Aramark COO Marc A. Bruno Receives 282-Share Award

What Happened

• Marc A. Bruno, COO, U.S. Food & Facilities of Aramark (ARMK), was granted 282.012 shares on 2026-09-09. The shares were recorded as an award/acquisition at $0.00 per share (total cash consideration $0.00). This was not an open-market purchase or sale but dividend-equivalent shares credited on existing equity awards.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-09-09; Form 4 filed: 2026-09-10 (timely).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Acquisition (A).
• Shares involved: 282.012 shares; price reported: $0.00; total cash: $0.00.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnote: The shares represent dividend equivalent rights accrued on restricted stock units and previously granted performance stock units determined to be earned; these dividend equivalents vest on the same schedules as the underlying awards (see footnote F1).
• No indication of 10b5-1 plan, sale, exercise, or tax-withholding disposition in this record.

Context

• Dividend-equivalent awards are routine corporate compensation adjustments that credit the cash value of dividends as additional shares tied to existing RSUs/PSUs; they do not represent a market buy or sell and do not necessarily signal a change in the insider’s view of the stock.
• Because no cash was paid and the award vests according to the underlying award schedule, this is primarily an administrative compensation event rather than a directional insider trade.