Buchert Brian D 4

What Happened Brian D. Buchert, Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A, and Business Performance at Church & Dwight (CHD), received a grant of 5.778 phantom stock shares on 2026-04-15. The grant is reported at an imputed price of $94.63 per share, for a total reported value of approximately $547. This was an award (not a market purchase or sale).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-15; Form 4 filed: 2026-04-16 (timely).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A); derivative security (phantom stock).
• Quantity and price: 5.778 phantom shares at $94.63 each; total value ≈ $547.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Phantom shares convert to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis.
  • F2: These phantom shares were granted under the Church & Dwight Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in cash at the time prescribed by the Plan.

Context This was a small deferred-compensation award (derivative phantom shares) rather than a cash market purchase or sale. Phantom shares do not immediately result in common-stock transfers — they track stock value and, per the plan, will be settled in cash when vesting/settlement conditions are met. Such routine awards are common for executive compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate a change in insider sentiment.