8-K

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

Date: June 5, 2020

/s/ Patrick de Maynadier

Patrick de Maynadier

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of the report (Date of earliest event reported): June 5, 2020

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

1-10585

13-4996950

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey		08628
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 806-1200

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $1 par value

CHD

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On June 5, 2020, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Joseph Longo joined the Company as Vice President, Accounting. It is anticipated that before the end of the year, Mr. Longo will be appointed Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, replacing Steven J. Katz, who will stay on with the Company until his previously announced retirement.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Longo, 49, served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Dorman Products Inc., a leading supplier of aftermarket auto parts, from December 2019 to June 2020. From January 2017 to August 2019, Mr. Longo served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Pinnacle Foods Inc., a provider of branded consumer food products, and served at Tyco International Ltd. from October 2007 to January 2017 in roles across accounting, investor relations and business unit financial planning and analysis. He started his career at KPMG US LLP and has held senior accounting positions at Prudential Financial, Inc. and JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Mr. Longo will receive salary, annual incentive awards and long-term incentive awards, and will participate in other compensation and benefit programs, at levels consistent with his position and scope of responsibility. The Company’s compensation and benefit plans are more fully described in the in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2020 annual meeting of shareholders.

No family relationships exist between Mr. Longo and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Longo was appointed, and there are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Longo reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.