Austin J. Balance - Nov 30, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Grindr Inc. (GRND)

Role: Chief Product Officer
Signature: /s/ Bella Zaslavsky, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: GRND
Transactions as of: Nov 30, 2025
Transactions value $: -$489,521
Form type: 4
Date filed: 12/2/2025, 06:29 PM
Previous filing: Nov 13, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Balance Austin J	Chief Product Officer	C/O GRINDR INC., 750 N.SAN VICENTE BLVD. STE RE1400, WEST HOLLYWOOD	/s/ Bella Zaslavsky, Attorney-in-Fact	2025-12-02	0001954216

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	GRND	Common Stock	Award	$0	+425K	+81.56%	$0.00	946K	Nov 30, 2025	Direct	F1
transaction	GRND	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$490K	-38.1K	-4.03%	$12.85	908K	Dec 1, 2025	Direct	F2

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	GRND	Performance Based Restricted Stock Units	Award	$0	+20K		$0.00	20K	Nov 30, 2025	Common Stock	20K		Direct	F3
transaction	GRND	Performance Based Restricted Stock Units	Award	$0	+200K		$0.00	200K	Nov 30, 2025	Common Stock	200K		Direct	F4

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents the number of shares of the Issuer's common stock ("Common Stock") underlying restricted stock units ("RSUs"). Each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock upon settlement. 20% of RSUs will vest and settle into Common Stock on December 1, 2026, December 1, 2027, December 1, 2028, December 1, 2029, and December 1, 2030, in each case, subject to the Reporting Person's Continuous Service (as defined in the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan")) through each such date.
F2	The Reporting Person is reporting the withholding by the Issuer of 38,095 shares of common stock that vested on December 1, 2025 pursuant to RSUs award but that were not issued in order to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations upon settlement of the RSUs.
F3	Each performance-based restricted stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock. The PSUs will vest 50% if the volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of Common Stock during any period of 20 consecutive trading days during a specified period equals or exceeds $16.64, and 50% of the PSUs will vest if the VWAP of Common Stock during any period of 20 consecutive trading days during a specified period equals or exceeds $20.81, in each case subject to the Reporting Person's Continuous Service (as defined in the 2022 Plan) through each such date.
F4	Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock. The PSUs will vest on the first occasion on or prior to December 31, 2027 that (a) the VWAP of Common Stock over any period of 15 consecutive trading days equals or exceeds $26, or (b) specified market cap or financial performance conditions are met, in each case subject to the Reporting Person's Continuous Service (as defined in the 2022 Plan) through each such date.