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Newmont CEO Reports Tax Withholding and Planned Sale

Natascha Viljoen's reported US$2.9 million disposal combines tax withholding with a smaller planned sale. Her Form 4 separates the transactions.

by Corinne Ashdown3 min read

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Newmont CEO Natascha Viljoen reported about US$2.9 million in share disposals through tax withholding and a planned sale in a Form 4 filed November 3, 2026. The November 5 report by Billionaires.Africa drew attention to their combined value. If you hold Newmont, the distinction between those transactions changes how much selling you are actually assessing.

The Form 4 itself records 21,898 shares withheld on October 30 under transaction code F. Its footnote says the shares satisfied the tax withholding obligation on the vesting of 50,052 stock-settled restricted stock units. The withholding price was US$111.80, putting their value at about US$2.45 million. We would separate that withholding from the cash proceeds of a share sale, because the filing expressly links this larger disposal to taxes on an award.

The SEC filing's separate sale entry records 3,882 shares sold on November 2 under transaction code S. The execution price was US$108.04, valuing the sale at approximately US$419,411. The filing says it was effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated February 23. That puts the plan well before the reported execution. The disclosed execution price applies to that specific transaction; it does not establish the market price when the news was published. We can establish when the plan was dated and when the shares were sold; the document does not give us her reason for choosing that sale schedule or her outlook for gold.

How much direct ownership remained after those transactions? Following the reported transactions, Viljoen held 101,691 Newmont shares directly, according to the filing. That is the disclosed balance after the November 2 sale, rather than a live count of everything she might own today. The filing does not describe a sale of her entire remaining direct holding. For your assessment, the useful comparison keeps the tax withholding, planned sale and remaining direct stake distinct. We would not turn either the sale or the retained shares into a claim about her confidence that the document never makes.

For the business behind your holding, Newmont's October 22 results reported US$1.9 billion in third-quarter free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure. As we covered in Newmont Posts Record Third-Quarter Adjusted Profit, cash generation and future investment demands remain central to what shareholders can receive. The insider filing adds ownership information; it supplies no revised production, cost or capital outlook. We would assess the operating case against company results while tracking any subsequent ownership disclosures on their own terms.

By November 25, Newmont's declared dividend record date, we will check for subsequent ownership filings; its October 22 release schedules the dividend payment for December 21.

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