Fischer Carsten 4

What Happened Carsten Fischer, a director of Coty Inc. (COTY), was granted 7,142 restricted stock units (RSUs) on March 18, 2026. The award is reported on Form 4 as an "A" (award/acquisition) derivative transaction; no purchase price or immediate share transfer is reported. Each RSU will settle for one share of Coty Class A common stock upon vesting on March 18, 2031, subject to vesting conditions and any exceptions.

Key Details

• Transaction date: March 18, 2026; reported on Form 4 filed April 3, 2026.
• Price: N/A (award of RSUs; not an open-market purchase or sale).
• Amount: 7,142 RSUs (each converts 1-for-1 to a share upon vesting).
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in this filing.
• Footnote: F1 – Each RSU settles for one Class A share on vesting (vest date March 18, 2031), subject to conditions.
• Timeliness: Filing was dated April 3, 2026 for a March 18 transaction (appears to be filed late vs. the usual 2-business-day Form 4 deadline).

Context RSU grants are a form of compensation and do not involve an immediate cash purchase or sale of stock; they become actual shares only if and when the vesting conditions are met. Because this is a long-dated, condition‑based award (vesting in 2031), it’s primarily a compensation/event disclosure rather than a near-term trading signal. Investors should treat awards differently from open-market purchases when assessing insider sentiment.