Albemarle

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-07-01 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: ALBEMARLE CORP (ALB) CIK: 0000915913 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Cramer Ralf Hans CIK: 0001913598 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-01 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +1,250 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 6,629 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Shares represent an annual award of non-employee director stock compensation issued under the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Albemarle Corporation (the "2023 Directors Plan"). Shares to vest on July 1, 2027. [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-01 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -929 | Price: $136.08 Total Value: $126,418.32 Shares Owned After: 5,700 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F2] Shares reported were withheld to meet tax liabilities associated with vesting of a grant originally made on July 1, 2025. [Transaction #3] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-01 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +36 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 5,736 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F3] Represents dividends accrued on shares underlying an award granted on July 1, 2025, that vested in full on July 1, 2026, which the Issuer elected to settle in shares of common stock issued under the 2023 Directors Plan. [Transaction #4] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-01 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -13 | Price: $136.08 Total Value: $1,769.04 Shares Owned After: 5,723 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F4] Shares reported were withheld to meet tax liabilities associated with vesting of dividends accrued on a grant originally made on July 1, 2025. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Shares represent an annual award of non-employee director stock compensation issued under the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Albemarle Corporation (the "2023 Directors Plan"). Shares to vest on July 1, 2027. F2: Shares reported were withheld to meet tax liabilities associated with vesting of a grant originally made on July 1, 2025. F3: Represents dividends accrued on shares underlying an award granted on July 1, 2025, that vested in full on July 1, 2026, which the Issuer elected to settle in shares of common stock issued under the 2023 Directors Plan. F4: Shares reported were withheld to meet tax liabilities associated with vesting of dividends accrued on a grant originally made on July 1, 2025. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Corey E. Tanner, Attorney-in-fact (2026-07-06)