UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Princeton South Corporate Park

500 Charles Ewing Boulevard

Ewing, New Jersey 08628

MEETING DATE: May 1, 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

This summary highlights important information you will find in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider. You should read the complete proxy statement and our 2025 Annual Report before voting.

In this proxy statement, the words “Church & Dwight,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” and “us” and similar terms refer to Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

2026 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

VOTING MATTERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDATIONS

Bradlen S. Cashaw, Richard A. Dierker, Bradley C. Irwin, Penry W. Price, Susan G. Saideman, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Michael R. Smith, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack, and Laurie J. Yoler are the nominees to serve as all of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board” or “Board of Directors”) until our 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Detailed information about all of our director nominees’ backgrounds and areas of expertise can be found under “Proposal 1: Election of Directors – Skills and Qualifications of our Board of Directors.”

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We strive to maintain effective corporate governance practices and policies. We believe that the following practices and policies contribute to our strong governance profile:

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628

(609) 806-1200

PROXY STATEMENT

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board for use at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held virtually on May 1, 2026, and at any adjournments thereof.

Who Can Vote

Each holder of record of our common stock at the close of business on March 4, 2026, is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on March 4, 2026, there were 236,875,094 shares of our common stock outstanding.

Distribution of Proxy Solicitation and Other Required Annual Meeting Materials

The rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allow us to mail a notice to our stockholders advising that our proxy statement, annual report to stockholders, electronic proxy card, and related materials are available for viewing, free of charge, on the Internet. These rules give us the opportunity to serve you more efficiently by making the proxy materials available quickly online and reducing costs associated with printing and postage. Stockholders may access these materials and vote over the Internet or by telephone or request delivery of a full set of materials by mail or email. We have elected to utilize this process for the Annual Meeting. We began mailing the required notice, called a Notice Regarding Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice”), to stockholders on or about March 19, 2026. The proxy materials have been posted on the Internet, at https://materials.proxyvote.com/171340. If you received a Notice by mail, you will not receive a paper or email copy of the proxy materials unless you request one in the manner set forth in the Notice.

How You Can Vote

You may vote by any of the following methods:

If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, please have your Notice or proxy card available. The control number appearing on your Notice or proxy card is necessary to process your vote. A telephone or Internet vote authorizes the named proxies in the same manner as if you marked, signed, and returned a proxy card by mail.

How You May Revoke or Change Your Vote

You have the power to change or revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Annual Meeting as follows:

Required Vote

You are entitled to cast one vote for each share of common stock you owned as of March 4, 2026, the record date. The presence, in person or by proxy, of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting constitutes a quorum. Abstentions and broker “non-votes” are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a broker does not vote on a particular proposal because the broker does not have discretionary voting power with respect to the proposal and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner.

Our Bylaws provide for majority voting in uncontested director elections. As a result, at the Annual Meeting, directors will be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast (in person or by proxy) in an uncontested election. For this purpose, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that nominee. Abstentions and broker “non-votes” are not counted as votes for or against a nominee. If you “abstain” from voting with respect to director nominees, your shares will be counted for purposes of a quorum but will have no effect on the election of the nominees. All of our director nominees are currently serving on our Board of Directors. If a nominee who is currently serving as a director is not re-elected, Delaware law provides that the director would continue to serve on our Board of Directors as a “holdover director.” Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines (“Corporate Governance Guidelines”), each incumbent director nominee submits, prior to the Annual Meeting, an irrevocable resignation that our Board of Directors may accept if stockholders do not re-elect the director. If a director is not re-elected by our stockholders, the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee would make a recommendation to our Board of Directors on whether to accept or reject the resignation of that director, or whether to take other action. Our Board of Directors would act on the resignation, taking into account the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date that the election results are certified.

Our proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (Proposal 2), our proposal to ratify the selection of our independent registered accounting firm for 2026 (Proposal 3) and, if properly presented at the meeting, the consideration of a stockholder proposal seeking to permit stockholder action by written consent (Proposal 4, the “Stockholder Proposal”), will be determined by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes represented at the meeting (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote on such matters. An abstention will have the same effect as a vote against with respect to the advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers, the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026, and the consideration of the Stockholder Proposal. Brokers will not have discretionary authority to vote on the election of our directors, the advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers, or the Stockholder Proposal. A broker “non-vote” is not counted for purposes of voting on these matters.

How Shares Will be Voted

Stockholders of record. If you are a stockholder of record and you:

then the proxy holders will vote your shares FOR the election of the nominees described in this proxy statement, FOR the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026, and AGAINST the Stockholder Proposal.

