GUTHRIE ROY A 4
4 · Synchrony Financial · Filed Feb 19, 2026
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Synchrony (SYF) Director Roy Guthrie Receives 146-Share Award
What Happened Roy A. Guthrie, a director of Synchrony Financial (SYF), was credited with 146 shares (recorded as an award/acquisition) on February 17, 2026. The filing values the units at $72.31 each for a total of $10,557. This transaction is coded as an award (A) and represents dividend-equivalent units rather than an open-market purchase.
Key Details
- Transaction date and filing: Acquired 146 shares on 2026-02-17; Form 4 filed 2026-02-19 (timely).
- Price/value: $72.31 per share; total value $10,557.
- Transaction code: A (award/grant/other acquisition) — these were dividend equivalent units (see footnote).
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified for Mr. Guthrie personally in the filing. Footnote notes Guthrie 2012 Investments LP owns 34,106 shares; Mr. Guthrie disclaims beneficial ownership of those LP shares except to the extent of any pecuniary interest.
- Footnotes: F1 — these 146 units are dividend equivalents paid on previously granted restricted stock units and deferred stock units (each unit equals one share economically). F2 — Mr. Guthrie is investment manager of an LP that holds 34,106 shares and disclaims beneficial ownership of the LP’s shares.
Context This was not an open-market purchase or sale but the payment of dividend-equivalent units tied to existing equity awards, which is typically a routine corporate compensation event rather than an express bullish or bearish signal. The filing appears timely (filed two days after the transaction).
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
Dividend Equivalent Unit
[F1]2026-02-17$72.31/sh+146$10,557→ 38,880 total
- 34,106(indirect: See footnote)
Common Stock
[F2]
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Represents dividend equivalent units accrued on February 17, 2026 as dividends that were paid on the common shares underlying restricted stock units and deferred stock units previously granted to the Reporting Person under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plans and Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan. Each dividend equivalent unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Synchrony Financial common stock.
- [F2]Mr. Guthrie is the Investment Manager of Guthrie 2012 Investments LP, which owns 34,106 shares of common stock. Mr. Guthrie disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock held by Guthrie 2012 Investments LP, except to the extent of his direct pecuniary interest therein.