---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-219646"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:47:07.951192+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight CEO Matthew Farrell to retire; Rick Dierker named successor

## Summary
- Farrell will step down as President and CEO effective March 31, 2025; remains Chairman for transition.
- Richard Dierker promoted to President and CEO effective March 31, 2025; will also join the Board.
- Dierker has been EVP, CFO and Head of Business Operations since 2022; a 15-year company veteran.
- Board conducted comprehensive internal and external search; unanimous vote for Dierker.
- Farrell tenure saw market cap more than double to over $25 billion with industry-leading TSR.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-219646
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/0001193125-24-219646-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/d873772d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-219646
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-219646.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-219646.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Dierker was appointed as Director at CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/.
  - Action: will join the Board as a director
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Dierker will also join the Board as a director effective March 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/0001193125-24-219646-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew T. Farrell departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Matthew T. Farrell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) that he will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of March 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/0001193125-24-219646-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Dierker changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer at CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Richard Dierker was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company to replace Mr. Farrell, effective March 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/0001193125-24-219646-index.htm

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