Linares Carlos G. 4

What Happened

• Carlos G. Linares, EVP, Chief Technology & Global New Products at Church & Dwight, received two equity awards on 2026-03-09. He was granted 34.864 shares at $100.39 each (value $3,500) and 190.173 shares at $102.25 each (value $19,445). The combined value of the awards is $22,945.
• The second grant is recorded as a derivative award (phantom stock under a deferred compensation plan) rather than the immediate issuance of common stock.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices:
  • 2026-03-09 — 34.864 shares @ $100.39 = $3,500 (acquired, non-derivative)
  • 2026-03-09 — 190.173 shares @ $102.25 = $19,445 (acquired, derivative)
• Total shares reported: 225.037; total value: $22,945.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the Form 4 filing.
• Footnotes:
  • Phantom stock converts to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis (F1).
  • The phantom shares were granted under the Church & Dwight Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in cash at the time(s) prescribed by that Plan (F2).
• Filing timeliness: Reported on 2026-03-10 for transactions dated 2026-03-09 — appears timely (not marked late).

Context

• The derivative award is a phantom stock/deferred-compensation grant: it’s tied to the company’s stock value but is intended to be settled in cash per the plan, though it may convert 1-for-1 to common shares per the footnote. This is an award (acquisition) rather than a sale — typically recorded as compensation rather than an open-market purchase.
• No sales or option exercises were reported in this filing; there is no disclosed change in Linares’s immediate common-stock ownership on the Form 4.