Ohio Valley Banc Corp (OVBC) Director Anna P Barnitz Buys Shares

What Happened
Anna P. Barnitz, a director of Ohio Valley Banc Corp (OVBC), acquired a total of 84.675 shares on 2026-08-12 at $44.49 per share, for a combined cost of approximately $3,768. The transactions include an open-market purchase of 33.716 shares (code P) totaling $1,500 and three smaller acquisitions (code J) — 50.523 shares ($2,248) and two fractional lots of 0.218 shares each ($10 and $10). These were purchases (acquisitions), not sales.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-12; price per share: $44.49 for all lots.
• Total shares acquired: 84.675; total value ≈ $3,768.
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnotes: F1 = Voluntary cash for DRIP; F2 = Acquisition under Ohio Valley Banc Corp Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
• Transaction codes: P = open-market purchase; J = other acquisition/disposition (here likely DRIP/fractional-share adjustments).
• Filing timeliness: filing date matches report period (no late-filing indication in the provided data).

Context: These purchases are reinvestment- and cash-purchase-related (DRIP and an open-market buy), common for insiders who participate in dividend reinvestment plans. Such purchases are factual indicators of additional insider share accumulation but do not by themselves explain motivation or future company performance.