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): May 2, 2018

 

 

 

 

LOGO

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)

 

 

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))

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 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 3, 2018. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the board of directors (the “Board”) and provide for the annual election of directors and to eliminate or update certain outdated provisions in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”). The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was previously approved by the Board, subject to stockholder approval. The Company filed the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State, and it became effective on May 4, 2018.

Directors who have been elected to three-year terms prior to the effective date of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including directors elected at the Annual Meeting) will complete their three-year terms. Directors whose terms expire in 2019 and 2020 will be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders held in such years for one-year terms. At the 2021 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, the entire Board will be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that each director elected to serve for a one-year term may be removed with or without cause.

In addition, on May 2, 2018, the Board of Directors approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to reflect the declassification of the Board and to adopt an exclusive forum provision in new Section 4 of Article X of the Amended and Restated Bylaws providing that the sole and exclusive forum for certain proceedings relating to the Company will be a state court within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) – (b) The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors

The following nominees were elected by stockholders to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors for a term of three years each. The voting results for each director nominee were as follows:

 

Nominees

  

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

Matthew T. Farrell

   180,481,006    2,431,662    139,074    32,165,618

Ravichandra K. Saligram

   176,324,078    6,420,374    307,290    32,165,618

Robert K. Shearer

   181,412,593    1,412,601    226,548    32,165,618

Laurie J. Yoler

   180,670,757    2,202,435    178,550    32,165,618

Proposal No. 2 — Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The result of the advisory vote is set forth below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

174,236,444

   8,265,490    549,808    32,165,618

Proposal No. 3 — Approval of the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of all directors and eliminate or update certain outdated provisions

The stockholders approved 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 provisions. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

181,987,143

   879,428    185,171    32,165,618

Proposal No. 4 — Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. The voting results on the proposal were as follows:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

208,174,826

   6,835,603    206,931

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

3.1    Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
3.2    Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws

SIGNATURE

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: May 4, 2018     By:  

/s/ Patrick de Maynadier

    Name:   Patrick de Maynadier
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

FIRST: The name of the corporation is:

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is as follows:

(a) To manufacture, buy, sell, import, export, deal in and use chemicals, grocery products, food products, drugs, cleaners, detergents, water softeners, disinfectants, and consumer or industrial products of every nature and description; and

(b) To conduct any lawful business; to exercise any lawful purpose or power; and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

The foregoing clause of this Article THIRD shall be construed as purposes, objects and powers. The enumeration of specified purposes, objects and powers shall not be construed to exclude, limit or restrict in any manner, any power, right or privilege given to the Corporation by law, or to limit or restrict the meaning of the general terms or the general powers of the Corporation, nor shall the expression of one thing be deemed to exclude another, although it be of like nature, not expressed, it being the intent of this Article THIRD that this Corporation shall have and may exercise all the powers now or which hereafter may be conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware upon corporations formed under the General Corporation Law.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving the Corporation any rights, powers or privileges not permitted to it by law, but the occurrence within any of the foregoing clauses of any purpose, power or object prohibited by the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state, or of any territory, dependency or foreign country, in which the Corporation may carry on business, shall not invalidate any other purpose, power or object not so prohibited, by reason of its contiguity or apparent association therewith.

FOURTH: (a) The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 602,500,000 shares of two classes. 600,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock at $1.00 par value per share, and 2,500,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, at $1.00 par value per share.

(b) A holder of Common Stock shall, be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the record date for such meeting.

(c) The class of Preferred Stock may be divided into and issued in one or more series as follows:

Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, the shares of each series to have such voting powers, fully or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations,

preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed herein and in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by a two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly authorized, by a two-thirds vote of the entire Board, subject to the limitations provided by law, to establish and designate series of the Preferred Stock, to fix the number of shares constituting each series, and to fix the designations and the relative powers, rights and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, of the shares of each series and the variations in the relative powers, rights, preferences and limitations as between series, and to increase and to decrease the number of shares constituting each series.

The authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to each series shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to determine the following:

(1) The designation of such series;

(2) The number of shares initially constituting such series;

(3) The increase, and the decrease to a number not less than the number of the outstanding shares of such series, of the number of shares constituting such series theretofore fixed;

(4) The rate or rates and the times and conditions under which dividends on the shares of such series shall be paid, and (x) if such dividends are payable in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock, the terms and conditions of such payment, and (y) if such dividends shall be cumulative, the date or dates from and after which they shall accumulate;

(5) Whether or not the shares or such series shall be redeemable, and, if such shares shall be redeemable, the designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and the terms and conditions of such redemption, including, but not limited to, the date or dates upon or after which such shares shall be redeemable and the amount period share which shall be payable upon such redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(6) The amount payable on the shares in the event of the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

(7) Whether or not the shares of such series may be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series and the price or prices and the rates of exchange and the terms of any adjustments to be made in connection with such conversion or exchange;

(8) Whether or not the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if such shares shall have such voting rights, the terms and conditions thereof, including, but not limited to, the right of the holders of such shares to vote as a separate class either alone or with the holders of shares of one or more other series of Preferred Stock and the right to have more (or less) than one vote per share;

(9) Whether or not a purchase fund shall be provided for the shares of such series, and if such a purchase fund shall be provided, the terms and conditions thereof;

(10) Whether or not a sinking fund shall be provided for the redemption of the shares of such series, and if such a sinking fund shall be provided, the terms and conditions thereof; and

(11) Any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Article FOURTH or the limitations provided by law.

(d) No stockholder shall have any preemptive right to subscribe to any shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or series thereof, now or hereafter authorized, or any security convertible into such stock.

(e) Every reference in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the By-Laws to a majority or other proportion of stock shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock.

FIFTH: (a) The number of directors of the Corporation shall not be less than three nor more than fifteen, the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Such exact number shall be 10 until otherwise determined by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, the term “entire Board” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Common Stock) then outstanding, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. For so long as there are three classes of directors, each class shall consist as nearly equal in number (as determined by the Board of Directors) as the then total number of directors constituting the entire Board permits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Common Stock) then outstanding, commencing with the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors shall be divided into two classes, with the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting being elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders; commencing with the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, there shall be a single class of directors, with the successors of the directors whose terms expire at that meeting being elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders; and commencing at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, all directors shall be elected for one-year terms expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders. For the avoidance of doubt, the directors elected at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders will serve for a term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders; the directors who were elected at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders will serve for a term expiring at the 2020 annual meeting; and. the directors who were elected at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders will serve for a term expiring at the 2019 annual meeting.

(c) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Common Stock) then outstanding, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time prior to the expiration of his, her or their term of office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class; provided, however, if a director’s term was scheduled at the time of its commencement to extend beyond the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, such director may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class. If any director shall be removed by the stockholders pursuant to this paragraph, the stockholders of the Corporation may, at the meeting at which such removal is effected, fill the resulting vacancy by the

affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. If the vacancy is not filled by the stockholders, the vacancy may be filled by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum. Any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum. Any directors chosen pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall hold office until the next election of the class, if any, for which such director shall have been chosen and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

(d) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Article FIFTH, each director shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless he shall resign, become disqualified, or be removed in accordance with this Article.

SIXTH: In furtherance, and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:

(a) To make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation;

(b) To set apart out of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish such reserve.

SEVENTH: (a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

(b)(1) Right of Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this paragraph (b), the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this paragraph (b) shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition as authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such

expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company in his or her capacity as such in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director, officer, employee or agent of the Company is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.

(2) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under subparagraph (b)(1) is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(3) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this paragraph (b) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(4) Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

EIGHTH: (a) The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal Article FIFTH, EIGHTH and NINTH of this Certificate of Incorporation.

(c) No action by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken otherwise than at the annual or special meeting of stockholders.

