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): April 29, 2021

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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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Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 29, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved proposals to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to (i) remove the requirement for holders of two thirds of the Company’s outstanding common stock to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); (ii) remove the requirement to have the holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock approve certain mergers, consolidations or dispositions of substantial assets of the Company; and (iii) remove certain procedural provisions that are no longer required now that the Board is fully declassified, each as described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A delivered to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”). The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to implement these changes was previously approved by the Board, subject to stockholder approval. The Company filed the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State, and it became effective, on April 30, 2021.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors

The following nominees were elected by stockholders to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of one year each, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results for each director nominee were as follows:

Proposal No. 2 – Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The result of the advisory vote is set forth below:

Proposal No. 3 — Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement for holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors

The stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement for holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

Proposal No. 4 — Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement to have the holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock approve certain mergers, consolidations or dispositions of substantial assets

The stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement to have the holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock approve certain mergers, consolidations or dispositions of substantial assets of the Company. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

Proposal No. 5 — Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to remove certain procedural provisions that will no longer be required now that the Board is fully declassified

The stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove certain procedural provisions that will no longer be required now that the Board is fully declassified. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

Proposal No. 6 — Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

(d) Exhibits.

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.