Cook Meredith 4

What Happened
Meredith Cook, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), had 3,011 shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding related to the vesting of performance stock units. The shares were valued at $76.25 each, for a total of $229,589. This was a tax-withholding disposition (not an open-market sale or purchase).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-11; Price: $76.25 per share; Total value: $229,589.
• Transaction type/code: F — shares withheld for tax purposes (disposition).
• Footnote: Withholding relates to the vesting of 8,104 performance stock units originally granted April 6, 2023; withholding exemption cited under Rule 16b-3.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Filing: Report filed Feb 13, 2026 for a Feb 11, 2026 transaction — appears timely under the two-business-day Form 4 requirement.

Context
Tax-withholding dispositions are routine when equity awards vest; shares are retained by the company (or sold on the insider’s behalf) to cover required taxes and do not necessarily reflect the insider’s view of the stock. Rule 16b-3 provides an exemption for certain transactions in connection with compensation plans; this filing indicates that exemption was relied upon for the withholding.