Beneficial owners. If you hold shares in street name (in the name of a broker or other nominee), you must give instructions to your bank or broker on how you would like your shares to be voted. Under applicable New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, your bank or broker has discretion to vote on “routine” matters, such as the ratification of the appointment of an independent registered public accounting firm, but does not have discretion to vote on “non-routine” matters, such as the election of directors, the proposal to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, or the Stockholder Proposal. Thus, if a bank or broker holds your shares and you do not instruct the bank or broker how to vote on these matters, no votes will be cast on your behalf.

Savings and Profit Sharing Plan participants. If you participate in the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Salaried Employees or the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Hourly Employees (collectively, the “Plans”), you may have voting rights regarding shares of our common stock credited to your account in the Plans. In order to permit the trustee to tally and vote the shares held in the Plans (“Plan Shares”), your instructions, whether by Internet, by telephone, or by proxy card, must be submitted on or prior to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 29, 2026. If you do not instruct the trustee how to vote, your Plan Shares will be voted by the trustee in the same proportion that it votes Plan Shares for those accounts in the Plans for which it did receive timely voting instructions. The proportional voting policy is detailed under the terms of the Plans and the associated trust agreements.

Other matters. Our Board of Directors is not aware of any matters that will be brought before the Annual Meeting other than those described in this proxy statement. However, if any other matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named on the enclosed proxy card will vote in their discretion on such matters.

Who can attend the virtual Annual Meeting

Only stockholders as of the record date, March 4, 2026, or duly appointed proxies, may attend the virtual Annual Meeting. No guests will be allowed to attend the Annual Meeting.

In accordance with Delaware law, for the 10 days prior to our Annual Meeting, a list of registered holders entitled to vote at our Annual Meeting will be available for inspection in our offices at Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628.

Attending the virtual Annual Meeting

To facilitate stockholder attendance and ability to participate fully and equally from any location around the world at no cost, this year’s Annual Meeting will be held exclusively online, with no option to attend in person. If you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, you will need to visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHD2026 and use your 16-digit control number provided in the Notice or proxy card to log into the meeting. We encourage stockholders to log in to the website and access the webcast early, beginning approximately 15 minutes before the Annual Meeting’s 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time start time. If you experience technical difficulties, please contact the technical support telephone number posted on www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CHD2026.

Asking questions during the virtual Annual Meeting

Stockholders of record and proxy holders who provide their valid 16-digit control number will be able to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting by asking questions and voting their shares as outlined above.

To submit questions during the meeting, stockholders may:

Only stockholders with a valid control number will be allowed to ask questions. Questions pertinent to Annual Meeting matters will be answered during the Annual Meeting as time allows. If we receive substantially similar written questions, we may group such questions together and provide a single response to avoid repetition and allow time for additional question topics. If we are unable to respond to a stockholder’s properly submitted question due to time constraints, we will respond directly to that stockholder using the contact information provided. We may also provide written responses to certain stockholder questions that we were unable to answer during the meeting on our “Investors” page on our website following the Annual Meeting.

Additional information regarding the rules and procedures for participating in the virtual Annual Meeting will be provided in our Annual Meeting rules of conduct, which stockholders can view during the Annual Meeting at the Annual Meeting website.

Costs of Solicitation

Solicitation of proxies on our behalf may be made by our directors or employees by mail, in person, and by telephone. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. (“D.F. King”) to aid in the solicitation of proxies for a fee estimated not to exceed $10,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses. We will pay all costs of the solicitation and will indemnify D.F. King against liabilities relating to or arising from their proxy solicitation services conducted on our behalf, other than those resulting from D.F. King’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. We also will reimburse banks, brokerage houses, and other custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries for forwarding Notices and proxy materials to beneficial owners.

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for the annual election of our Board of Directors. At the 2026 Annual Meeting, all of our current directors will stand for election for one-year terms on our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors currently consists of 11 members.

At the Annual Meeting, all directors will be elected to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting, in each case, until their successors are elected and qualified. Our Board of Directors has nominated Bradlen S. Cashaw, Richard A. Dierker, Bradley C. Irwin, Penry W. Price, Susan G. Saideman, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Michael R. Smith, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack, and Laurie J. Yoler, all of whom currently serve as members of our Board of Directors. All nominees have agreed to be named in this proxy statement and to serve as directors if elected for an additional term.

We do not anticipate that any of the nominees will become unavailable to serve as a director for any reason prior to the Annual Meeting. However, if any of them becomes unavailable, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will vote for any substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors, unless our Board of Directors determines to reduce the number of directors on our Board.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors, with support and recommendations from the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee, oversees the composition and succession of its members. To this end, at least once a year, in connection with the Board’s annual evaluation, the Board evaluates itself, its committees, and each director, each director’s performance, skills, qualifications and future plans, including any retirement objectives. As part of that evaluation, our Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee identifies areas of overall strength and opportunities for improvement with respect to the Board’s and its committees’ composition, and the Board sets annual objectives and topics to be addressed at its meetings over the coming year. In addition, the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee has retained a third-party governance organization that facilitates the Board’s annual evaluation process and intends to use, at least every three years, an independent third-party to conduct these evaluations.

