Saak Aaron W 4

What Happened
Aaron W. Saak, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Crane NXT (CXT), was granted three equity awards on February 25, 2026 totaling 135,167 derivative shares: 61,667, 53,900 and 19,600 units, all reported at $0.00 (grant/award transactions). No cash was paid — these are derivative awards (options and/or restricted share units) rather than open-market purchases or sales.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-25; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-27 (appears within the standard 2-business-day reporting window).
• Grants reported at $0.00 per unit; aggregate reported cash value = $0 (these are compensatory awards).
• Shares owned after the grants: not provided in the supplied data.
• Footnotes summarize award terms: options (25% vest each year over 4 years), performance-based RSUs (each may convert into 0–2 shares, vesting only if multi-year performance targets are met through 12/31/2028), one-for-one RSU conversion, and time-based RSUs vesting 25% per year.
• No sale, purchase, cashless exercise, or tax-withholding disposition is reported in the provided items.

Context
These are grants of equity-linked compensation (options and performance/time-based RSUs), which are common for executive pay. Performance RSUs are contingent on meeting specified share-price or other performance criteria and may pay out between 0 and 2 shares per unit; time-based awards vest over multiple years. Because these are awards (not open-market purchases or sales), they indicate compensation granting rather than an immediate insider directional bet on the stock.