{"transactions":[{"id":906956,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2026-02-13T23:36:11.000Z","date":"2026-02-11","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":1800,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F5","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1, 40% Year 2, and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":1800,"derivative":{"exercise_price":178.68,"expiration_date":"2036-02-11","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1800},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-005531","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":6,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126005531/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":906955,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-13T23:36:11.000Z","date":"2026-02-12","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":70,"price":177.49,"value":12424.3,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F4","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 2/12/2025)."}],"balance_after":6736,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-005531","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126005531/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":906954,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-13T23:36:11.000Z","date":"2026-02-11","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":865,"price":178.68,"value":154558.2,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"865 of the 1,664 performance stock units that vested on February 11, 2026 were withheld to cover tax requirement due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":6806,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-005531","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126005531/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":906953,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-13T23:36:11.000Z","date":"2026-02-11","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":1664,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Represents the vesting of performance stock units (includes 29 dividend equivalent shares) for the 2023-2025 performance period."}],"balance_after":7671,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-005531","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126005531/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":906952,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-13T23:36:11.000Z","date":"2026-02-11","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":490,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person over a 3-year period (25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 25% on the second anniversary of the grant date, and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date), subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."}],"balance_after":6007,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-005531","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126005531/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":913821,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-10T22:51:41.000Z","date":"2026-02-08","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":322,"price":173.16,"value":55757.52,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 2/8/2023)."}],"balance_after":5517,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-004642","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126004642/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":913819,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2026-02-10T21:28:45.000Z","date":"2025-04-01","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":383,"price":167.24,"value":64052.92,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"date","element":"transactionDate","label":"F1","text":"This is an inadvertent late filing due to an administrative error."},{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 4/1/2022)."}],"balance_after":5839,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-26-004618","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036126004618/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1173770,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2025-04-11T22:18:27.000Z","date":"2025-02-12","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":1800,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2: and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":1800,"derivative":{"exercise_price":159.18,"expiration_date":"2035-02-12","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1800},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-013559","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125013559/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2025-02-14"}},{"id":1173769,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-04-11T22:18:27.000Z","date":"2025-02-13","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":1073,"price":163.14,"value":175049.22,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"1,073 of the 2,067 performance stock units that vested on February 13, 2025 were withheld to cover tax requirement due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":6222,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-013559","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125013559/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2025-02-14"}},{"id":1173768,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-04-11T22:18:27.000Z","date":"2025-02-13","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":2067,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Represents the vesting of performance stock units (includes 34 dividend equivalent shares) for the 2022-2024 performance period."}],"balance_after":7295,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-013559","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125013559/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2025-02-14"}},{"id":1173767,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-04-11T22:18:27.000Z","date":"2025-02-12","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":550,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person ratably over a 3 year period (25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 25% on the second anniversary of the grant date, and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date), subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."}],"balance_after":5228,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-013559","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125013559/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2025-02-14"}},{"id":1269127,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2025-02-14T21:45:48.000Z","date":"2025-02-12","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":1800,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2: and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":1800,"derivative":{"exercise_price":159.18,"expiration_date":"2035-02-12","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1800},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-004844","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125004844/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1269126,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-02-14T21:45:48.000Z","date":"2025-02-13","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":1073,"price":163.14,"value":175049.22,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"1,073 of the 2,067 performance stock units that vested on February 13, 2025 were withheld to cover tax requirement due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":6222,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-004844","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125004844/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1269125,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-02-14T21:45:48.000Z","date":"2025-02-13","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":2067,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Represents the vesting of performance stock units (includes 34 dividend equivalent shares) for the 2022-2024 performance period."}],"balance_after":7295,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-004844","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125004844/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1269124,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-02-14T21:45:48.000Z","date":"2025-02-12","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":550,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person 3 years following the grant date, subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."}],"balance_after":5228,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-004844","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125004844/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1273302,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2025-02-13T00:34:28.000Z","date":"2025-02-10","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":310,"price":159.39,"value":49410.9,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 2/10/2022)."}],"balance_after":4678,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-25-004121","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036125004121/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1445021,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Options (right to buy)","published_at":"2024-08-01T22:09:27.000Z","date":"2024-07-30","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":3900,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F6","text":"Stock options that vested 20% on February 13, 2020, 40% on February 13, 2021, and 40% on February 13, 2022, and are exercisable."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":84.09,"expiration_date":"2029-02-13","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3900},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-035394","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124035394/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1445020,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-08-01T22:09:27.000Z","date":"2024-07-30","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":904,"price":177.0955,"value":160094.332,"ownership":{"direct":false,"nature":"401(k) Plan"},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F4","text":"Intra-plan transfer from the Balchem Common Stock Fund to another fund within the Balchem Corporation 401(k) plan."