Aqua Metals (AQMS) Director Steven K Henderson Receives Award

What Happened

• Steven K. Henderson, a director of Aqua Metals, was granted 10,427 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-08-24. The grant is recorded at $0.00 per share (no cash paid). According to the filing, a portion of the RSUs vested immediately and the remainder will vest in scheduled installments.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-08-24, 10,427 RSUs @ $0.00.
• Vesting: 2,607 RSUs vested immediately on 8/24/2026; the remaining 7,820 RSUs vest in three installments on 11/01/2026, 02/01/2027 and 05/01/2027. (Each RSU converts to one share of common stock.)
• Shares owned/ deliverable: Filing notes 7,820 RSUs are not yet vested/deliverable; the filing does not state total shares owned after the grant.
• Filing date/timeliness: Form 4 was filed on 2026-08-26 (two days after the transaction), consistent with the normal two-business-day Form 4 deadline.

Context

• This was an award/grant of RSUs (a form of equity compensation), not an open-market purchase or sale. RSU grants are typically part of compensation or retention programs and do not necessarily signal an insider's intent to buy or sell stock. No options were exercised and no cash changed hands at grant (price shown as $0.00).