Apa 4: STOVER DAVID L bought 1,203 shares at $0.00 on 2026-09-30 (Oct 1, 2026)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-09-30 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: APA Corp (APA) CIK: 0001841666 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: STOVER DAVID L CIK: 0001212129 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-09-30 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +1,203 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 32,780 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Restricted stock units granted to each of APA's non-employee directors under the 2016 Omnibus Compensation Plan, which immediately vest and are automatically deferred under the deferred compensation provisions of APA's Outside Directors' Deferral Program (the "ODDP"). [F2] The total reported in Column 5 includes 1,203 newly deferred phantom stock units, 31,396 phantom stock units previously reported, and 181 phantom stock units accrued under the ODDP attributable to dividends paid on APA common stock. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Restricted stock units granted to each of APA's non-employee directors under the 2016 Omnibus Compensation Plan, which immediately vest and are automatically deferred under the deferred compensation provisions of APA's Outside Directors' Deferral Program (the "ODDP"). F2: The total reported in Column 5 includes 1,203 newly deferred phantom stock units, 31,396 phantom stock units previously reported, and 181 phantom stock units accrued under the ODDP attributable to dividends paid on APA common stock. --- Signature --- /s/ Kyle W. Funderburk, Attorney-in-Fact for David L. Stover (2026-10-01)