APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC — Director's Dealing 2025

Aug 14, 2025

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (AIT)
CIK: 0000109563
Period of Report: 2025-08-12

Reporting Person: Ploetz Jon S (VP-General Counsel & Secretary)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2025-08-12	Common Stock	A	473	—	Acquired	2708	Direct
2025-08-12	Common Stock	A	734	—	Acquired	3442	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2025-08-12	Stock Appreciation Rights	$270.68	A	1453	Acquired	2035-08-12	Common Stock (1453)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock units that vest three years from the date of grant and are settled in shares of Applied common stock.

F2: Performance shares "banked" as a result of 2025 performance. Performance shares vest at end of three-year program and are settled in shares of Applied common stock.

F3: Stock-only stock appreciation rights which become exercisable in annual increments of 25% commencing one year after the date of grant.