Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Feb 9, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 11, 2026
OfficerGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0000091142-26-000026
Filed / recorded
Feb 11, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
SMITH A O CORP
Issuer CIK
91142
Ticker
AOS
Reporting person
Benjamin A Otchere
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
Vice President and Controller
Security
Restricted Stock Units
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Feb 9, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
1,240
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
5,405
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, at settlement, one share of Common Stock.
The restricted stock units were granted on 02/09/2026 under the A. O. Smith Combined Incentive Compensation Plan, a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock units become payable in Common Stock on the vesting date of 02/09/2029.