As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2024
Registration No. 333-166762
Registration No. 333-200721
Registration No. 333-220535
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment to
FORM S-3
Registration Statement No. 333-166762
Registration Statement No. 333-200721
Registration Statement No. 333-220535
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 13-4996950 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
500 Charles Ewing Boulevard
Ewing, NJ 08628
(609) 806-1200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Patrick de Maynadier
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Princeton South Corporate Center
500 Charles Ewing Boulevard
Ewing, NJ 08628
(609) 806-1200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Louis Rambo, Esq.
Steven Burwell, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212) 969-3000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the registration statements described herein.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the Registrant) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment (this Post-Effective Amendment) to each of the following Registration Statements on Form S-3ASR (collectively, the Prior Registration Statements) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under each such Registration Statement as of the date hereof:
| Registration Statement No. 333-166762, originally filed with the SEC on May 12, 2010; |
| Registration Statement No. 333-200721, originally filed with the SEC on December 4, 2014; and |
| Registration Statement No. 333-220535, originally filed with the SEC on September 20, 2017. |
The Registrant hereby deregisters all of the securities registered on the Prior Registration Statements that have not been sold thereunder as of the date hereof, and terminates the effectiveness of the Prior Registration Statements. The securities are being removed from registration because the securities are no longer being offered or sold pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the registration statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Ewing, New Jersey, on February 14, 2024.
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Matthew T. Farrell | |
Matthew T. Farrell Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.