THOMPSON GREGORY C 4

What Happened

• Gregory C. Thompson, a director of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI), received a derivative award on July 2, 2026: a grant covering 95,000 shares recorded at $0.00 per share (the Form 4 lists this as a derivative award/option grant). The filing shows a transaction value of $0 for the award. This is a compensation-related grant (not an open-market purchase or sale).

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 2, 2026; Form 4 filed July 6, 2026 (Accession: 0001079973-26-000925).
• Transaction type/code: A — Grant/Award (derivative option grant).
• Shares/units granted: 95,000; price reported: $0.00; reported transaction value: $0.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnotes: (1) The option grant was approved by the Board on July 2, 2026. (2) Vesting: 1/3 vests 7/31/26, 1/3 vests 7/31/27, 1/3 vests 7/31/28. Outstanding unvested options fully accelerate upon a change of control per the equity plan.
• Filing timeliness: No late-filing flag indicated in the provided data.

Context

• This was a compensation award (option grant) to a director. For retail investors, awards signal executive/director compensation but are not the same as a cash purchase or sale of stock. The grant vests over three years, so the economic benefit depends on future vesting and any applicable exercise price and plan terms.