[Form 4] Great Lakes Dredge & Dock CORP Insider Trading Activity
Lawrence R. Dickerson, a director of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (GLDD), reported changes in his beneficial ownership on Form 4. The filing shows a transaction dated 09/30/2025 in which 86,217 shares of common stock were disposed of, leaving Mr. Dickerson with 70,218 shares held directly following the reported transactions. The Form 4 is signed by an attorney-in-fact on behalf of Mr. Dickerson.
The filing also discloses that on 09/30/2025 Mr. Dickerson was granted 4,165 Deferred Stock Units (DSUs) under the company’s Director Deferral Plan. The DSUs are deferred compensation that will be paid in common stock on a 1-for-1 basis when his board service ends and are recorded at a price of $0 in the form. The filing contains no earnings or operational information.
- Director received Deferred Stock Units (4,165 DSUs) under the Director Deferral Plan, aligning compensation with long-term shareholder outcomes
- DSUs payable 1-for-1 in common stock upon end of board service, providing clear settlement terms
- Director disposed of 86,217 common shares, reducing direct beneficial ownership to 70,218 shares
Insights
TL;DR Director sold a material block of shares and received DSUs as deferred compensation; ownership remains meaningful.
The disposal of 86,217 common shares on 09/30/2025 is a clear, reportable insider transaction that reduces the director's direct share count to 70,218. Concurrently, the grant of 4,165 DSUs converts part of director compensation into deferred equity payable 1-for-1 in stock upon termination of board service. From a capital-structure perspective, these are routine governance and compensation actions and do not disclose company performance metrics or new material contracts.
TL;DR Typical director compensation and an open-market disposition; no governance red flags disclosed.
The Form 4 shows a standard director deferral election where equity compensation is issued as DSUs under the Director Deferral Plan. The DSUs' 1-for-1 settlement in common stock upon end of service is explicitly stated. The sale of 86,217 shares is reported but the filing does not state the transaction code rationale beyond the entries; there is no indication of unusual governance events, changes in board composition, or related-party transactions in this document.