CHD EVP Brian D Buchert Receives Phantom Stock Award

What Happened
Brian D. Buchert, Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A, and Business Development at Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), was granted a derivative award of 5.645 phantom stock shares on 2026-06-30. The grant is reported at a per-share value of $96.88, for a total reported value of approximately $547. This was an award/compensation grant (transaction code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-06-30; 5.645 phantom shares @ $96.88 each (total ~$547).
• Transaction type: Award/Grant of a derivative interest (phantom stock).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in this filing.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Phantom stock converts 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 as prescribed by the Plan.
• Filing timeliness: Report filed 2026-07-01 for a 2026-06-30 transaction (filed timely per Form 4 rules).

Context
Phantom stock awards are a form of deferred compensation that track the value of company shares but often settle in cash rather than delivering actual shares immediately. Because these particular phantom shares are to be settled in cash per the plan footnote, they do not represent an immediate acquisition of common stock. Such compensation grants are routine for executives and are not by themselves a direct market signal of insider buying or selling.