AYTU Director Carl Dockery Receives 10,000-Share Award

What Happened
Carl Dockery, a director of AYTU BIOPHARMA, INC (AYTU), was granted 10,000 shares of restricted stock on July 28, 2026. The award is reported at $0.00 per share (total reported value $0). According to the filing footnote, the restricted shares vest on July 28, 2027. This is an equity award (A = Award/Grant), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-28; filing date (Form 4): 2026-07-30 (timely within the usual 2-business-day requirement).
• Transaction code: A (Grant/Award); Shares: 10,000; Price reported: $0.00.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnote: F1 — restricted stock grant that vests on July 28, 2027.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, tax withholding sale, or cashless exercise in this filing.

Context
Restricted stock awards are compensation that typically vest over time and may be forfeited if vesting conditions aren’t met; they do not represent an immediate cash investment by the insider nor an immediate liquidity event. Such grants align insider compensation with longer-term company performance but shouldn’t be interpreted alone as a direct buy/sell signal.