Apa 4: Bay Annell R 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: Bay Annell R CIK: 0001567583 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: 105,525 | 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 the 1,203 newly deferred phantom stock units, 103,725 phantom stock units previously reported, and 597 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 the 1,203 newly deferred phantom stock units, 103,725 phantom stock units previously reported, and 597 phantom stock units accrued under the ODDP attributable to dividends paid on APA common stock. --- Signature --- /s/ Kyle W. Funderburk, Attorney-in-Fact for Annell R. Bay (2026-10-01)