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F5","text":"Reflects shares previously acquired under the Balchem Corporation 401(k) plan."}],"balance_after":132,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-035394","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124035394/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1445019,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-08-01T22:09:27.000Z","date":"2024-07-30","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":330,"price":180.4656,"value":59553.648,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F3","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $180.3050 to $180.5900 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":4988,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-035394","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124035394/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1445018,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-08-01T22:09:27.000Z","date":"2024-07-30","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":3570,"price":179.247,"value":639911.79,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F2","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $179.0200 to $179.9700 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":5318,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-035394","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124035394/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1445017,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-08-01T22:09:27.000Z","date":"2024-07-30","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":3900,"price":84.09,"value":327951.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":8888,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-035394","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124035394/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618401,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Options (right to buy)","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":3700,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F7","text":"Stock options that vested 20% on February 15, 2019, 40% on February 15, 2020, and 40% on February 15, 2021, and are exercisable."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":74.57,"expiration_date":"2028-02-15","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3700},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":9,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618400,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Options (right to buy)","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":5480,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F6","text":"Stock options that vested 20% on February 21, 2018, 40% on February 21, 2019, and 40% on February 21, 2020, and are exercisable."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":85.4,"expiration_date":"2027-02-21","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":5480},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":8,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618399,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-26","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":100,"price":156.13,"value":15613.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":5914,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":7,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618398,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-26","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":4319,"price":155.6573,"value":672283.8787,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F5","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $155.1300 to $156.0500 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":6014,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":6,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618397,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-26","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":2581,"price":154.3617,"value":398407.5477,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F4","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $154.0800 to $155.0300 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":10333,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618396,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":2477,"price":156.9418,"value":388744.8386,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F3","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $156.5300 to $157.1950 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":12914,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618395,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":6703,"price":156.1575,"value":1046723.7225,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F2","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $155.4950 to $156.4825 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":15391,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618394,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":3700,"price":74.57,"value":275909.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":22094,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1618393,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-27T21:58:15.000Z","date":"2024-02-23","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":5480,"price":84.4,"value":462512.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":18394,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009784","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009784/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1624305,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Options (right to buy)","published_at":"2024-02-23T22:11:24.000Z","date":"2024-02-21","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":15000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F5","text":"Stock options that vested 20% on February 23, 2017, 40% on February 23, 2018, and 40% on February 23, 2019, and are exercisable."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":60.85,"expiration_date":"2026-02-23","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":15000},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009287","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009287/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1624304,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-23T22:11:24.000Z","date":"2024-02-21","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":77,"price":155.6849,"value":11987.7373,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F4","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $155.5550 to $155.9100 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":12914,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009287","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009287/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1624303,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-23T22:11:24.000Z","date":"2024-02-21","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":14139,"price":154.8017,"value":2188741.2363,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F3","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $154.5300 to $155.3200 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":12991,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009287","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009287/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1624302,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-23T22:11:24.000Z","date":"2024-02-21","kind":"sale","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":784,"price":153.4388,"value":120296.0192,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F2","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple sales ranging from $153.1601 to $154.0900 per share, inclusive.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were affected regarding this footnote."}],"balance_after":27130,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009287","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009287/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1624301,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-23T22:11:24.000Z","date":"2024-02-21","kind":"exercise","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":15000,"price":60.85,"value":912750.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":27914,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-009287","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124009287/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1648528,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-13T22:00:07.000Z","date":"2024-02-11","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":751,"price":145.33,"value":109142.83,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 2/11/2021)"}],"balance_after":12914,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-007482","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124007482/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1651052,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2024-02-12T23:12:00.000Z","date":"2024-02-08","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":1900,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F5","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2: and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":1900,"derivative":{"exercise_price":143.43,"expiration_date":"2034-02-08","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1900},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-007100","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124007100/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1651051,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-12T23:12:00.000Z","date":"2024-02-08","kind":"tax_withholding","planned":false,"acquired":false,"shares":1130,"price":143.43,"value":162075.9,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F4","text":"1,130 of the 2,119 performance stock units that vested on February 8, 2024 were withheld to cover tax requirement due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":13665,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-007100","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124007100/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1651050,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-12T23:12:00.000Z","date":"2024-02-08","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":2119,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"Represents the vesting of performance stock units (includes 33 dividend equivalent shares) for the 2021-2023 performance period."