---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-176580"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:41:06.518268+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight elects McCormick CFO Michael R. Smith as independent director

## Summary
- Smith, EVP & CFO of McCormick & Company, elected to Board effective July 8, 2024.
- Appointed to Audit Committee; Board expands to 11 members.
- Smith to retire from McCormick: CFO until Dec 1, 2024, EVP until Feb 28, 2025.
- No family relationships or arrangements with Church & Dwight; standard director compensation applies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-176580
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524176580/0001193125-24-176580-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524176580/d612244d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-176580
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-176580.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-176580.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael R. Smith was elected as independent director at CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: independent director
  source text: On July 8, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) elected Michael R. Smith as an independent director of the Company, effective as of that date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524176580/0001193125-24-176580-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.