WICKS FRANK

Frank Wicks's 314 Form 4 transactions resolve into just two relationships -- one that ended in a takeover, and one that has ticked along like a metronome for twenty years. The larger is Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL), the life-science chemical supplier, where 256 transactions from 1997 to November 2015 produced roughly 418,561 shares disposed and none acquired. That chapter closes cleanly on 2015-11-18, coinciding with Sigma-Aldrich's acquisition by Merck KGaA -- an operating-era equity footprint terminated by M&A rather than a sell-down decision. The second relationship is Cass Information Systems (CASS), a payments-and-information processing company, where 58 transactions since 2006 are entirely director equity awards (code A), and notably this seat overlapped the Sigma-Aldrich years before becoming his sole active thread. The recent ledger is the metronome: small quarterly grants of roughly 260-320 shares (262 on 2026-06-11, 301 on 2026-03-19, 297 in December 2025) punctuated by larger annual April awards (1,704 in 2026, 2,026 in 2025). The throughline is a closed operating chapter plus an uninterrupted two-decade director cadence at a single company. It documents how the equity accrued, not a view on Cass.