ChoiceOne (COFS) Director Bruce J. Essex Jr Receives Award (244 Shares)

What Happened
Bruce J. Essex Jr, a director of ChoiceOne Financial Services, received an award/other acquisition of 244 shares on April 1, 2026. The grant was reported at $28.12 per share, for a total reported value of $6,861. This transaction is coded as an award/grant (code A), meaning it was a company-issued grant rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-01; Filing date: 2026-04-03 (filed within the two-business-day Form 4 deadline).
• Transaction type/code: Award/other acquisition (A).
• Shares acquired: 244 at $28.12 per share; total value reported $6,861.
• Shares owned after the transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Notable footnotes: The excerpt does not indicate a 10b5-1 plan, tax withholding conversion, or a cashless sale associated with this grant.

Context
Code A transactions are typically compensation-related grants (restricted stock or similar) and are not the same signal as an open-market purchase by an insider. Awards can reflect routine compensation, vesting, or board compensation and should be viewed differently than purchases when assessing insider sentiment. This filing was timely (not marked late).