Callaway Golf Company is holding its 2026 annual shareholders meeting virtually on May 21, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Shareholders of record as of March 30, 2026, when 181,976,071 common shares were outstanding, may attend online, submit questions and vote.
Investors will vote on electing nine directors, ratifying Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2026, and approving on an advisory basis the compensation of named executive officers. The board, led by independent chair John F. Lundgren, recommends voting “FOR” all three proposals and highlights its majority voting standard, proxy access rights and ESG-focused sustainability program.
Callaway Golf Co: The Vanguard Group amends Schedule 13G to report no beneficial ownership. The filing states 0% ownership and 0 shares beneficially owned as reported in Item 4. The amendment explains an internal realignment on 01/12/2026 that caused certain Vanguard subsidiaries to report separately.
Callaway Golf Co President and CEO Oliver G. Brewer III reported a series of bona fide gifts of common stock. On March 19, 2026, family-related entities transferred a total of 13,200 shares of Callaway Golf common stock for no consideration to various trusts for immediate family members as part of estate planning.
According to the disclosure, Mr. Brewer or his spouse serves as trustee of each recipient trust, so he retains beneficial ownership of the transferred shares. The transactions are all indirect, non-market gifts rather than open-market sales, and the filing also reflects substantial remaining indirect holdings in these family trusts after the transfers.
Callaway Golf Co President and CEO Oliver G. Brewer III reported a series of bona fide gifts of the company’s common stock. On March 18, 2026, he completed nine gift transactions totaling 565,400 shares, according to the Form 4 transaction summary.
The shares were transferred for no consideration to various family trusts and to his spouse as part of estate planning. A footnote explains that Brewer or his spouse serves as trustee of each recipient trust, so he retains beneficial ownership of the transferred shares. These are non-market, non-cash gifts rather than open‑market stock sales or purchases.
Rao Varsha Rajendra reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Callaway Golf Co director receives stock compensation instead of cash. Non-employee director Varsha Rajendra Rao was granted 1,869 shares of Callaway Golf common stock on March 15, 2026. The shares were issued at no cost in lieu of the cash retainer for the quarter ending March 31, 2026, bringing Rao’s direct holdings to 53,171 shares.
Ogunlesi Adebayo O. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Callaway Golf Co director Adebayo O. Ogunlesi received 2,056 shares of common stock as a grant under the company’s non‑employee director compensation program. The shares were issued in lieu of the cash retainer for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.
After this stock award, he holds 138,778 shares directly. He also has indirect holdings of 100,000 shares through Raynham I LLC, where he and his spouse are the sole members, and 845,284 shares held jointly with his spouse.
FLEISCHER RUSSELL L reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Callaway Golf Co director Russell L. Fleischer received a stock award of 2,149 shares of common stock. The shares were issued in lieu of the cash retainer under the company’s non-employee director compensation program for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.
Following this non-cash grant, Fleischer directly holds 135,633 shares of Callaway Golf common stock. This is a routine compensation award rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
Callaway Golf Co senior vice president and chief accounting officer Jennifer L. Thomas reported routine equity compensation activity involving restricted stock units (RSUs). On March 14, 2026, 5,682 RSUs converted into 5,682 shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis upon vesting. To cover tax withholding obligations related to this vesting, 2,407 common shares were withheld by the company at a price of $13.38 per share, a non-market, tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, Thomas directly held 84,677 shares of common stock. The filing also shows 11,364 unvested RSUs remaining from a grant made on March 14, 2025, which vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Callaway Golf Co executive Angela J. Deskins, EVP and Chief People Officer, reported the vesting of restricted stock units that converted into 2,526 shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. To cover tax withholding related to this vesting, 899 shares were withheld by the company at a price of $13.38 per share, leaving Deskins with a modest net increase in directly held shares.
Following these transactions, Deskins directly owned 3,652 shares of common stock and held 5,050 unvested RSUs from a grant made on March 14, 2025, which vests in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.