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): June 3, 2022

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	1-10585	13-4996950
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey	08628
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 806-1200

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value	CHD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 26, 2022, the Compensation & Human Capital Committee of the Board of Directors of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) adopted a new form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Grant Agreement (the “Amended Grant Agreement”) pursuant to the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, as of April 28, 2022 (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders. As previously disclosed, the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2022. Among other changes to the Company’s prior non-qualified stock option grant agreement to conform to the Plan, the Amended Grant Agreement includes customary non-disclosure, non-disparagement and non-compete provisions and forfeiture and recoupment provisions. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the form of Amended Grant Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Grant Agreement.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

	CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Date: June 3, 2022	By:	/s/ Patrick de Maynadier
	Name:	Patrick de Maynadier
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary