Church & Dwight (CHD) EVP Brian Buchert Receives Phantom Stock Award

What Happened Brian D. Buchert, EVP of Strategy, M&A and Business Planning for Church & Dwight (CHD), was granted a derivative award of 5.86 phantom stock shares on 2026-03-31. The grant is recorded at $93.32 per share for a total value of approximately $547. This was an award/compensation grant (code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-31; Form 4 filed 2026-04-01 (accession 0000313927-26-000213).
• Instrument: Derivative phantom stock units (grant/award, code A) — 5.86 units at $93.32 each; total ~$547.
• Footnotes: F1 — phantom shares convert to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis; F2 — units were granted under the Church & Dwight Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in cash as prescribed by the Plan.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the information provided.
• Filing timeliness: no late-filing indication provided in the supplied data.

Context This was a small-value compensation award recorded as a derivative (phantom stock). Phantom units typically track share value but, per the Plan footnote, will be settled in cash rather than delivering immediate common stock — so this does not represent a market purchase or sale and should be viewed as routine executive compensation rather than a direct bullish or bearish trade signal.