EASTERN CO — Director's Dealing 2021

May 20, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EASTERN CO (EML)
CIK: 0000031107
Period of Report: 2021-02-04

Reporting Person: Vlak August M. (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-02-04	Class A Common Stock	L	38	$24.51	Acquired	19202	Direct
2021-03-05	Class A Common Stock	L	34	$26.82	Acquired	19236	Direct
2021-03-15	Class A Common Stock	P	8	$26.51	Acquired	19244	Direct
2021-04-06	Class A Common Stock	L	42	$27.51	Acquired	19286	Direct
2021-05-05	Class A Common Stock	L	31	$29.29	Acquired	19317	Direct
2021-05-10	Class A Common Stock	M	16667	$19.10	Acquired	35984	Direct
2021-05-10	Class A Common Stock	D	13062	$31.21	Disposed	22922	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-05-10	Stock Appreciation Rights	$19.10	M	16667	Disposed	2022-03-02	Common Stock (16667)	Direct
2021-04-27	Stock Appreciation Rights	$24.90	A	20000	Acquired	2023-02-07	Common Stock (20000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares acquired under The Eastern Company Investors Choice Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Sale Plan.

F2: Represents shares acquired by the reporting person through the reinvestment of dividends under The Eastern Company Investors Choice Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Sale Plan.

F3: The reporting person received 3,605 shares of common stock upon the net exercise of 16,667 stock appreciation rights (SARs). A total of 13,062 shares of common stock underlying such SARs were withheld in the payment of the exercise price and to satisfy the withholding tax obligation resulting from the exercise.