secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-054846
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Church & Dwight names Lee McChesney as EVP/CFO effective March 24, 2025; Dierker to become CEO April 2
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- Lee McChesney (ex-CFO of MSA Safety) joins as EVP & CFO reporting to CEO, replacing Richard Dierker who becomes CEO on April 2.
- Base salary of $700,000; target annual bonus 85% of salary; target LTI award 245% of salary.
- One-time LTI grant of $2.2M in RSUs vesting ratably over two years; three cash sign-on bonuses totaling $617,222 subject to repayment if employment ends within one year.
- McChesney will also receive a Change in Control and Severance Agreement with 2x base salary and target bonus on qualifying termination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312525054846/0001193125-25-054846-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-054846

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