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Church & Dwight

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What shareholders voted on

From Church & Dwight’s own filings with the SEC. Support is the share of votes cast for and against, so abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in it.

2026

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal88.1%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026Auditor92.6%Passed
Election of Richard A. DierkerDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Michael R. SmithDirector98.5%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector96%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector95.9%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector95.6%Passed
Election of Bradlen S. CashawDirector95.6%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector94.6%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector93.4%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector92.8%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector92.3%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector85.7%Passed

2025

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal88.8%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025Auditor93.6%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector96.1%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector96.1%Passed
Election of Bradlen L. CashawDirector95.2%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector93.3%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector93.1%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector91.3%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector88.8%Passed

2024

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal88.6%Passed
The Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of IncorporationCompany proposal87.8%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024Auditor94.2%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector96.6%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector96.5%Passed
Election of Bradlen L. CashawDirector96.4%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector95.8%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector95%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector94.4%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector93.8%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector93.1%Passed
Election of Matthew T. FarrellDirector92.9%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector92.5%Passed

2023

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Employee Stock Purchase PlanCompany proposal98.9%Passed
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal83.7%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023Auditor94.2%Passed
Election of Bradlen L. CashawDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector96.1%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector95.8%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector94.9%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector94.5%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector94.3%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector92.7%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector92.5%Passed
Election of Matthew T. FarrellDirector91.5%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector91.3%Passed

2022

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal to reduce the ownership threshold for calling a special meeting of stockholdersShareholder proposal42.6%Failed
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal84.7%Passed
An Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Compensation PlanCompany proposal83.8%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022Auditor93.6%Passed
Election of Bradlen L. CashawDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector98.2%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector96.6%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector95.7%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector95.3%Passed
Election of James R. CraigieDirector95.3%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector93.1%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector93.1%Passed
Election of Matthew T. FarrellDirector92.2%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector90.2%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector89.3%Passed

2021

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove certain procedural provisions that will no longer be required now that the Board is fully declassifiedCompany proposal99.3%Passed
The amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement to have the holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock approve certain mergers, consolidations or dispositions of substantial assets of the CompanyCompany proposal99.3%Passed
The amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to remove the requirement for holders of two-thirds of the Company’s outstanding stock to fill vacancies on the Board of DirectorsCompany proposal99.3%Passed
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal86.4%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021Auditor93.1%Passed
Election of Susan G. SaidemanDirector99.1%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector97.4%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector96.8%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector96.5%Passed
Election of James R. CraigieDirector95.7%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector93.3%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector92.1%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector91.4%Passed
Election of Matthew T. FarrellDirector91.2%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector91%Passed

2020

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
The amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to move certain advance notice requirements to the Company’s BylawsCompany proposal99.4%Passed
The amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to give holders of 25% of the Company’s outstanding shares the right to request a special meetingCompany proposal99.4%Passed
The amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate certain supermajority voting requirements to amend certain of its provisionsCompany proposal99.2%Passed
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal92.2%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020Auditor94.4%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Janet S. VergisDirector97.6%Passed
Election of James R. CraigieDirector96.6%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector95.4%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector92.8%Passed

2019

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal92%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2019Auditor95.1%Passed
Election of Penry W. PriceDirector99.4%Passed
Election of Arthur B. WinkleblackDirector96.5%Passed
Election of Bradley C. IrwinDirector95.5%Passed

2018

ItemKindAsked for bySupportOutcome
Advisory vote is set forth belowCompany proposal95.5%Passed
The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018Auditor96.8%Passed
The amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of directors and eliminate or update certain outdated provisionsDirector99.5%Passed
Election of Robert K. ShearerDirector99.2%Passed
Election of Laurie J. YolerDirector98.8%Passed
Election of Matthew T. FarrellDirector98.7%Passed
Election of Ravichandra K. SaligramDirector96.5%Passed

Proxy statements and vote results

Straight from Church & Dwight’s own SEC filings. The proxy statement lists what shareholders were asked to vote on; the 8-K certifies how the vote went.

YearFilingFiled
2026Vote results2026-05-05
2026Proxy statement2026-03-19
2025Vote results2025-05-02
2025Proxy statement2025-03-20
2024Vote results2024-05-06
2024Proxy statement2024-03-22
2023Vote results2023-04-28
2023Proxy statement2023-03-17
2022Vote results2022-04-29
2022Proxy statement2022-03-18
2021Vote results2021-04-30
2021Proxy statement2021-03-19
2020Vote results2020-05-01
2020Proxy statement2020-03-20
2019Vote results2019-05-02
2019Proxy statement2019-03-22
2018Vote results2018-05-04
2018Proxy statement2018-03-23

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