STANEK MARY ELLEN 4

What Happened Mary Ellen Stanek, a director of WEC Energy Group, received an award of 309.829 phantom stock units on 2026-07-08. The units are valued at $117.00 each, for a total grant value of $36,250. This is an acquisition (award) of derivative units under the company’s director deferred compensation arrangements, not an open-market purchase of common stock.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-08; Report filed: 2026-07-09 (appears timely).
• Instrument: 309.829 phantom stock units (derivative), acquisition code A.
• Price/value: $117.00 per unit; aggregate value reported $36,250.
• Shares/units owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing summary.
• Footnotes: units are one-for-one (F1); acquired via deferral of director fees and exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3(d) (F2); accrued under the Director’s Deferred Compensation Plan (DDCP) and to be settled per plan terms (F3); includes units from a dividend reinvestment feature exempt under Rule 16a-11 (F4).

Context Phantom stock units are a form of deferred-compensation that track the value of company stock and are settled in cash or shares later according to the plan — they are derivative awards rather than immediate share purchases. Such grants are common for non-employee directors and do not, by themselves, indicate the director is buying or selling shares on the open market.