}],"balance_after":14795,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-007100","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124007100/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":1651049,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2024-02-12T23:12:00.000Z","date":"2024-02-08","kind":"grant","planned":false,"acquired":true,"shares":570,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person 3 years following the grant date, subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F2","text":"Includes acquisition of shares under the Balchem Corporation 401(k) plan."}],"balance_after":12676,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-24-007100","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036124007100/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2014898,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2023-02-15T21:15:45.000Z","date":"2023-02-13","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":332,"price":135.67,"value":45042.44,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Reflects shares that were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted shares (granted on 2/13/2020)."}],"balance_after":11964,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-23-007247","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123007247/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2024209,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2023-02-11T01:34:56.000Z","date":"2023-02-08","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F5","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2: and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":2000,"derivative":{"exercise_price":138.09,"expiration_date":"2033-02-08","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":2000},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-23-006113","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123006113/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2024208,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2023-02-11T01:34:56.000Z","date":"2023-02-08","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1190,"price":138.09,"value":164327.1,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F4","text":"1,190 of the 2,240 performance stock units that vested on February 8, 2023 were withheld to cover tax requirement due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":12296,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-23-006113","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123006113/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2024207,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2023-02-11T01:34:56.000Z","date":"2023-02-08","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2240,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"Represents the vesting of performance stock units (includes 32 dividend equivalent shares) for the 2020-2022 performance period."}],"balance_after":13486,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-23-006113","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123006113/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2024206,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2023-02-11T01:34:56.000Z","date":"2023-02-08","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":570,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person 3 years following the grant date, subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F2","text":"Includes acquisition of shares under the Balchem Corporation 401(k) plan."}],"balance_after":11246,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-23-006113","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123006113/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2074716,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"VP & Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-12-30T21:15:19.000Z","date":"2022-04-01","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":750,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"date","element":"transactionDate","label":"F1","text":"This is an inadvertent late filing due to an administrative error."},{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person in 3 years following the grant date, subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F3","text":"Includes acquisition of shares under the Balchem Corporation 401(k) plan."}],"balance_after":10655,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-047654","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122047654/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2393698,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-02-16T19:49:52.000Z","date":"2022-02-15","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":470,"price":139.38,"value":65508.6,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"470 of the 920 Restricted Shares (date of grant 02/15/2018) that vested 02/15/2022 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":9786,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005742","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005742/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2396887,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-02-15T21:45:01.000Z","date":"2022-02-14","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1961,"price":137.73,"value":270088.53,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"1,961 of the 3,840 Restricted Shares (date of grant 02/13/2019) that vested 02/14/2022 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":10256,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005591","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005591/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2400765,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2022-02-14T13:50:03.000Z","date":"2022-02-10","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1900,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2; and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":35480,"derivative":{"exercise_price":138.07,"expiration_date":"2032-02-10","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1900},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005082","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005082/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2400764,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-02-14T13:50:03.000Z","date":"2022-02-10","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1238,"price":138.07,"value":170930.66,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"1,238 of the 2,345 shares that vested February 10, 2022 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":12217,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005082","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005082/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2400763,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-02-14T13:50:03.000Z","date":"2022-02-10","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2345,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 13, 2019 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":13455,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005082","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005082/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2400762,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2022-02-14T13:50:03.000Z","date":"2022-02-10","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":550,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in reporting person until three years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Company and the reporting person."}],"balance_after":11110,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-22-005082","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122005082/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2611037,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-08-09T21:29:08.000Z","date":"2021-08-09","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":10520,"price":132.02,"value":1388850.4,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F2","text":"Weighted average selling price."}],"balance_after":11502,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-027622","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121027622/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2611036,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-08-09T21:29:08.000Z","date":"2021-08-06","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":12248,"price":134.04,"value":1641721.92,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F2","text":"Weighted average selling price."}],"balance_after":22022,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-027622","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121027622/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2611035,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-08-09T21:29:08.000Z","date":"2021-08-06","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":10170,"price":60.85,"value":618844.5,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":32270,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-027622","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121027622/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2611034,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-08-09T21:29:08.000Z","date":"2021-08-06","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":4178,"price":58.52,"value":244496.56,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":24100,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-027622","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121027622/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2810874,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2021-03-04T23:23:23.