Frederick D. DiSanto - Aug 20, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for EASTERN CO (EML)

Role: Director
Signature: Fredrick DiSanto
Stock symbol: EML
Transactions as of: Aug 20, 2025
Transactions value $: $23,314
Form type: 4
Date filed: 8/22/2025, 05:49 PM
Previous filing: Aug 19, 2025
Next filing: Sep 16, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
DiSanto Frederick D.	Director	6060 PARKLAND, SUITE 200, CLEVELAND	Fredrick DiSanto	2025-08-22	0001498290

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	EML	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Purchase	$9.51K	+414	+0.47%	$22.98	87.9K	Aug 20, 2025	Direct
transaction	EML	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Purchase	$13.8K	+600	+0.68%	$23.00	88.5K	Aug 21, 2025	Direct
holding	EML	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share						43.8K	Aug 20, 2025	see footnote	F1
holding	EML	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share						12K	Aug 20, 2025	see footnote	F2

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares owned directly by Ancora Catalyst. Mr. DiSanto, solely by virtue of his position as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Holdings, the sole member of Ancora Alternatives, the General Partner of Ancora Catalyst, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Ancora Catalyst, for purposes ofSection16.Mr.DiSanto expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F2	Shares owned directly by Ancora Merlin. Mr. DiSanto, solely by virtue of his position as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Holdings, the sole member of Ancora Alternatives, the General Partner of Ancora Merlin, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Ancora Merlin, for purposesofSection16.Mr.DiSanto expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Content

Shares owned directly by Ancora Catalyst. Mr. DiSanto, solely by virtue of his position as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Holdings, the sole member of Ancora Alternatives, the General Partner of Ancora Catalyst, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Ancora Catalyst, for purposes ofSection16.Mr.DiSanto expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Shares owned directly by Ancora Merlin. Mr. DiSanto, solely by virtue of his position as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Holdings, the sole member of Ancora Alternatives, the General Partner of Ancora Merlin, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned directly by Ancora Merlin, for purposesofSection16.Mr.DiSanto expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.