Bodzin Gary 4

4 · HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP. · Filed May 27, 2026

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Updated May 28, 2026

Healthy Choice Wellness (HCWC) Director Gary Bodzin Receives 12,500 Shares

What Happened

Gary Bodzin, a director of Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (HCWC), acquired 12,500 shares through the vesting of a restricted stock award on May 25, 2026. The shares were reported as acquired at $0.00 (typical for vesting of restricted stock), and the transaction was reported on a Form 4 filed May 27, 2026.
This was an award/vesting (transaction code A), not an open-market buy or sale—no cash changed hands.

Key Details

Transaction date: May 25, 2026; Form 4 filed May 27, 2026 (within the usual two-business-day reporting window).
Price: $0.00 per share (restricted stock vesting); total reported cash value = $0.
Shares owned after transaction: direct holdings increase from 62,500 to 75,000 shares (62,500 + 12,500 vested).
Remaining unvested awards (per footnote): 150,000 unvested shares from Nov 12, 2025 grant (vests in eight quarterly installments of 25,000; next vesting Aug 12, 2026) and 87,500 unvested shares from Feb 25, 2026 grant (vests in eight quarterly installments of 12,500; next vesting Aug 25, 2026).
Special terms: Restricted shares will immediately vest upon certain change-of-control events as described in the award agreements.

Context

Vesting of restricted stock is routine compensation for directors/executives and does not represent an open-market purchase or sale by the insider. It increases the insider’s directly held shares but does not involve an outlay of cash.
No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, sale, or tax-withholding share-forfeiture in the filing.

Form 4

Period: 2026-05-26

Director

Transactions

Footnotes (2)

[F1]Restricted stock award of 12,500 shares vested on May 25, 2026.
[F2]Registrant's holdings include (a) 62,500 shares of common stock held directly, (b) 150,000 unvested shares of restricted common stock granted on November 12, 2025, which is a time-based restricted stock award that vests in eight equal quarterly installments of 25,000 shares with next vesting on August 12, 2026, and (c) 87,500 unvested shares of restricted common stock granted on February 25, 2026, which is a time-based restricted stock award that vests in eight equal quarterly installments of 12,500 shares with next vesting occurring on August 25, 2026. The Restricted Stock will immediately vest upon the occurrence of certain change of control events set forth in the Reporting Person's Restricted Stock Award Agreements.

Signature

/s/ Martin Schrier, as Attorney-in-Fact for Gary A. Bodzin|2026-05-27

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