Bitting Kurt 4

What Happened Kurt Bitting, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT), disposed of 16,053 shares on Jan 22, 2026 to satisfy tax obligations tied to equity compensation. The shares were recorded at $10.84 each, totaling about $174,015. This was a tax-withholding/share-surrender transaction (code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and filing: Transaction on 2026-01-22; Form 4 filed 2026-01-26 (filed within the SEC two-business-day window).
• Price and value: 16,053 shares at $10.84 per share; aggregate value ~$174,015.
• Transaction type: Code F — payment of exercise price or tax liability via share disposition (shares withheld/surrendered to cover taxes).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided Form 4 excerpt.
• Remark on filer: Listed as Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Context

• This appears to be a routine tax-withholding action commonly seen when equity awards vest or options are exercised; the company retained (or surrendered) shares to cover withholding rather than the insider selling shares on the open market. Such transactions are administrative and do not, by themselves, indicate a buy or sell signal about the insider’s view of the company.