secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-219646
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/0001193125-24-219646-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312524219646/d873772d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-219646

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