Pamula Chaya 4

What Happened
Pamula Chaya, a director of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (MCB), was granted 2,500 restricted stock units (RSUs) on January 23, 2026. The grant was reported as an award/acquisition at a $0.00 per-share acquisition price (transaction code A). The filing shows no immediate cash payment — this is a compensation award, not an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-23; Report filed: 2026-01-27 (timely within the 2-business-day Form 4 window).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A). Shares: 2,500; Price reported: $0.00.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the information provided.
• Footnotes: F1 — these RSUs vest 100% on January 23, 2027. F2 — filing notes inclusion of RSUs that vest 100% on January 27, 2026 (likely referencing other previously reported units).
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, cashless exercise, gift, or tax-withholding sale in the provided details.

Context
RSU awards are common director/executive compensation and typically vest over time; they do not represent an immediate market purchase or sale. Because these units vest in the future (per the footnotes), they can be forfeited if vesting conditions are not met and therefore don’t directly signal the insider’s near-term trading intent. For investors, grants are informative about compensation structure but are not the same as an insider buying stock on the open market.