EASTERN CO — Director's Dealing 2018

Aug 15, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EASTERN CO (EML)
CIK: 0000031107
Period of Report: 2018-08-10

Reporting Person: Vlak August M. (President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-08-10	Common Stock	P	3500	$26.58	Acquired	10576	Direct
2018-08-14	Common Stock	P	300	—	Acquired	10876	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-03-02	Stock Appreciation Rights	$19.10	A	20000	Acquired	2022-03-02	Common Stock (20000)	Direct
2018-02-07	Stock Appreciation Rights	$24.90	A	20000	Acquired	2023-02-08	Common Stock (20000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 300 shares acquired at various prices for the period 1/1/2018 through 5/14/2018 under The Eastern Company Dividend Investment Plan and The Eastern Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

F2: On March 2, 2017, 20,000 stock appreciation rights ("SARs") were granted to the reporting person pursuant to the terms of The Eastern Company 2010 Executive Stock Incentive Plan and a stock appreciation rights agreement, at an exercise price of $19.10 per SAR. These SARs shall vest and become exercisable as follows (provided the reporting person remains an employee of the issuer on each applicable vesting date, and the issuer meets certain performance thresholds prescribed in the stock appreciation rights agreement): 6,667 of the granted SARs vest on February 1, 2018; 6,667 of the granted SARs vest on February 1, 2019; and 6,666 of the granted SARs vest on February 1, 2020.

F3: On February 7, 2018, 20,000 stock appreciation rights ("SARs") were granted to the reporting person pursuant to the terms of The Eastern Company 2010 Executive Stock Incentive Plan and a stock appreciation rights agreement, at an exercise price of $24.90 per SAR. These SARs shall vest and become exercisable as follows (provided the reporting person remains an employee of the issuer on each applicable vesting date, and the issuer meets certain performance thresholds prescribed in the stock appreciation rights agreement): 20,000 of the granted SARs vest on February 7, 2021.