Our director nominees possess relevant experience, skills and qualifications that contribute to a well-functioning board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board should consider whether individual directors possess the following personal characteristics: integrity, education, commitment to the Board, business judgment, business experience, accounting and financial expertise, diversity of experience, reputation, civic and community relationships, high performance standards and the ability to act on behalf of stockholders. In January 2026, the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee reviewed the skills and experiences that they believe Board members should possess. The skills and experiences that the Board seeks in evaluating its composition, and which inform Board succession planning and director nomination processes, as well as the individual experiences, skills and characteristics of our Board members, are highlighted below. The rating for each skill presented below represents the average of self-ratings for all directors, expressed on a numeric basis on a scale of 1 to 10, with the score for each director corresponding to the following ratings:

The Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee and our Board of Directors believe that the nominees listed below collectively possess these attributes, which, together with their respective experience described in the biographical summaries below, make each nominee well qualified to continue to serve on our Board of Directors.

The rating for each skill presented below is intended as a summary and is not an exhaustive list of the qualifications or contributions to the Board. The following chart summarizes the self-ratings of our Board as a whole on a numeric basis for each skill under “Skills Numeric”, based on the 1 through 10 scale set forth above, while the “Number of Directors” column reflects the number of directors with ratings of at least 7 or greater for the specific skill:

The Board also seeks to include directors with a variety of life experiences and recognizes the importance of Board refreshment to ensure that it benefits from fresh ideas and perspectives. The following charts demonstrate the Board’s diversity of backgrounds and Board refreshment. See “Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee” for detailed information on board diversity and refreshment.

Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR all of the following nominees.

Information regarding the nominees for our Board of Directors is provided below.

Director Nominees

Professional Experience

Mr. Cashaw is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Ingenium OpEx, LLC, a role he has held since February 2025. Mr. Cashaw was the Chief Operating Officer of Agropur, a top 15 global dairy processor, where he served in that capacity from December 2021 to October 2024. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Agropur, USA and Agropur Inc. From September 2020 to November 2021, he was the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Flowers Foods. Mr. Cashaw was Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Dean Foods, the nation’s largest fluid dairy producer, from March 2016 to September 2019. From October 2013 to August 2015, Mr. Cashaw was Vice President, Integrated Supply Chain for the Cheese & Dairy division at Kraft Foods Group. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senior Vice President, Snacks Supply Chain at the Kellogg Company. From September 2008 to February 2012, he was the Vice President of Supply Chain for Quaker Foods & Snacks, and from November 2006 to September 2008 he was the Vice President, Operations, North America for Quaker Foods. Mr. Cashaw began his career at PepsiCo as a project engineer and held several operations and supply chain roles, including plant manager and director during his tenure of over 24 years with the company.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Cashaw’s 39 years of progressive leadership experience within the consumer packaged goods industry at Fortune 300 companies and leadership over supply chain strategy and operations, enables him to provide our Board of Directors with a valuable global perspective and insight into supply chain matters, such as sales, manufacturing, distribution, finance, business analytics and strategic planning.

Professional Experience

Mr. Dierker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board since April 2025. From April 2022 to March 2025, Mr. Dierker was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations and our Executive 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.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Dierker is a member of the board of directors of McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in flavor.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Dierker’s deep experience with the Company as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations provides the Board with extensive knowledge of our business, strategy and operations, as well as substantial experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, as well as public company leadership.

Professional Experience

Mr. Irwin retired in December 2018 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Welch Foods Inc., a global processor and marketer of juices and jams, where he served in that capacity since February 2009. Mr. Irwin was President of Cadbury Adams North America LLC, the North American confectionery business unit of Cadbury Schweppes plc. (“Cadbury Schweppes”), from June 2007 through November 2008. From April 2003 through June 2007, Mr. Irwin was President of Cadbury Adams USA LLC, the United States confectionery business unit of Cadbury Schweppes. Mr. Irwin served as President of Mott’s Inc., a business unit of Cadbury Schweppes, from May 2000 through April 2003. From 1980 through 1999, Mr. Irwin served in various capacities for The Procter & Gamble Company.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Irwin currently serves on the boards of directors of Save the Children U.S. and Save the Children International, a large global non-profit delivering education, health and humanitarian support for disadvantaged children. He also serves on the board of directors of Bay State Milling Co, a private grain milling company. Mr. Irwin was a member of the board of directors of Welch Foods from February 2009 to December 2018.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Irwin’s more than 40 years of experience in the consumer products industry, including his service in executive capacities at large multinational public companies that market products in the same categories as some of our products, enables him to provide valuable insights into a wide variety of matters relating to our operations. These matters include, among others, strategic planning, risk assessment, and international operations.

