Feldman Joshua O 4

What Happened

• Joshua O. Feldman, Chief Financial Officer of Aterian, Inc. (ATER), was granted 120,000 shares of restricted common stock on 2026-01-23. The grant is reported as an award/acquisition (code A) with a reported price of $0.00 (i.e., no cash paid by the insider).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-23; transaction type: Grant/Award (code A).
• Shares granted: 120,000 restricted common shares; reported acquisition price: $0.00.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not stated in this Form 4 filing.
• Footnotes:
  • F1 — The shares are restricted common stock subject to vesting under the Issuer’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
  • F2 — The award was granted outside the company’s regular annual equity grant cycle and was approved by the Compensation Committee for retention purposes.
• Filing timeliness: Form 4 was filed on the same date as the transaction (2026-01-23); no late filing is indicated.

Context

• Restricted stock awards are subject to vesting conditions and are not the same as an open-market purchase; they typically serve as compensation or retention incentives rather than a direct personal cash investment by the insider.
• Because the grant was approved as a retention award and outside the normal grant cycle, it’s a company-approved compensation action rather than a market-based buy/sell signal.