RATNER JAMES A 4

What Happened James A. Ratner, a director of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co (HBB), was granted 1,431 shares of Class A common stock on 2026-07-01. The filing lists the transaction as an award/acquisition (code A); no per-share price or total dollar value is reported (marked N/A). This was an equity award (director compensation), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-01; SEC Form 4 filed with accession 0001709164-26-000149 on the same date.
• Shares granted: 1,431 shares of Class A common stock. Price/value: N/A in the filing.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in this filing.
• Footnotes: F1 — shares awarded as "Required Shares" under the Company’s Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan. F2 — N/A.
• Timeliness: Reported on the same day as the transaction; no late filing indicated.

Context Awards of "required shares" to non-employee directors are typically part of routine director compensation and governance (e.g., to satisfy board equity ownership policies). Such awards increase an insider’s holdings but are compensation-driven and do not by themselves signal a personal buy or sell decision.