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Published: 2021-09-07 16:32:34 ET
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8-K
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ false 0000313927 0000313927 2021-09-05 2021-09-05

 

 

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): September 5, 2021

 

 

 

LOGO

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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 8.01

Other Events.

Our executive development and succession planning process was evidenced by the election on September 5, 2021 by the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) of two internal candidates.

Barry Bruno was elected as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company, effective October 1, 2021. Mr. Bruno will succeed Britta Bomhard in his new role. As previously announced, Ms. Bomhard will remain with the Company in a transitional capacity until December 31, 2021. Mr. Bruno has been with the Company since 2013, and served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, International, since January of 2021, and previously served as the Company’s Vice President, International Marketing and Global Markets Group.

Michael Read was elected as the Company’s Executive Vice President, International, effective October 1, 2021, succeeding Mr. Bruno. Mr. Read has been general manager of the Company’s Canadian subsidiary since 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Read served as senior vice president of customer development at Aryzta AG, and previously served in various leadership positions at Molson Coors and Reckitt Benckiser.

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.

 

    CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.  
Date: September 7, 2021     By:  

/s/ Patrick de Maynadier

  
    Name:   Patrick de Maynadier  
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary