What SEC filings does Valaris Limited submit to the SEC?

Valaris Limited (VAL) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about VAL?

A Form 4 for VAL discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from Valaris Limited?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for VAL?

The 10-K is Valaris Limited's annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all VAL SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical Valaris Limited filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for VAL. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does Valaris Limited file with the SEC?

Valaris Limited files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling VAL shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

VAL SEC Filing News — Valaris Limited

Latest SEC filings for Valaris Limited (VAL) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-14.

Valaris Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides offshore contract drilling services in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Gulf of America, Australia, Angola, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Floaters, Jackups, ARO, and Other. The company owns an offshore drilling rig fleet, which includes drillships, dynamically positioned semisubmersible rigs, a moored semisubmersible rig, and jackup rigs. It also offers management services on rigs owned by third parties. The company s…

Sector: Energy Industry: Oil & Gas Drilling Market Cap: $6.2B

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for VAL currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 3 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

VAL Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-05-04 — 2026-10-14

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 0 sells

Insider buying and selling activity is balanced in this period.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$153.97M

Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) · 2026-08-11

1,799,773 shares · Form 144

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 7 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 7 filings in this group are Form 4s for Valaris Limited.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 7 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 6 compensation award and 1 tax withholding. None of the classified filings involved a discretionary open-market trade, so this period says nothing about what insiders think of the price.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×6: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Tax withholding ×1: Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-07

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Barron Melissa (Controller) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	260	$75.35	$19.6K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Barron Melissa (Controller) Shares: 260

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-07-02

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Barron Melissa (Controller) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	8,673	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	735	$72.46	$53.3K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Barron Melissa (Controller) Shares: 9,408

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-12

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Hughes Catherine (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	2,493	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	397	$88.98	$35.3K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hughes Catherine (Director) Shares: 2,890

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-12

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

LEYKUM ELIZABETH (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	6,978	—	—
`D`	Disposition to issuer	2,792	$88.98	$248.4K
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units	6,978	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units	2,849	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: LEYKUM ELIZABETH (Director) Shares: 9,770

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-12

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Johansen Kristian (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	4,860	—	—
`D`	Disposition to issuer	1,944	$88.98	$173.0K
`A`	Compensation award	1,984	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Restricted Stock Units	4,860	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Johansen Kristian (Director) Shares: 8,788

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-12

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

FAGERSTAL DICK (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Restricted Stock Units	2,391	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: FAGERSTAL DICK (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-12

VAL insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Goldschmid Joseph (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	2,188	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Goldschmid Joseph (Director) Shares: 2,188

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 3 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Valaris Limited has 3 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Large Proposed Insider Sale 2026-09-03

VAL Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) (1,409,130 shares) ~$130.37M

Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell VAL (Valaris Ltd) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4. The proposed dollar value is large enough to merit attention.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) Shares: 1,409,130 Est. Value: $130.37M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Large Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-11

VAL Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) (1,799,773 shares) ~$153.97M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) Shares: 1,799,773 Est. Value: $153.97M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 144 Large Proposed Insider Sale 2026-05-27

VAL Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) (1,491,000 shares) ~$143.63M

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (1) Shares: 1,491,000 Est. Value: $143.63M

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 8 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 8 in this period for Valaris Limited. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-10-14