KAROL STEVEN E 4

What Happened

• Steven E. Karol, a director of Carpenter Technology Corp. (CRS), sold a total of 6,500 shares in open-market transactions on February 19, 2026. The sales comprised 3,000 shares at $380.00 ($1,140,000) and 3,500 shares reported at an average price of $381.12 ($1,333,929), for an aggregate value of approximately $2,473,929. These were sales (S), not purchases.

Key Details

• Transaction dates: 2026-02-19; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-23 (timely).
• Trades: 3,000 shares @ $380.00 = $1,140,000; 3,500 shares @ $381.12 = $1,333,929; total 6,500 shares ≈ $2.47M.
• Footnote: The $381.12 price is an average for the day's transactions; individual fills ranged from $381.04 to $381.18.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the provided excerpt.
• Transaction type/code: S = Sale (open market).

Context

• This filing reports routine open-market sales by a company director. Sales do not necessarily indicate the insider's view of the company and can reflect personal or portfolio reasons. No option exercises, gifts, or tax-withholding events are indicated in the supplied data.