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2300,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2; and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":47928,"derivative":{"exercise_price":119.13,"expiration_date":"2031-02-11","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":2300},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-007340","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121007340/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2021-02-16"}},{"id":2810873,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-03-04T23:23:23.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":988,"price":119.13,"value":117700.44,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"988 of the 1,924 shares that vested February 11, 2021 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":19797,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-007340","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121007340/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2021-02-16"}},{"id":2810872,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-03-04T23:23:23.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1924,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 15, 2018 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":20785,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-007340","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121007340/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2021-02-16"}},{"id":2810871,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-03-04T23:23:23.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1470,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in reporting person until three years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Company and the reporting person."}],"balance_after":18861,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-007340","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121007340/form4.xml","form_type":"4/A","original_submission_date":"2021-02-16"}},{"id":2861890,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2021-02-17T02:49:51.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2300,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2; and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":47928,"derivative":{"exercise_price":119.13,"expiration_date":"2031-02-11","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":2300},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-005107","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121005107/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2861889,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-02-17T02:49:51.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":988,"price":119.13,"value":117700.44,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"988 of the 1,924 shares that vested February 11, 2021 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":18947,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-005107","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121005107/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2861888,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-02-17T02:49:51.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1924,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 15, 2018 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":19935,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-005107","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121005107/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":2861887,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2021-02-17T02:49:51.000Z","date":"2021-02-11","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":620,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in reporting person until three years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Company and the reporting person."}],"balance_after":18011,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-21-005107","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036121005107/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3269684,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2020-02-18T22:22:08.000Z","date":"2020-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":3200,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2; and 40% Year 3."}],"balance_after":45628,"derivative":{"exercise_price":111.94,"expiration_date":"2030-02-12","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3200},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-20-003556","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036120003556/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3269683,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-02-18T22:22:08.000Z","date":"2020-02-13","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":501,"price":111.94,"value":56081.94,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"501 of the 922 shares that vested February 13, 2020 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":17211,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-20-003556","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036120003556/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3269682,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-02-18T22:22:08.000Z","date":"2020-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":922,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 21, 2017 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan (as amended and restated effective June 20, 2013) as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":17712,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-20-003556","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036120003556/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3269681,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-02-18T22:22:08.000Z","date":"2020-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":650,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in reporting person until three years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Company and the reporting person."}],"balance_after":16790,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-20-003556","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036120003556/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3648825,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-20T22:18:33.000Z","date":"2019-02-19","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":641,"price":87.32,"value":55972.12,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"On February 19, 2015, Balchem Corporation (the \"Company\") granted 1,315 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program. The stock was subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company and to restrictions on transfer until it vested in accordance with the provisions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.  On February 19, 2019, 641 of the 1,315 shares that vested February 19, 2019 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F2","text":"Beneficial Ownership reconciled to reflect this transaction and those reported on Form 4 filed on February 15, 2018."}],"balance_after":15927,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-19-003560","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036119003560/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3655786,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2019-02-15T20:40:58.000Z","date":"2019-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":3900,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% year 1; 40% year 2; and 40% year 3."}],"balance_after":23246,"derivative":{"exercise_price":84.09,"expiration_date":"2029-02-12","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3900},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-19-003367","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036119003367/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3655785,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-15T20:40:58.000Z","date":"2019-02-13","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":761,"price":84.09,"value":63992.49,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"750 of the 1,405 shares that vested February 13, 2019 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":18074,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-19-003367","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036119003367/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3655784,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-15T20:40:58.000Z","date":"2019-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1427,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 22, 2016 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan (as amended and restated effective June 20, 2013) as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":18835,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-19-003367","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036119003367/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3655783,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-15T20:40:58.000Z","date":"2019-02-13","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":3840,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in Reporting person until three years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."}],"balance_after":17408,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-19-003367","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036119003367/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3887822,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-06-20T15:57:46.000Z","date":"2018-06-19","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":2449,"price":98.94,"value":242304.06,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"On June 19, 2014, the Company granted 5,000 restricted shares under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Program.  