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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Church & Dwight (CHD)

Church & Dwight to promote CFO Rick Dierker to CEO on March 31, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Church & Dwight said CEO Matthew Farrell will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 31, 2025, and will remain Chairman for a transition period. Richard Dierker, the company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations, will succeed him as President and CEO and join the Board on that date, a change in top leadership that shareholders will watch closely.

Key points

  • Matthew Farrell will retire as President and CEO effective March 31, 2025, and continue as Chairman for a transition period.
  • Richard Dierker, 44, will become President and CEO and join the Board as a director effective March 31, 2025.
  • Dierker has been CFO since January 2016 and has been Executive Vice President, CFO and Head of Business Operations since April 2022.
  • Dierker's compensation changes for the CEO role have not been disclosed and will be disclosed once approved by the Board.

The filing

CompanyChurch & Dwight (CHD)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 16, 2024, 4:36 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-24-219646

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:10 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 16, 2024.

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