Davis Brian Scott

Davis Brian Scott, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Western Digital (WDC), has filed 83 Form 4 transactions with the SEC, all involving a single company. The pattern is one-directional: zero open-market purchases, zero acquisitions, and $7,659,621.68 in total sales. Every transaction in the recent filing history falls into one of four mechanical categories: option exercises (code M), shares withheld for tax (code F), restricted stock grants (code A), or sales back to the issuer (code D). None of these represent a discretionary buy or sell decision by Scott. The recent filings, all dated between June and September 2026, show a consistent rhythm of option exercises paired with tax-withholding sales. On September 20, Scott exercised options twice with no reported value, while $425,044.69 in shares were withheld to cover taxes. Similar F-code transactions appeared on September 3 ($389,464.74), August 26 ($770,838.72), August 25 ($437,678.25), August 21 ($272,447.92), August 20 ($335,839.80), and June 20 ($717,127.03). The largest single withholding event was the August 26 transaction at $770,838.72. Grant activity (code A) appeared on September 17, August 25, and June 17, all valued at zero. The data shows no open-market selling (code S) in the recent window. The $7.66 million total sell value across all 83 filings consists entirely of tax-withholding events and issuer buybacks, not discretionary trades. Scott's Form 4 history therefore reveals a compensation-driven pattern: regular option exercises and equity grants, with a portion of each award automatically liquidated to satisfy tax obligations. There is no evidence of a directional bet on WDC stock in either direction.