Jones David B. 4

What Happened

• David B. Jones, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of Innospec Inc. (IOSP), acquired 1,903 shares on February 16, 2026. The shares were reported as an award/other acquisition (code A) at $0.00 per share — these were settled performance-based restricted stock units (RSUs) originally granted on February 27, 2023. This is a compensation-related issuance rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-16 (reported in Form 4 filed 2026-02-18) — filing appears timely.
• Transaction type/code: Award/other acquisition (A); price reported $0.00 (shares issued on settlement).
• Shares acquired: 1,903 shares via settlement of performance-based RSUs (granted 2023-02-27).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the information provided in the summary filing.
• Footnote: confirms shares were issued upon settlement of a performance-based restricted stock unit award granted on Feb 27, 2023.
• No indication in the filing of a 10b5-1 plan, cashless sale, tax-withholding share surrender, or late filing.

Context

• This transaction reflects compensation (vested/settled RSUs) rather than a directional bet by the insider: awards increase insider holdings but are not the same signal as an open-market purchase.
• For retail investors, such grants are routine for executive compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate the insider is buying or selling shares for investment reasons.