williams III reported an open-market sale of 8,400 shares of Voting Common Stock at $40.054 per share. The sale was made by the William L. Williams Revocable Trust, which still holds 1,130,925.8621 shares after the transaction.
According to a footnote, this sale was carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 12, 2026. The filing also shows additional indirect holdings through the Elizabeth Williams Family Trust and Spoint-ILM, LLC, plus separate directly held shares.
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Insider Trade Summary 10b5-1
Net Seller: 8,400 shares ($336,454)
Net Sell
4 txns
Insider
WILLIAMS WILLIAM L. III
Role
null
Sold
8,400 shs ($336K)
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Voting Common Stock | 8,400 | $40.054 | $336K |
| holding | Voting Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Voting Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Voting Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Holdings After Transaction:
Voting Common Stock — 1,130,925.862 shares (Indirect, By William L. Williams Revocable Trust);
Voting Common Stock — 52,825 shares (Direct, null)
Footnotes (1)
- The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 12, 2026. Includes 1,250 shares of voting common stock that were previously directly beneficially owned and were transferred by the reporting person to his revocable trust.
Key Figures
Shares sold: 8,400 shares
Sale price: $40.054 per share
Trust holdings after sale: 1,130,925.8621 shares
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6 metrics
Shares sold
8,400 shares
Open-market sale of Voting Common Stock
Sale price
$40.054 per share
Price for the 8,400-share sale
Trust holdings after sale
1,130,925.8621 shares
William L. Williams Revocable Trust post-transaction balance
Elizabeth Williams Family Trust holdings
137,025 shares
Indirect Voting Common Stock holdings
Spoint-ILM, LLC holdings
14,110 shares
Indirect Voting Common Stock holdings
Direct holdings
52,825 shares
Direct Voting Common Stock held by reporting person
Key Terms
Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, Voting Common Stock, open-market sale, indirect ownership
4 terms
Rule 10b5-1 trading plan regulatory
"The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person"
A Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is a pre-arranged schedule that allows company insiders to buy or sell stock at specific times, even if they have inside information. It helps prevent accusations of unfair trading by making these transactions look planned and transparent, rather than sneaky or illegal.
Voting Common Stock financial
"security_title: Voting Common Stock reported for each transaction entry"
open-market sale financial
"transaction_action: open-market sale, described as Sale in open market or private transaction"
An open-market sale is when a shareholder sells existing shares directly on a public exchange to any willing buyer, rather than through a private deal. Think of it like putting goods on a busy market stall where price is set by supply and demand; for investors it matters because such sales increase available supply, can put short-term downward pressure on the stock price, and signal changes in liquidity or investor confidence.
indirect ownership financial
"ownership_type: indirect, nature_of_ownership: By William L. Williams Revocable Trust"