Fulks Stephanie A 4

What Happened
Stephanie A. Fulks, Senior Vice President of Horace Mann Educators Corp (HMN), was granted a total of 5,260.407 restricted stock units (RSUs) on March 4, 2026. The filing shows two awards: 2,583 RSUs granted at $0 (unvested) and 2,677.407 RSUs granted at $0 that are fully vested. The reported acquisition price for both awards is $0 (they are compensation grants, not purchases).

Key Details

• Transaction date: March 4, 2026; Form 4 filed March 6, 2026 (timely within the SEC 2-business-day window).
• Transaction type/code: A = Award/Grant; acquisition price $0.
• Grants reported: 2,583 RSUs (unvested) and 2,677.407 RSUs (fully vested). Total granted = 5,260.407 RSUs.
• Shares owned after transaction (per filing): 15,976 shares of Common Stock plus 2,677.407 vested RSUs.
• Footnotes: F1 — 2,583 RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning March 4, 2027; F2 — 2,677.407 RSUs are fully vested; F3 — the “owned after” figure represents 2,677.407 vested RSUs and 15,976 common shares.
• No tax withholding, sale, or 10b5-1 plan is reported in this filing.

Context
RSUs are compensation awards that convert to shares when they vest; the unvested portion is subject to future vesting conditions (here, three equal annual installments starting 3/4/2027). The vested RSUs typically represent immediate economic ownership (subject to company settlement practices), while the unvested portion does not indicate an immediate market purchase. Awards are common executive compensation and do not by themselves signal a buy/sell decision in the open market.