SMITH BRIAN TRAVIS 4

What Happened

• Brian Travis Smith, EVP, AFP, Mfg., WWEC & HSE at Eastman Chemical Co. (EMN), was granted 10,589 shares as an award on February 11, 2026. The Form 4 reports the acquisition price as $0.00 because these were performance shares awarded for the 2023–2025 performance period.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-11; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-13 (timely filing).
• Transaction type: Award/Grant of performance shares (code A); reported acquisition price $0.00.
• Number of shares granted: 10,589.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the supplied filing details.
• Footnote: F1 indicates this grant reflects the determination of performance shares earned for the three‑year (2023–2025) performance period.
• No indication of a sale, exercise, tax withholding, or 10b5-1 plan in this filing.

Context

• This was an award of performance-based restricted stock (not an open-market purchase or sale), so the $0.00 reported price reflects grant accounting rather than market value. Awards like this are compensation and do not necessarily signal immediate buying or selling intent.
• For retail investors, such grants are routine executive compensation tied to company performance goals; they show earned long-term incentives but are not a direct cash investment by the insider.