NINTH: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this Article NINTH, the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation

entitled to vote generally in elections of directors shall be required at a meeting of stockholders (held in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation) to adopt, authorize, or approve any of the following actions:

(1) A merger or consolidation by the Corporation with any corporation, other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned, direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation in a transaction which this Corporation is the surviving corporation and in which all stockholders of this Corporation retain the same proportional voting and equity interests in the Corporation which they had prior to the consummation of the transaction; and

(2) Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, other than in the ordinary course of business (in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions) to any other corporation, person or other entity of any substantial assets of the Corporation, or the voting of any shares of any direct or indirect subsidiary, by proxy, written consent or otherwise, to permit such sale, lease, or other disposition by any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation. For purposes of this Article NINTH, “substantial assets” shall mean assets in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the gross assets of the Corporation on a consolidated basis, at the time of the transaction to which this definition relates, as determined by the Board of Directors.

(b) ) If any action referred to above in paragraph (a) has first been approved by resolution adopted by not less than two-thirds of the directors then in office, subject to any additional approval of stockholders required under applicable law , such action may be adopted, authorized, or approved by a majority of the votes cast by holders of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

TENTH: (a) Special meetings of stockholders may be called by a majority of the directors then in office or by the Chief Executive Officer at any time for any purpose or purposes.

(b) To be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders must be either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by vote of a majority of the full Board or Directors, or (iii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Article TENTH.

(c) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder under this Article TENTH, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such business must be a proper subject for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days (unless such day is not a business day, in which case the immediately preceding business day) prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Corporation’s proxy statement released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 40 days or delayed by more than 40 days from such anniversary date, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to the annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which the date of the meeting is publicly announced. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice must set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for

election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (B) the number of shares of the Corporation which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (C) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and such beneficial owner and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder and of such beneficial owner in such business, and (D) a representation that such stockholder or its agent or designee intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article TENTH to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Article TENTH will also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(d) Only such business may be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as has been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving the notice required by this Article TENTH, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article TENTH. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder’s notice required by this Article TENTH is delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.

(e) Only those persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article TENTH will be eligible for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders. Only business brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article TENTH may be conducted at a meeting of stockholders. The Chairman of the meeting has the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article TENTH and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Article TENTH, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded.

(f) For purposes of this Article TENTH, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article TENTH, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Article TENTH. Nothing in this Article TENTH shall be deemed to remove any obligation of stockholders to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act with respect to proposals requested to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to said Rule 14a-8.

Exhibit 3.2

BY-LAWS

Of

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

A Delaware Corporation

As Amended and Restated as of May 2, 2018

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

SECTION 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders and all Special Meetings of Stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation, or at such other place within or without the State of Delaware as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall be held at a time and on a day designated by the Board of Directors within the months of April, May or June of each year. At such Meeting the Stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 3. Notice of each Annual Meeting, stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and shall be given in the manner set forth in Article VI of these By-Laws not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

SECTION 4. Special Meetings of Stockholders may be called at any time for any purpose or purposes by the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer or, at the request of either of them or at the request of a majority of directors then in office, by the Secretary.

SECTION 5. Notice of each Special Meeting, shall be given in the manner set forth in Article VI of these By-Laws not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Each such notice of Special Meeting shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, the means of remote communication, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and shall indicate the person or persons calling the meeting.

SECTION 6. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of Stockholders shall be necessary, and shall constitute a quorum, for the transaction of business at such meeting. If a quorum is not present or represented by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders, the holders of a majority of votes entitled to be cast at the meeting who are present in person or represented by proxy, may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented by proxy. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in the manner set forth in Article VI to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

SECTION 7. At any meeting of Stockholders each Stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Except as otherwise provided by law, each Stockholder of record shall be entitled to the number of votes for each share of stock as determined in accordance with Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation for each share of stock entitled to vote standing in his name on the books of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, at all meetings of Stockholders where a quorum is present, all matters shall be decided by the vote of the majority in voting interest of the Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.

