Dierker Richard A 4

What Happened
Richard A. Dierker, President, CEO and a director of Church & Dwight (CHD), was granted 44.246 phantom stock shares on 2026-03-13 at an attributable price of $97.75 per share, for a total grant value of $4,325. The filing reports the transaction as an Award/Grant (code A) of a derivative interest rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-13; Form 4 filed: 2026-03-16 (filed on the next business day and within the SEC two-business-day filing window).
• Grant: 44.246 phantom stock shares; attributable price shown $97.75; total reported value $4,325.
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A); derivative instrument (phantom stock).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the filing.
• Footnotes: F1 — Phantom stock converts to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. F2 — The phantom shares were granted under the Church & Dwight Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in cash as prescribed by the Plan.

Context
This was a small-value deferred-compensation award (about $4.3k) and not an open-market purchase or sale. Phantom stock typically tracks the economic value of company shares but here is subject to the company’s deferred compensation plan and settlement terms; such grants are common for executive compensation and do not, by themselves, indicate a change in the executive’s market view.