Professional Experience

Mr. Price is the founder and Managing Partner of Charcoal Advisors, LLC, a role he has held since February 2025. Mr. Price was the Vice President, Marketing Solutions of LinkedIn Corporation (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation) from October 2013 to February 2025. From June 2011 through October 2013, he was President of Dstillery, Inc., a marketing technology company formerly known as Media6Degrees, LLC. From June 2004 through June 2011, he served in various capacities at Google, Inc., a provider of Internet-related products and services, the last of which was Vice President, Agency Sales and Partnerships, Worldwide. From July 2000 through June 2004, Mr. Price served as Sales Director of Wenner Media, LLC, a company engaged in the publication of magazines and production of radio and television programs, where he was principally responsible for revenue generation and strategic partnerships.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Price’s extensive experience as a senior executive in companies specializing in digital marketing, advertising, and social networks enables him to provide valuable perspectives on our marketing initiatives and strategies, including the use of social media and digital technology to reach new consumers.

Professional Experience

Ms. Saideman is the founder of Portage Bay Limited and has served as its CEO since September 2019. Ms. Saideman served in various roles at Amazon, Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, from November 2013 to August 2019, including Vice President roles leading the Amazon Fashion EU business and Global Vendor Management. From December 2007 to October 2013, Ms. Saideman was President of Mars Retail Group, the group responsible for the Direct to Consumer businesses for Mars including M&M’s World, Ethel M and MyM&Ms. From January 2004 to June 2007, she was CEO of Mikasa and Company/Arc International, a leader in tableware products, and from December 2002 to June 2003, President, Parker Division, of Newell Rubbermaid, a leading global consumer goods company. From May 1998 to December 2002 and August 1991 to May 1998, Ms. Saideman held various positions with increasing responsibility at Campbell Soup Company, a multi-national food company and PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, respectively. Earlier in her career, Ms. Saideman held positions at Mt. Trading Company, Bain & Company and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Saideman is a member of the board of directors of LuxExperience B.V. (f/k/a MYT Netherlands Parent B.V.), an industry leader in the world of online luxury fashion and retail.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Saideman’s extensive experience in the “direct-to-consumer” businesses, building brands in the consumer packaged goods industries and leadership over global operational teams, enable her to provide our Board of Directors with a valuable global perspective on our digital transformation, ecommerce, marketing, innovation, international operations and technology.

Professional Experience

Mr. Saligram has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors (the “Chairman” or “Board Chairman”) since October 2025 and before that served as our independent Lead Director. Mr. Saligram has been an Operating Partner at MidOcean Partners since June 2023. Mr. Saligram retired in May 2023 as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company. From October 2019 to May 2023, Mr. Saligram was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Newell Brands and from July 2014 to October 2019 he was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated, the world’s largest heavy equipment auctioneer. From November 2010 through November 2013, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the board of directors of OfficeMax Incorporated, a company engaged in business-to-business and retail office products distribution. From 2003 through November 2010, he served in various executive management positions with ARAMARK Corporation, a global food services company, including Executive Vice President, President, ARAMARK International, and Chief Globalization Officer, and Senior Vice President of ARAMARK Corporation. From 1994 through 2002, Mr. Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality company, including as President of Brands & Franchise, North America, Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director, Global Strategy, President, International and President, Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saligram held various general and brand management positions with S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in the United States and overseas.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Saligram was a member of the board of directors Newell Brands from October 2019 to May 2023.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Saligram’s extensive experience building businesses and brands in the industrial products, office products distribution, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, and consumer and managed services industries and leadership over operational teams in a large number of countries, enable him to provide our Board of Directors with a valuable global perspective on governance and control matters, as well as on strategic planning and risk assessment.

Professional Experience

Mr. Shearer retired in March 2015 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VF Corporation, a global lifestyle apparel company, where he served in that capacity since May 2005. He also served VF Corporation in several other capacities since 1986, including Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from July 1998 to May 2005. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shearer held a senior audit position with Ernst & Young LLP.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Shearer currently serves on the board of directors of YETI Holdings, Inc., a designer, marketer, retailer, and distributor of a variety of innovative, branded, premium products to a wide-ranging customer base and Kontoor Brands, Inc. a global lifestyle apparel company.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Shearer’s role as Chief Financial Officer of VF Corporation, coupled with his 12 years of experience in public accounting, enables him to provide our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee with important insights on a range of financial and internal control matters, as well as on matters relating to capital structure, information systems, risk management, public company reporting and investor relations. In addition, his participation in VF Corporation expansion initiatives, including a number of acquisitions and growth in international markets, enables him to provide important insights on international operations, business combination opportunities, and strategic planning.

