WILLIAMS CHRISTOPHER J 4

What Happened

• Christopher J. Williams, a director of Ameriprise Financial, received an award of 38.911 phantom stock units on 2026-02-03. The filing lists a per-unit value of $530.05, totaling approximately $20,625. The transaction is coded as an acquisition/award (A) and is a derivative grant rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-03; filing date: 2026-02-05 (filed on time).
• Amount: 38.911 phantom stock units at $530.05 per unit; total ≈ $20,625.
• Nature: Derivative award — phantom stock units (each unit represents the right to receive one share of Ameriprise common stock) [Footnote F1].
• Distribution: Units are distributed under the Ameriprise Deferred Share Plan for Outside Directors per participants’ distribution elections [Footnote F2].
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the filing.

Context

• This was a compensation award to an outside director (routine director pay), not an open-market buy or sale. Phantom stock units are rights to future stock or cash tied to stock value and do not necessarily mean immediate ownership of common shares. Such awards are common for outside directors and should be viewed as compensation, not an explicit bullish or bearish signal.