SECTION 8. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of Stockholders may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission, or by such other means as shall otherwise be permitted from time to time by law. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Stockholder executing it, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy is permitted by law and the proxy indicates that it is intended to be irrevocable. No proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

SECTION 9. If Authorized by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, Stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of Stockholders may be means of remote communication, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders, and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors shall manage the business of the Corporation and shall have and may exercise all the powers of the Corporation except in cases where such power is reserved to the Stockholders by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.

SECTION 2. The number of directors which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall be such number, not less than three nor more than fifteen, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Article FIFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation. As used in these By-Laws, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, the directors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders by written ballot, and shall serve for such term as may be provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. For the avoidance of doubt, commencing with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2021, all directors shall be elected for one-year terms expiring at the next Annual meeting of Stockholders. Each director nominee shall be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the nominee at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if as of a date that is 14 days in advance of the date the corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not thereafter revised or supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast by Stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this Section 3, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a nominee’s election must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that nominee’s election. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes for or against any nominee. If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, Stockholders shall not be permitted to vote against a nominee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if authorized by the Board of Directors, the election of directors may be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission or by such other means as may be permitted from time to time by law.

 

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SECTION 4. Any of the directors may be removed and the resulting vacancy filled only in accordance with Article FIFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 5. The books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the State of Delaware, may be kept at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

SECTION 6. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of any or all directors for services to the Corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.

ARTICLE IV

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders an at the place thereof, and no notice of such meeting need be given to the newly elected directors. If such first meeting is not so held, it shall be held at a time and place specified in a notice given in the manner provided for notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such times and at such places within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

SECTION 3. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer or at the request of either of them or at the request of any five directors by the Secretary on at least two days’ notice to each director.

SECTION 4. Whenever notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors is required, the notice shall be given in the manner set forth in Article VI of these By-Laws and shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting. Except as provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or other provisions of these By-Laws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 5. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or other provisions of these By-Laws, a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of directors, a majority of the directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice of the adjourned meeting other than announcement at the meeting.

SECTION 6. Any action of the Board of Directors which is required to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if written consent to the action is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors and filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may designate from among its members an Executive Committee and other committees, each consisting of two or more directors. The

 

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Board of Directors may designate in like manner one or more of its members to serve as alternates on such committees. To the extent permitted by law, the Executive Committee shall have and exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors, except as the Board shall otherwise expressly provide, and the other committees shall have such authority as the Board shall provide by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board. The Board of Directors, acting as aforesaid, shall have power at any time to change the membership of any such committees, to fill vacancies in the membership thereof, and to discharge any such committees.

SECTION 2. Each committee, as and when the Board of Directors shall require, shall keep records of its actions and report upon the same to the Board. Unless the Board shall otherwise provide, a majority of the members of any committee may determine its actions and the procedures to be followed at its meetings, and may fix the time and place of its meetings.

SECTION 3. Any action of any committee which is required to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if written consent to the action is signed by all the members of the committee and filed with the records of the committee.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES AND WAIVERS THEREOF

SECTION 1. Whenever notice is required to be given to any Stockholder, such notice shall be given personally, by mail or by such other means as shall otherwise be permitted from time to time by law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at his address as it appears on the record of Stockholders.

SECTION 2. Whenever notice is required to be given to any director, the notice shall be given personally (including by telephone), or by mail, telegram, cable, by mail, other public instrumentality or by such other means as shall otherwise be permitted from time to time by law. Such notice shall be deemed given, if (i) mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid (ii) telegraphed, cabled or sent by other public instrumentality, when delivered to the telegraph company, cable company, or other public instrumentality, directed to the director at his business address (or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary a written request that notices to him be directed to some other address, then directed to him at such other address) or (iii) given by such other means, when provided for from time to time by law.

SECTION 3. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or any director, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. In addition, any stockholder attending a meeting of stockholders in person or by proxy without protesting the lack of notice prior to the meeting or at its commencement, and any director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors without protesting the lack of notice prior to the meeting or at its commencement, shall be conclusively deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.

