Merle Denise M 4

What Happened Merle Denise M, a director of Compass Minerals International, received director awards totaling 1,568 shares: a 220-share common stock unit grant (Dec 31, 2025) and a 1,348-share restricted stock unit (RSU) grant (Dec 18, 2025). Both transactions were reported as acquisitions at $0.00 (grant awards), so there was no cash purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction types: Awards/Grants (code A) totaling 1,568 shares (220 and 1,348).
• Dates: 2025-12-18 (1,348 RSUs, reported as a derivative award) and 2025-12-31 (220 common stock units).
• Report filed with SEC on 2026-01-26 (Accession 0001601170-26-000004).
• Acquisition price: $0.00 (grants).
• Footnotes: F1 = common stock units granted for director service; F2 = annual RSU grant that vests on the first anniversary of the grant date.
• Shares owned after the transactions: Not specified in the provided summary of the Form 4.

Context These were non-cash director compensation awards, not open-market purchases or sales. The 1,348-share entry is an RSU (a derivative award) that vests later per the footnote; the 220-share entry represents common stock units granted for board service. The filing was submitted about a month after the transactions, which is later than the typical Form 4 two-business-day reporting window.