Skidmore Douglas S 4

What Happened

• Douglas S. Skidmore, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF), was granted 847 shares on January 29, 2026. The transaction is reported as an award/grant (transaction code A) and the per-share acquisition price is reported as $0.00 (total cash outlay $0).
• This was an equity grant under the company's Director's Stock Plan of 2018 (see footnote F1). Grants to directors are typically compensation rather than open-market purchases.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-29; Filing date: 2026-02-02 (filed within the SEC two-business-day window).
• Transaction type/code: Grant/Award (A); price reported: $0.00 per share; 847 shares acquired.
• Footnote: F1 — Shares acquired by grant under the Cincinnati Financial Corporation Director's Stock Plan of 2018.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• No indication this was a sale, option exercise, gift, or tax-withholding event in this report.

Context

• Director grants are usually part of regular compensation and do not by themselves indicate the director is buying or selling stock based on a view of company prospects. They increase insider ownership but are different from open-market purchases (which some investors view as a stronger bullish signal).