Company: CHD
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-059273
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Company: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
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 Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2016 to April 2022. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Dierker was our Vice President, Corporate Finance and from 2009 to 2012, Mr. Dierker led Supply Chain Finance as the Company’s Operations Controller. From 2008 to 2009, he held a senior financial management position at Alpharma, Inc., a leading international specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to 2008, he held financial and business development management positions at Ingersoll-Rand Ltd, a major diversified industrial manufacturer. Director Qualifications Mr. Dierker’s deep experience as our Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations and other roles with the Company, coupled with his years of experience in other finance roles at large multinational companies, enables him to provide our Board of Directors with important insights and leadership on a range of financial and internal control matters, as well as on matters relating to our operations, capital structure, information systems, risk management, public company reporting, investor relations, business analytics, marketing, strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions.

|                                                                                                 | MATTHEW T. FARRELL |
| Chairman since 2019 Director since 2016 Non-Independent Age: 68   §  Chair, Executive Committee |                    |

Professional Experience Mr. Farrell has been our Chairman since May 2019 and assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2016. On April 1, 2025, Mr. Farrell will step down from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer, and will continue as our Chairman of the Board through September 30, 2025 (the “Effective Date”). On March 18, 2025, Mr. Farrell submitted his resignation from his position as Chairman and a member of the Board, effective as of the close of business on the Effective Date. The Board believes that contemporary

| Church & Dwight Co.  | 2025 Proxy Statement |     | 13 |

| PROPOSAL 1 |

governance practices suggest that the former CEO of a public company should continue to serve as a director for a limited transition period after retirement from the CEO role. Accordingly Mr. Farrell complied with the Board’s desire that Mr. Farrell resign from the Board as of the Effective Date. From November 2014 to December 2015, Mr. Farrell was our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, prior to which he