Company: CHD
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-059273
Chunk: 1

Company: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 1
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12 nominees to serve as directors for a term of one year; |

| 2. | An advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers; |

| 3. | Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025; |

| 4. | Consider a stockholder proposal if properly presented at the meeting; and |

| 5. | Transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournments thereof. |

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend, although only those stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 5, 2025 will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting or any adjournments thereof. Your vote is important. Whether or not you expect to attend the virtual meeting, we urge you to vote by submitting your proxy. You may vote four different ways: by mail, via the Internet, by telephone, or during the virtual meeting. Please refer to detailed instructions included herein or with the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials.

| By Order of the Board of Directors,   PATRICK D. DE MAYNADIER Corporate Secretary |

Ewing, New Jersey March 20, 2025 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY ON MAY 1, 2025:The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at: https://materials.proxyvote.com/171340 .

| TABLE OF CONTENTS |

TABLE OF CONTENTS

| PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY                                                  |     |  1 |
| 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS                                      |     |  1 |
| VOTING MATTERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATIONS                     |     |  1 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE                                                     |     |  3 |
| PROXY STATEMENT                                                          |     |  5 |
| INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING                          |     |  5 |
| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                        |     |  9 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OTHER BOARD MATTERS                             |     | 22 |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ COMPOSITION                                          |     | 22 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND OTHER