Bodzin Gary 4

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.