The shares were subject to certain restrictions under the Restricted Stock Grant Agreement.  On June 19, 2018, 2,449 of the shares that vested on June 19, 2018 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":11953,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-029248","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118029248/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3887821,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-06-20T15:57:46.000Z","date":"2018-06-18","kind":"other","acquired":false,"shares":4364,"price":100.5,"value":438582.0,"ownership":{"direct":false,"nature":"401(k) Plan"},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Intra-plan transfer from the Balchem Common Stock Fund to another fund within the respective plan."},{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Intra-plan transfer from the Balchem Common Stock Fund to another fund within the respective plan."}],"balance_after":14402,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-029248","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118029248/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4029383,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-02-28T13:36:59.000Z","date":"2018-02-26","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":490,"price":76.21,"value":37342.9,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"On February 26, 2013, Balchem Corporation (the \"Company\") granted 1,000 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program. The stock was subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company and to restrictions on transfer until it vested in accordance with the provisions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement on February 26, 2018. 490 of the 1,000 shares that vested February 26, 2018 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":18712,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-010682","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118010682/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4051065,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Stock Option","published_at":"2018-02-20T23:57:23.000Z","date":"2018-02-15","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":3650,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F4","text":"Options vest 20% year 1; 40% year 2; and 40% year 3."}],"balance_after":3650,"derivative":{"exercise_price":74.57,"expiration_date":"2028-02-15","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3650},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-009173","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118009173/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4051064,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-02-20T23:57:23.000Z","date":"2018-02-15","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1345,"price":74.57,"value":100296.65,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F3","text":"1,345 of the 2,643 shares that vested February 15, 2018 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."}],"balance_after":19202,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-009173","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118009173/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4051063,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-02-20T23:57:23.000Z","date":"2018-02-15","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2643,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F2","text":"Acquired upon the settlement of performance shares granted on February 19, 2018 based upon a predetermined EBITDA performance target and total shareholder return against the Russell 2000 Index over a three-year period under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan (as amended and restated effective June 20, 2013) as a result of the satisfaction of those performance criteria."}],"balance_after":20547,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-009173","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118009173/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4051062,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"officer":true,"officer_title":"Chief Accounting Officer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-02-20T23:57:23.000Z","date":"2018-02-15","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":910,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Ownership of the restricted stock does not vest in Reporting person until four years from the grant date and is further subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person."}],"balance_after":17904,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-18-009173","document":"form4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036118009173/form4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390198,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":48500,"price":83.5973,"value":4054469.05,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":16775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":6,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390197,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":15000,"price":50.32,"value":754800.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested  non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":65275,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390196,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":14000,"price":38.1,"value":533400.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested  non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":50275,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390195,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":2500,"price":31.02,"value":77550.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested  non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":36275,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390194,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":12000,"price":29.06,"value":348720.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested  non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":33775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4390193,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-13T21:49:57.000Z","date":"2017-03-13","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":5000,"price":40.95,"value":204750.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of fully vested  non-qualified stock options."}],"balance_after":21775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-011802","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117011802/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4408150,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-03T21:37:43.000Z","date":"2017-03-03","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":14000,"price":86.875,"value":1216250.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":16775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-010546","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117010546/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4408149,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-03-03T21:37:43.000Z","date":"2017-03-03","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":14000,"price":32.21,"value":450940.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"Exercise of a non-qualified stock option which fully vested on December 6, 2013."}],"balance_after":30775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-010546","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117010546/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4430558,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO"}}],"security":"Employee Stock Option (right to buy)","published_at":"2017-02-24T01:26:41.000Z","date":"2017-02-21","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":5480,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F1","text":"Options vest 20% year 1; 40% year 2; and 40% year 3."}],"balance_after":5480,"derivative":{"exercise_price":85.4,"expiration_date":"2027-02-21","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":0},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-008930","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117008930/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4430550,"issuer":{"id":3839,"kind":"organization","name":"BALCHEM CORP","symbol":"BALCHEM CO"},"owners":[{"id":66648,"kind":"person","name":"Backus William A.","position":1,"cik":"0001530884","reported_name":"Backus William A.","relationship":{"director":false,"officer":true,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false,"officer_title":"CFO and Treasurer"}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-02-23T15:40:28.000Z","date":"2016-02-29","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":794,"price":85.4,"value":67807.6,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"shares","element":"transactionShares","label":"F1","text":"On February 19, 2013, the Company granted 1,447 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program. The stock was subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Issuer and to restrictions on transfer until it vested in accordance with the provisions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement on February 19, 2017. 794 of the 1,447 shares that vested February 19, 2017 were withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting."},{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F2","text":"This filing amends the \"amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction\" to include the most current amount of shares owned directly by Mr. Backus in his 401(k)/profit sharing account."}],"balance_after":16775,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001140361-17-008734","document":"doc1.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036117008734/doc1.xml","form_type":"4"}}]}