American Eagle (AEO) SVP James H. Keefer Jr. Receives 143-Share Award

What Happened

• James H. Keefer Jr., SVP, Controller & CAO of American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), was granted 143 dividend-equivalent rights tied to previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) on July 24, 2026. The reported transaction is coded as an award/grant (A) and shows an acquisition price of $0.00; the filing treats these as derivative awards rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-24
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A) — derivative dividend-equivalent rights on RSUs
• Shares/units granted: 143; reported acquisition price: $0.00 (no cash exchanged)
• Filing date: 2026-07-28 (filed within the typical 2-business-day Form 4 window for a July 24 transaction)
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided excerpt
• Notable footnote: The dividend equivalent rights accrue on previously awarded RSUs and vest proportionately with those RSUs; each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of AEO common stock (Footnote F1).

Context

• These dividend-equivalent rights are a form of compensation tied to RSUs and typically vest according to the underlying RSU schedule; they are derivative awards, not open-market purchases or sales. Such awards are common as part of executive pay and do not by themselves indicate a personal purchase or sale that reflects immediate trading sentiment.