Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

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): January 4, 2019

 

 

 

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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

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)

 

 

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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).

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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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously disclosed, Louis H. Tursi, Jr. advised Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) in February of 2018 that he intended to retire from his position as the Company’s Executive Vice President, North America Sales, in the first quarter of 2019. Mr. Tursi retired from the Company on January 4, 2019.

The Company’s Board of Directors appointed Paul Wood to succeed Mr. Tursi as the Company’s Executive Vice President North America Sales. From August 2016 to February 2018, Mr. Wood was the Executive Vice President at Acosta, a large private-equity owned brokerage and sales agency, where he managed several thousand employees focused on growing Consumer Packaged Goods client businesses at Walmart and Sam’s Club. From December 2010 to August 2016, Mr. Wood was General Manager for a multi-billion AT&T business at Samsung Electronics America and from August 2006 to December 2010, Mr. Wood was Vice President, Sales-Walmart for WhiteWave Foods. Mr. Wood also held various positions with increasing responsibility at H.J. Heinz and Frito Lay.

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: January 10, 2019     By:   /s/ Patrick de Maynadier
    Name:   Patrick de Maynadier
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary