Huber Julie A 4

What Happened

• Julie A. Huber, Chief Operating Officer and EVP of Equity Bancshares, received an award of 1,302 shares on 2026-02-25. The shares were reported at $0.00 per share (awarded/vested performance shares), so no cash was paid in the transaction.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-25; transaction type: Award/Grant (A); price reported: $0.00 per share.
• Total shares in this grant: 1,302; total cash value reported: $0.
• Filing date / period reported: Form filed 2026-02-27 for the period 2026-02-25 — filed within normal SEC reporting window.
• Footnotes: F1 — These shares vested following the Compensation Committee’s certification that certain pre-established performance goals were met. F2 — The reported holdings include 372 shares purchased on 2026-02-14 under the company’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Shares owned after the transaction were not specified in the excerpt provided here; refer to the full Form 4 for the post-transaction ownership total.

Context

• This was a performance-based equity award vesting (not an open-market purchase or sale). Such awards are part of executive compensation and reflect achievement of predetermined performance metrics rather than a direct market buy/sell signal.
• Awards at $0.00 are typical for vested performance or restricted shares; they increase insider ownership but do not involve out-of-pocket purchase by the insider at the time of vesting.