Lay Randall R Form 4 Williams Industrial Services / RANDALL R LAY ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

LAY RANDALL R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WILLIAMS INDUSTRIAL SRVS GRP INC.

200 ASHFORD CENTER NORTH STE 425

(Street)

ATLANTA GA 30338

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ WLMS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, Chief Operating Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	03/31/2022		M(1)		21,901	A	(1)	156,501	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	03/31/2022		M			21,901	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	21,901	$0	21,902	D
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	03/31/2022		A		56,000		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	56,000	$0	56,000	D
Restricted Stock Units	(3)							(3)	(3)	Common Stock	36,343		36,343	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On March 31, 2020, the reporting person was granted 65,704 time-based restricted stock units ("RSUs"), each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock and which vest in three equal installments on March 31 of each of 2021, 2022 and 2023, subject to continued employment through the vesting date. The RSUs may be settled in shares of the issuer's common stock or cash (at the election of the issuer). The issuer's Compensation Committee elected to settle the RSUs that vested on March 31, 2022 in shares of the issuer's common stock.

2. On March 31, 2022, the reporting person was granted 56,000 time-based RSUs, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock and which vest in three equal installments on March 31 of each of 2023, 2024 and 2025, subject to continued employment through the vesting date. The RSUs may be settled in shares of the issuer's common stock or cash (at the election of the issuer).

3. On March 31, 2021, the reporting person was granted 36,343 time-based RSUs, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock and which vest in full on March 31, 2024, subject to continued employment through the vesting date. The RSUs may be settled in shares of the issuer's common stock or cash (at the election of the issuer).

	/s/ Charles E. Wheelock for Randall R. Lay by Power of Attorney	04/04/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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