Professional Experience

Mr. Smith retired in February 2025 as Executive Vice President of McCormick & Company, Inc. where he served in such capacity since 2024. From September 2016 to December 2024 Mr. Smith was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McCormick & Company, Inc. Over his 33-year career with McCormick, Mr. Smith has served as Senior Vice President Corporate Finance, Senior Vice President Capital Markets & Chief Financial Officer for North America, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance for EMEA, Vice President Treasury and Investor Relations, Vice President Finance and Administration for U.S. Consumer Products, Vice President Finance for the U.S. Industrial Group, Director of Corporate Accounting, Corporate Financial Planning Manager and Plant Controller for McCormick’s Hunt Valley, Maryland-based manufacturing facility. Prior to joining McCormick, Mr. Smith served in varying capacities at Coopers & Lybrand.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Smith currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of MillerKnoll, Inc., a global leader in design.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Smith’s extensive experience across various disciplines at McCormick & Company, a large global consumer goods company, enables him to provide our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee with important insights on a range of financial and internal control matters, as well as on matters relating to strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, international operations, capital structure, risk management, public company reporting, investor relations, supply chain and information technology.

Professional Experience

Ms. Vergis is a retired Executive Advisor for private equity firms where she served in such capacity from January 2013 to December 2019, where she identified and evaluated healthcare investment opportunities. From January 2011 to August 2012, she was the Chief Executive Officer of OraPharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to oral health, where she led that company’s successful turnaround and its subsequent sale. From 2004 to 2009, Ms. Vergis served as President of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, McNeil Pediatrics and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics (Johnson & Johnson). From 1988 to 2004, she served in various positions of increasing responsibility in executive leadership, research and development, new product development, sales, and marketing with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Vergis is currently a member of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, a global leader in generics and biopharmaceuticals, Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental solutions and SGS, a leading testing, inspection and certification company.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Vergis’ more than 35 years of healthcare leadership experience, together with her extensive background in research and development, business and new product development (including products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration), sales, and marketing, combined with her focus in the areas of oral health and women’s health, enable her to provide important perspectives to our Board of Directors on a broad range of matters relating to our strategy and operations.

Professional Experience

Mr. Winkleblack retired in June 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the HJ Heinz Company, a global packaged food manufacturer, where he had served in such capacity since January 2002. Prior to his tenure with Heinz, Mr. Winkleblack held senior executive positions with various private equity owned businesses from 1996 to 2001, including Perform.com and Freeride.com as part of Indigo Capital, C. Dean Metropolous Group and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. He was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Avionics Systems, a division of AlliedSignal, from 1994 to 1996. Previously, he held various finance, strategy and business planning roles at PepsiCo Inc. from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Winkleblack also provided financial and capital markets consulting services to Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (“RBA”), a heavy equipment auctioneer, from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Senior Advisor to the then RBA’s CEO, Ravichandra K. Saligram, who also serves on our Board of Directors.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Winkleblack currently serves as the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of The Wendy’s Company, a global quick service restaurant company. Previously, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Aramark, a global provider of food, facilities and uniform services from 2019 to 2024.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Winkleblack’s substantial executive experience across a broad range of industries enables him to provide our Board of Directors with knowledgeable perspectives on strategic planning, international operations, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, his nearly 12 years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a large, multinational, consumer packaged goods company enables him to bring important perspectives to our Board of Directors on performance management, business analytics, finance and capital structure, compliance, information technology, risk management, public company reporting, and investor relations.

Professional Experience

Ms. Yoler is a Partner at Playground Global, a technology and life sciences venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. She was the Senior Vice President, Business Development of Qualcomm, Inc. and President, Qualcomm Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., from March 2013 to January 2016, driving internal innovation and exploring opportunities for new businesses, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, investments, and divestitures. From February 2006 to March 2013, Ms. Yoler was a partner and Managing Director at GrowthPoint Technology Partners, a Silicon Valley based investment bank. From September 2004 to July 2005, Ms. Yoler served as Chief Development Officer of Intellectual Ventures LLC, a private equity firm. From March 2001 to September 2004 Ms. Yoler was Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at Packet Design and Precision I/O, two early-stage technology firms. Prior to that, Ms. Yoler was an integral part of the development and launch of many new innovations and products in her roles at Visa Inc., Sun Microsystems, Accenture PLC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Yoler serves on the technical advisory board of Aptiv PLC, an automotive technology supplier company. From June 2018 to June 2024, Ms. Yoler served as a board member of Bose Corporation.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Yoler’s extensive experience in the technology industry, spanning strategy, product, corporate development, global sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions and business development, enables her to provide valuable insights into a wide variety of matters relating to technology, acquisitions, marketing, business development, and international operations.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OTHER BOARD MATTERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ COMPOSITION

