Amlani Ajay K 4

What Happened Ajay K. Amlani, President & CEO and a director of AWARE, Inc. (AWRE), made two open-market purchases: 734 shares at $1.21 on 2026-05-14 (≈ $888) and 10,140 shares at $1.25 on 2026-05-15 (≈ $12,675), for a combined ~10,874 shares costing about $13,563. These were purchases (insider buys), which investors often watch as a potentially positive signal, though purchases can have many motivations.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices: 2026-05-14 — 734 shares at $1.21; 2026-05-15 — 10,140 shares at $1.25.
• Total acquired: 10,874 shares for roughly $13,563.
• Form 4 filed: 2026-05-18 (Accession 0001193125-26-228945). Period of report starts 2026-05-14.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the provided excerpt.
• Footnotes/plans: No 10b5-1 plan, tax withholding, or other special footnotes were disclosed in the provided data.
• Timeliness: Filing appears timely (filed within the SEC’s two-business-day window for these trade dates).

Context These were straightforward open-market purchases (transaction code P). This was not an option exercise, gift, or award, and there’s no indication the shares were immediately sold. For retail investors, insider buys can merit attention, but size ($~13.6k) is modest—consider alongside company fundamentals and other insider activity.