Ardian US LLC 4

What Happened Ardian US LLC, acting as an investment adviser and the reporting person, purchased 880,281.69 Class I units of Ardian Access LLC on February 2, 2026 at an estimated net asset value of $11.36 per unit, for a total investment of $10,000,000. This was a purchase (a bullish capital allocation into the fund), not a sale or option exercise.

Key Details

• Transaction date and filing date: February 2, 2026 (filed same day).
• Transaction type: P = Purchase (open market or private purchase).
• Price and amount: 880,281.69 units at $11.36 per unit = $10,000,000.
• Shares/units owned after transaction: estimated ~880,282 Class I units (includes the 1 Class I unit held prior), plus 1 Class D unit and 10,000 Class J units.
• Notable footnote: Amounts (units purchased, price, and post-transaction holdings) are estimated due to timing of the issuer's NAV calculation; NAVs as of 12/31/2025 were $11.36 (Class I), $11.35 (Class D), $11.34 (Class J).
• Prior related investment: On April 2, 2025 the reporting person made a $100,000 seed investment in Class J units.

Context This filing reflects an institutional purchase by an investment adviser (Ardian US LLC), not insider trading by a company executive. Because the reported counts and prices are estimated pending NAV calculations, the unit totals are approximate. Purchases by advisers can signal confidence or portfolio allocation decisions but are not direct statements of future company performance.