Our Board of Directors is currently comprised of Bradlen S. Cashaw, Richard A. Dierker, Bradley C. Irwin, Penry W. Price, Susan G. Saideman, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Michael R. Smith, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack, and Laurie J. Yoler.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND OTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, including guidelines for the determination of director independence, the responsibilities and duties of our Board of Directors, director access to management and independent advisors, director compensation, the committees of our Board of Directors, and other matters relating to our corporate governance, are available on the “Investors” page of our website, www.churchdwight.com. Also available on the “Investors” page are other corporate governance documents, including our Code of Conduct (“Code of Conduct”) and the Charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation & Human Capital Committee, Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee, and our Political Contributions Policy.

Our website is not part of this proxy statement; references to our website address in this proxy statement are intended to be inactive textual references only.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that a majority of our Board of Directors shall consist of independent directors who meet the criteria for independence required by the NYSE listing standards. A director will be considered independent if our Board of Directors affirmatively determines that the director has no material relationship with us (directly, or as a partner, stockholder, or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us). In assessing the materiality of a relationship, our Board of Directors considers all relevant facts and circumstances. In addition to the independence standards established by the NYSE, we have adopted categorical standards under the Corporate Governance Guidelines designed to assist our Board of Directors in assessing independence. Under these standards, none of the following relationships necessarily disqualifies a director or nominee from being considered “independent”:

Our Board of Directors reviewed and analyzed the independence of each nominee for director in January 2026 to determine whether any particular relationship or transaction involving any director, or any director’s affiliates or immediate family members, was inconsistent with a determination that the director is independent for purposes of serving on our Board of Directors and its committees. During this review, our Board considered whether there were any transactions or relationships between each director nominee or their affiliates and family members and Church & Dwight. As a result of this review, our Board affirmatively determined that each of Bradlen S. Cashaw, Bradley C. Irwin, Penry W. Price, Susan G. Saideman, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Michael R. Smith, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack and Laurie J. Yoler is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and under the categorical standards described in the Corporate Governance Guidelines. Mr. Dierker, our President and Chief Executive Officer, is not an independent director.

Our Board of Directors has further determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee, Compensation & Human Capital Committee, and Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards, and that the members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation & Human Capital Committee meet the additional independence requirements of the NYSE listing standards applicable to audit committee members and compensation committee members, respectively. In addition, the members of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee are “non-employee directors” as defined under applicable SEC rules.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

None of the directors who served on the Compensation & Human Capital Committee in fiscal year 2025 has ever served as one of our officers or employees. In addition, none of the directors who served on the Compensation & Human Capital Committee had any relationship with us or any of our subsidiaries during fiscal year 2025 pursuant to which disclosure would be required under applicable rules and regulations of the SEC pertaining to the disclosure of transactions with related persons. During fiscal year 2025, none of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee (or other committee performing similar functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors), of any other entity of which an executive officer of such other entity served on our Board of Directors or the Compensation & Human Capital Committee.

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors meets in regularly scheduled executive sessions without any members of our management, including the CEO, present. Our Chair, currently Mr. Saligram, is responsible for chairing the executive sessions of our Board of Directors. In addition, each of the Compensation & Human Capital, Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility and Audit Committees regularly meet alone in scheduled executive sessions without any members of our management, including the CEO, present.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EDUCATION

Regular continuing education programs enhance the skills and knowledge directors use to perform their responsibilities. These programs may include internally developed programs or programs presented by third parties. In 2025, in addition to the regular sustainability and cybersecurity updates and functional deep dives the Board receives at each meeting, the full Board hosted artificial intelligence (AI) experts and engaged in discussions around the current landscape of AI risks, among other topics. Additionally, we encourage our directors to participate in external continuing director education programs. New directors also participate in comprehensive orientation sessions that provide them with a thorough understanding of their fiduciary duties as well as a robust overview of the Company’s business and strategies, which allows new directors to begin making contributions to the Board at the start of their service.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS RISK OVERSIGHT

Our Board of Directors, acting principally through the Audit Committee, is actively involved in the oversight of the significant risks affecting our business. Our Board of Directors’ and the Audit Committee’s risk oversight activities are focused on management’s risk assessment and management processes, as well as on our ethics and compliance program.

Our Internal Audit Department administers an annual detailed Enterprise Risk Management assessment with management to identify and rank the most significant risks that affect our Company, including consideration of a large number of risks associated with companies in the consumer products industry. Formal alignment of the most significant risks occurs between the Board and executive management every other year and as changes in the risk environment necessitate. The assessed risks encompass, among others, economic, industry, enterprise, operational, cybersecurity, data privacy, compliance, sustainability and financial risks. Our President and Chief Executive Officer assigns an executive officer to lead the management of each of those risks identified as among the most significant. As part of the risk management process, our Internal Audit Department annually prepares an Internal Audit project plan under which it reviews activities directed to mitigate business and financial related risks. This plan is subject to Audit Committee approval.

Our Head of Internal Audit meets quarterly with our executive officers to assess changes in the magnitude of identified risks, as well as the status of mitigation activities with regard to the most significant risks. Our Head of Internal Audit reports directly to the Audit Committee and advises the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis regarding management’s risk assessment process and the progress of mitigation activities designed to maintain risk within acceptable levels. The Audit Committee, in turn, reports to our Board of Directors on these matters on a quarterly basis.

Our Board considers cybersecurity risk as part of its risk oversight function and has delegated to the Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity and other information technology risks. The Audit Committee oversees management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management program, including reviewing risk assessments from management with respect to our information technology systems and procedures, and overseeing our cybersecurity risk management processes. The Audit Committee, which is tasked with oversight of certain risk issues, including cybersecurity, receives reports from the Executive Vice President, Chief Technology & Analytics Officer ("CTAO") and the Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”) each quarter. At least annually, the Board and the Audit Committee also receive updates about the results of exercises and response readiness assessments led by outside advisors who provide a third-party independent assessment of our technical program and our internal response preparedness. The Audit Committee regularly briefs the full Board on these matters, and the full Board also receives periodic briefings regarding our Information Security Program and cyber threats in order to enhance our directors’ literacy on cyber issues. In addition, management will update the Audit Committee, as necessary, regarding cybersecurity incidents that we may experience. Our management team, including our CTAO, is responsible for assessing and managing our material risks from cybersecurity threats. The team has primary responsibility for our overall cybersecurity risk management program and oversees both our internal cybersecurity personnel and our retained external cybersecurity consultants. Our management team’s cybersecurity risk management is led by our CISO, who has significant experience across digital innovation and technology-enabled growth, information security, infrastructure, operations and compliance. Our management team supervises efforts to prevent, detect, mitigate, and remediate cybersecurity risks and incidents through various means, which include briefings from internal security personnel; threat intelligence and other information obtained from governmental, law enforcement, public or private sources, including external consultants engaged by us; and alerts and reports produced by security tools deployed in the IT environment.

From time to time, the Company adopts new or emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to enable and facilitate business objectives. The Board maintains direct oversight over our technology strategy and risk. Our Audit Committee assists the Board in overseeing our technology governance and risk.

Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel leads our ethics and compliance risk oversight program through the Compliance Council, which is comprised of various functional representatives and compliance subject matter experts. The Compliance Council meets regularly to review the health of the program, opportunities for improvement, and the status of execution against agreed program priorities. Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel also meets regularly with the Audit Committee, either alone or together with subject matter experts from the Compliance Council, to review the health of our compliance and ethics program, its priorities, and the status of execution against those priorities. Annually, our Executive Vice President and General Counsel provides a comprehensive review of the compliance and ethics program to our Board of Directors, and supplements this review, from time to time, as requested by our Board of Directors or as appropriate with respect to specific compliance risk areas or issues.

Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer & Global New Product Innovation, Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer lead our sustainability program and initiatives through the Corporate Issues Council (the “Council”) which is comprised of various functional representatives and subject matter experts. The Council meets regularly to review the health of the program, opportunities for improvement, and the status of execution against agreed program priorities. Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel also meets regularly with the Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee, together with subject matter experts from the Council, to review the health of our sustainability program, and the status of execution against them. The Chair of our Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee reviews the status of our sustainability program with our Board of Directors at each regularly scheduled Board meeting, and supplements this review, from time to time, as requested by our Board of Directors or as appropriate with respect to specific sustainability program matters, other than those related to human

capital, which are overseen by the Compensation & Human Capital Committee and reported on to the Board by the Chair of that Committee.

In addition to the efforts of our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee to address risk oversight, the Compensation & Human Capital Committee annually reviews our compensation policies and practices to confirm that such compensation policies and practices do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our Company. As a result of its most recent review in 2025, the Compensation & Human Capital Committee concluded that our incentive compensation policies and practices do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us for the following reasons:

Our Board of Directors believes that our compensation system, our division of risk oversight responsibilities, and our Board of Directors’ leadership structure comprise and support the most effective risk management approach.

We believe our policies and practices are designed to promote strong performance and effectively motivate behaviors that drive long‑term shareholder value.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

The Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that our Board of Directors may determine from time to time what leadership structure works best for our Company, including whether the same individual should serve both as Chairman of our Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the guidelines provide that if the same individual serves as Chairman of our Board of Directors and CEO, or the Chairman is otherwise not independent, our Board of Directors shall have an independent Lead Director, as selected by the independent members of the Board.

