Azenta (AZTA) VP Chief Accounting Officer Erik J. Bello Receives RSU Award

What Happened
Erik J. Bello, Azenta's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, was granted 4,586 restricted stock units (RSUs) on September 15, 2026. The grant is reported as an acquisition at $0.00 (no cash paid on grant). The units are payable solely in shares of common stock and therefore reported on Table I of the Form 4.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-15; filing date: 2026-09-16 (timely filing).
• Grant: 4,586 RSUs; reported acquisition price $0.00.
• Vesting: time-based; vests 33-1/3% per year beginning September 15, 2027 (per award agreement).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnote: Grant under the Company's Equity Incentive Plan; units payable solely in common stock and reported as RSUs.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding sale, or late filing in the provided data.

Context
This was an equity compensation grant (award), not an open-market purchase or sale. RSUs convert to actual shares only as they vest, so this grant does not represent an immediate change in market holdings or an immediate sale. Such grants are commonly part of executive compensation and do not by themselves indicate a change in insider sentiment about the stock.