Donald R. Young - Mar 5, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for ASPEN AEROGELS INC (ASPN)

Role: President and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Virginia H. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: ASPN
Transactions as of: Mar 5, 2025
Transactions value $: -$18,157
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/7/2025, 04:48 PM
Previous filing: Feb 25, 2025
Next filing: Mar 11, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ASPN	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$18.2K	-2.32K	-0.48%	$7.84	480K	Mar 5, 2025	Direct	F1
transaction	ASPN	Common Stock	Award	$0	+54.2K	+11.29%	$0.00	534K	Mar 5, 2025	Direct	F2, F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ASPN	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Award	$0	+76.4K		$0.00	76.4K	Mar 5, 2025	Common Stock	76.4K	$7.84	Direct	F4
transaction	ASPN	Performance Share Units	Award	$0	+108K		$0.00	108K	Mar 5, 2025	Common Stock	108K		Direct	F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares withheld by Registrant to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements on vesting of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs").
F2	Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock upon vesting. The RSUs vest as to one-third of the shares on March 5, 2026, an additional one-third of the shares on March 5, 2027 and the remaining one-third of the shares on March 5, 2028.
F3	Represents 442,484 shares of Common Stock and 91,941 RSUs.
F4	The options vest as to one-third of the shares on March 5, 2026, an additional one-third of the shares on March 5, 2027 and the remaining one-third of the shares on March 5, 2028.
F5	Each performance share unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock upon vesting. The PSUs vest on March 5, 2028, following the completion of the performance period, which begins on January 1, 2025 and ends on December 31, 2027. Ranging between 0-200% of the target number of PSUs (as reflected in Table II above), the PSUs vest based on the total shareholder return of Common Stock relative to the total stockholder return of the components of the Russell 2000 Index.