Beginning in October 2025, Ravichandra Saligram, who had been serving as our independent Lead Director, was appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr. Saligram has served on our Board since 2006 and served as independent Lead Director from 2023 until September 2025. The Board has nominated Mr. Saligram for reelection to the Board at the Annual Meeting and, contingent upon his reelection, Mr. Saligram is expected to continue in his role as Chairman of the Board. The Board believes that Mr. Saligram’s extensive leadership experience in a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, provides important continuity of Board leadership and strategic oversight, allowing Mr.

Dierker, who began serving as the Company’s CEO in April of 2025, to focus on executing the Company’s strategies and managing the global organization. Mr. Dierker is available and provides updates to all directors between meetings and meets regularly with the Chairman of the Board and with the directors individually and as a group to receive feedback from the Board. Mr. Saligram's collaboration with Mr. Dierker allows the Board to focus attention on the issues of greatest importance to the Company and its stockholders and our CEO to focus primarily on leading the Company.

Our Chief Executive Officer has primary responsibility for the operational leadership and strategic direction of the Company, which includes among other responsibilities engagement with the Company's stockholders. Our Chairman facilitates the Board’s oversight of management, promotes communication between management and our Board, facilitates engagement with stockholders together with the Chief Executive Officer and other senior members of management, and leads our Board’s consideration of key governance matters. As non-executive Chairman, Mr. Saligram’s responsibilities include:

We believe that the presence of a non-executive Board Chairman enhances the ability of our Board of Directors to provide additional independent oversight and supplements the following corporate governance practices, which also facilitate independent oversight:

COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Chairman acts as a contact person to facilitate communications between employees, stockholders and others with the independent directors. The Chairman is responsible for ensuring that stockholder requests, recommendations, and proposals regarding governance-related matters are evaluated by the Governance, Nominating

& Corporate Responsibility Committee, the Compensation & Human Capital Committee, or Audit Committee, as appropriate, and then by our Board of Directors based on the applicable Committee’s recommendation.

Any person who wishes to communicate with our Board of Directors, including the Chairman or the independent directors as a group, may direct a written communication to our Board of Directors, the Chairman, or the independent directors, at: Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, Attention: Secretary. Such correspondence (other than solicitations) will be logged in and forwarded to the Chairman.

STOCKHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

We recognize the value of and are committed to engaging with our stockholders and soliciting their views and input on various topics. We approach stockholder engagement through various avenues:

Annual Stockholders Meeting

Our annual stockholder meeting is conducted virtually through a live webcast and online stockholder tools, which we believe enhances rather than constrains stockholder access and participation. We believe that a virtual meeting format facilitates stockholder attendance and enables stockholders to participate fully, and equally, from any location around the world, at no cost. This format allows all stockholders to communicate with us both in advance of and during the meeting and provides a forum to ask questions of the members of our Board and management. We believe this is the right choice for a Company with a global stockholder base, not only saving costs for the Company and its stockholders, but also increasing the ability to engage with all stockholders, regardless of the amount of stock owned or physical location.

We do not place restrictions on the type or form of questions that may be asked but reserve the right to edit inappropriate questions. During the live Q&A session of the meeting, we endeavor to answer pertinent questions asked during the meeting as well as those asked in advance, as time permits. If we are unable to respond to a stockholder’s properly submitted question during the meeting, we may provide written responses on our corporate website shortly after the meeting, depending on the subject matter and relevance of the questions. Although the live webcast is available only to stockholders at the time of the meeting, a replay of the meeting is made publicly available on the Company’s investor relations website.

For more information about the virtual stockholder meeting, see “Information About The Annual Meeting And Voting.”

Investor Meeting

We hold our annual Investor Meeting (“Investor Meeting”) in January or February of each year. At the Investor Meeting, our CEO and CFO and other members of the executive leadership team discuss the previous quarter and year-end results and provide an update on our strategy and the financial outlook for our upcoming fiscal year. The Investor Meeting is an important opportunity for investors to have access to our management team and provides a deeper understanding of, and direct insight into, our business, strategy, and outlook, as well as any other important topics.

Year-Round Engagement

Our stockholder engagement practices and controls, which are designed to support our commitment to constructive communications between our stockholders and the independent directors, include the ability of our stockholders to cast an annual advisory vote on executive compensation (“say-on-pay”), the ability to submit stockholder proposals and recommend candidates for election to our Board, and the ability to communicate directly with our Board of Directors.

We also engage with our stockholders throughout the year. Our comprehensive stockholder engagement program includes, in addition to the Annual Stockholder Meeting and Investor Meeting, earnings calls and post-earnings