Church & Dwight EVP Brian D. Buchert Receives Phantom Stock Award

What Happened

• Brian D. Buchert, Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A, and Business Planning at Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), was granted 5.398 phantom stock shares on August 14, 2026. The award was recorded at $101.30 per share, for a reported value of approximately $547. This transaction was a derivative award (phantom stock), not an open-market purchase of common shares.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-14; Filing date: 2026-08-17 (appears timely).
• Grant type: Award/Grant of phantom stock (derivative) — Form 4 code A.
• Quantity and price: 5.398 phantom shares @ $101.30 each; total value ≈ $547.
• Settlement/conversion: Phantom shares convert to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis (Footnote F1) but are to be settled in cash under the Church & Dwight Deferred Compensation Plan (Footnote F2).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the provided transaction summary.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, tax withholding, or late filing flag in the provided data.

Context

• This was an award of phantom (deferred-compensation) shares, which are a derivative form of equity compensation. Although they convert to common stock on a 1:1 basis, these particular phantom shares are slated to be paid in cash per the deferred compensation plan rather than delivered as stock. Such awards are typically part of executive compensation and do not by themselves signal buying or selling pressure in the market.