A board member of Valvoline paid $100K out of pocket for Valvoline shares. 2 other people at Valvoline bought some too, in the same month. The Valvoline shares held grew by 24%.

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 Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 14, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 15, 2026

Director$100K–$500KHoldings +24%3 insiders bought in 30d

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$100,347

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$100K–$500K

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Ownership change

+23.8%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

3 distinct insiders in 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

7 days after results of May 7, 2026, 83 days before results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001327988-26-000004
Filed / recorded: May 15, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: VALVOLINE INC
Issuer CIK: 1674910
Ticker: VVV
Reporting person: Richard Joseph Freeland
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 14, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 3,100
Price per share: $32.37
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 16,112
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares of Valvoline common stock were acquired in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $32.21 to $32.48, inclusive. Upon request, the Reporting Person will provide to Valvoline, any security holder of Valvoline, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission full information regarding the shares of Valvoline common stock acquired at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.