Why can't Absolut 3 be upgraded to Absolut 4 during the Grace Period?

I don’t mean to doubt you, but the activation date is not included the pics you posted. Did you go to the link I posted?

This is a user to user support forum anyway, so no one here can fix this if it needs fixing.

You should write to the store you bought it from- if that was the steinberg website, then the store is:

https://asknet.support-asknet.com/en/support/home