ELLINGER DEBORAH G 4
4 · Synchrony Financial · Filed Feb 19, 2026
Research Summary
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Synchrony (SYF) Director Deborah Ellinger Receives Award — 3 Shares
What Happened
Deborah G. Ellinger, a director of Synchrony Financial (SYF), was credited with 3 dividend-equivalent units (treated as an award/acquisition) on February 17, 2026. The units are valued at $72.31 each, for a total economic value of approximately $217. This was an awarded accrual tied to restricted stock units (not an open-market purchase or sale).
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-17; Price/value per unit: $72.31; Total value: ~$217.
- Transaction type: A (award/acquisition — dividend equivalent units on RSUs).
- Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the Form 4.
- Footnote: The 3 units are dividend equivalent units that accrued as dividends on underlying RSUs; they vest and settle on the same terms as those RSUs and are economically equivalent to one share each (Footnote F1).
- Filing date: 2026-02-19 — filed within the standard Form 4 reporting window.
Context
Dividend-equivalent units are a routine element of equity compensation tied to restricted stock units and do not reflect an open-market buy or sell decision. Such awards are generally compensation-related rather than direct signals of the insider’s market view.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
ELLINGER DEBORAH G
Director
Transactions
- Award
Dividend Equivalent Unit
[F1]2026-02-17$72.31/sh+3$217→ 663 total
Footnotes (1)
- [F1]Represents dividend equivalent units accrued on February 17, 2026 as dividends that were paid on the common shares underlying restricted stock units. The dividend equivalent units vest proportionately with and are subject to settlement and expiration upon the same terms as the restricted stock units to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Synchrony Financial common stock.
Signature
/s/ Danielle Do, as attorney-in-fact|2026-02-19