Ken C. Hicks - 04 Mar 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (ASO)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Gary Holland, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: ASO
Transactions as of: 04 Mar 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Mar 2026, 18:31:13 UTC
Previous filing: 30 Jan 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
HICKS KEN C	Director	C/O ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS, INC., 1800 NORTH MASON ROAD, KATY	/s/ Gary Holland, Attorney-in-Fact	05 Mar 2026	0001175746

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ASO	Common Stock	Options Exercise		+4,047	+0.9%		455,827	04 Mar 2026	Direct	F1
transaction	ASO	Common Stock	Tax liability		-1,500	-0.33%	$59.78^*	454,327	04 Mar 2026	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ASO	Restricted Stock Units	Options Exercise		-4,047	-100%	$0.000000^*	0	04 Mar 2026	Common Stock	4,047		Direct	F1, F2, F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
F2	Granted under the Company's 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
F3	On March 30, 2022, the Reporting Person was granted 63,760 performance-based restricted stock units ("PRSUs"). These PRSUs vest if certain performance criteria and/or Issuer stock price conditions are met and certified by the Issuer's compensation committee. On March 1, 2023, the Issuer's compensation committee certified achievement of 93.7% of the performance criteria during fiscal 2022 meaning that 59,713 PRSUs were deemed earned and have fully vested as of January 30, 2026. On March 4, 2026, the Issuer's compensation committee certified achievement of certain Issuer stock price conditions as of January 30, 2026, meaning that the remaining unearned amount of this grant (i.e., 4,047 PRSUs) was deemed earned and vested as of the date of such certification.