Albemarle Corp. reported an insider equity-compensation event involving Eduardo Bartolomeo Desalles, a non-employee director of the company. The transaction date was July 21, 2026, and the filing was signed on July 23, 2026, by Corey E. Tanner as attorney-in-fact for the reporting person. The filing describes a grant of Albemarle common stock to Desalles under the company’s **2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors**. According to the explanatory note, the shares represent a **pro rata grant of an annual installment of non-employee director stock compensation**. This type of grant applies to directors who join the board after the first day of the applicable compensation year, meaning the award is scaled to reflect partial-year service. The awarded shares are scheduled to **vest on July 1, 2027**. The document characterizes the transaction as director compensation rather than an open-market purchase or sale. No sale of Albemarle shares is reported, and the filing text provided does not disclose a share count, transaction price, transaction code, or Desalles’s beneficial ownership total after the grant. The action matters because it reflects Albemarle’s use of equity awards to compensate and align non-employee directors with shareholders. Since the award is tied to board service and subject to future vesting, it increases the director’s potential equity interest in Albemarle while remaining contingent on the vesting schedule described in the filing.