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0000313927falseCHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/00003139272025-12-092025-12-09

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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): December 9, 2025

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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 9, 2025, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a definitive agreement to sell its VitaFusion® and L’il Critters® brands. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The press release and the other information set forth in this Item 7.01 is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

 

ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

 

As previously announced, the Company has conducted a strategic review of its vitamin, minerals and supplement (VMS) business. On December 9, 2025, the Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its VitaFusion® and L’il Critters® brands, including related trademarks, licenses, and manufacturing and distribution facilities in Vancouver and Ridgefield, Washington. The transaction is expected to close before year-end, subject to customary closing conditions.

 

ITEM 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

 

Exhibit
Number

Description

 

 

99.1

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Press Release dated December 9, 2025

 

 

104

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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:

December 9, 2025

By:

/s/ Patrick de Maynadier

Name:

Patrick de Maynadier

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary