Church & Dwight (CHD) EVP exercises 10,000 options and sells 10,000 shares
Filing Impact
Filing Sentiment
Form Type
4
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Church & Dwight executive Carlos G. Linares exercised stock options and sold common shares on the same day. He exercised options for 10,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $50.2800 per share, then sold 10,000 shares in an open-market transaction at a weighted average price of $99.7067 per share, with actual sale prices ranging from $99.1201 to $100. Following these transactions, he directly holds 4,667.8102 shares of Common Stock and indirectly holds 257.9268 shares through a profit sharing/savings plan trust, along with 30,750 stock options.
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Insider Trade Summary
Net Seller: 10,000 shares ($997,067)
Net Sell
7 txns
Insider
Linares Carlos G.
Role
EVP Chief Tech&Global New Prod
Sold
10,000 shs ($997K)
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Stock Option (right to buy) | 10,000 | $0.00 | -- |
| Exercise | Common Stock | 10,000 | $50.28 | $503K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 10,000 | $99.7067 | $997K |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Holdings After Transaction:
Stock Option (right to buy) — 30,750 shares (Direct, null);
Common Stock — 14,667.81 shares (Direct, null);
Common Stock — 257.927 shares (Indirect, Prfit Sharing/saving Plan Trust)
Footnotes (1)
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Key Figures
Shares sold: 10,000 shares
Weighted average sale price: $99.7067 per share
Sale price range: $99.1201–$100 per share
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8 metrics
Shares sold
10,000 shares
Common Stock open-market sale on 2026-06-16
Weighted average sale price
$99.7067 per share
Common Stock sale on 2026-06-16
Sale price range
$99.1201–$100 per share
Range of prices for 10,000-share sale
Options exercised
10,000 shares
Stock Option (right to buy) exercise
Option exercise price
$50.2800 per share
Exercise price for 10,000 underlying shares
Direct common shares after
4,667.8102 shares
Direct CHD Common Stock holdings post-transaction
Indirect common shares after
257.9268 shares
Indirect holdings via profit sharing/savings plan trust
Stock options after
30,750 options
Stock Option (right to buy) position after exercise
Key Terms
Stock Option (right to buy), open-market sale, weighted average price, Profit Sharing/saving Plan Trust, +1 more
5 terms
Stock Option (right to buy) financial
"security_title: "Stock Option (right to buy)""
open-market sale financial
"transaction_action: "open-market sale""
An open-market sale is when a shareholder sells existing shares directly on a public exchange to any willing buyer, rather than through a private deal. Think of it like putting goods on a busy market stall where price is set by supply and demand; for investors it matters because such sales increase available supply, can put short-term downward pressure on the stock price, and signal changes in liquidity or investor confidence.
weighted average price financial
"The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price."
Weighted average price is the average price of a security where each trade or component is counted according to its size, so bigger trades pull the average more than smaller ones. Think of it like calculating the average cost of a grocery haul where items you bought more of have greater influence on the final per-item cost. Investors use it to understand the true average price paid or received, judge execution quality, and compare trading performance against market movement.
Profit Sharing/saving Plan Trust financial
"nature_of_ownership: "Prfit Sharing/saving Plan Trust""
derivative exercise/conversion financial
"transaction_action: "derivative exercise/conversion""
FAQ
What did CHD executive Carlos G. Linares do in this Form 4 filing?
Carlos G. Linares exercised stock options and sold shares of Church & Dwight common stock. He exercised 10,000 options and sold 10,000 shares in an open-market transaction, updating both his direct and indirect ownership positions in the company.
What are Carlos G. Linares’s CHD holdings after these transactions?
After the transactions, he directly holds 4,667.8102 shares of Church & Dwight common stock and indirectly holds 257.9268 shares through a profit sharing/savings plan trust, plus 30,750 stock options classified as a right to buy.
What type of derivative security did Carlos G. Linares exercise in CHD?
He exercised a stock option described as a “Stock Option (right to buy)” covering 10,000 underlying shares of common stock. After exercising, the filing shows 30,750 stock options remaining, with the exercised options carrying a $50.2800 exercise price.