ARTICLE VII

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Vacancies among these officers may be filled and additional such officers may be elected by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, one or more Assistant Secretaries and such other officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine to be desirable. The Board of Directors may also elect from among their number a Chairman of the Board who also shall be an officer of the Corporation. Any two or more such offices may be held by the same person. The Board of Directors shall designate one officer as Chief Executive Officer, and may designate one officer as Chief Operating Officer. The Vice President Finance shall be the Chief Financial Officer wherever said designation is legally required.

 

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SECTION 2. An officer shall hold office for such term as the Board of Directors shall determine. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, for cause or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. The compensation of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as it may provide.

SECTION 4. The Chairman of the Board, if there be a Chairman, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors at which he shall be present, and shall have such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws. If there be no Chairman, or in his absence or disability, the President shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority, in his discretion, to vote, or give a proxy to vote, the stock of the Corporation’s subsidiaries held in the name of the Corporation at meetings of stockholders of such subsidiaries, or to consent on behalf of the Corporation to any action of stockholders in lieu of a meeting.

SECTION 6. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, if there be one, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer unless the Chief Executive Officer in contemplation of his absence shall in writing have designated some other officer of the Corporation to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer. If there be no Chief Operating Officer, then the officers of the Corporation in order of their seniority shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise direct.

SECTION 7. The Chief Executive Officer may also appoint one or more officers of any division or department of the Corporation, with duties and power limited to such division or department, but no such division or department officer shall be deemed to be an officer of the Corporation by virtue of such appointment.

SECTION 8. The other officers and the agents and employees of the Corporation shall each generally assist the Chief Executive Officer and have such powers and perform such duties in the management of the property and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board. The Board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

ARTICLE VIII

CERTIFICATE FOR SHARES

SECTION 1. The shares of the Corporation will be represented by certificates unless the Board of Directors by resolution provides that some or all of any classes or series of stock will be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution will not apply to shares represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the Corporation, and any such resolution may provide that, notwithstanding the resolution’s authorization of uncertificated shares, every holder of stock of the affected class or classes or series represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares of the affected class or classes or series will be entitled to have a certificate representing shares. Certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, signed by the Chairman, President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof.

 

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SECTION 2. The signatures of the officers of the Corporation or the officers of the transfer agent or registrar upon a certificate may be facsimiles. If any such officer who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate, shall cease to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

SECTION 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation or, if the issuance of uncertificated shares has been duly authorized for the relevant class or series, uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may prescribe such terms and conditions precedent to the issuance of the new certificate or uncertificated shares as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

SECTION 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of lawful succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation or, if the issuance of uncertificated shares has been duly authorized for the class or series represented by such surrendered certificate, uncertificated shares shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, the old certificate shall be cancelled, and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for determination of the Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or allotment of any rights, or to take or be the subject of any other action. Such date shall be not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of such meeting nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is so fixed, the record date shall be as provided by law. When a determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and the Corporation shall be entitled to hold a person registered on its books as the owner of shares liable for calls and assessments, if any may legally be made, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in shares of its stock on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Liability of Directors for Unlawful Payment of Dividend or Unlawful Stock Purchase or Redemption, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

SECTION 2. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any

 

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other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this Section 2, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 2 shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition as authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation in his or her capacity as such in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized by this Section.

SECTION 3. If a claim under subparagraph (b)(1) is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct that makes it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

SECTION 4. The indemnification rights provided by this Article, including the right to right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, shall be considered a contract between the Corporation and such person, and no modification or repeal of such indemnification rights, nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of the indemnification rights in respect of any acts or failure to act occurring before such modification, repeal or adoption.

SECTION 5. The indemnification rights provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity, and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

SECTION 6. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of itself or any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the Article.

 

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SECTION 7. The provisions of this Article shall be deemed retroactive and shall provide all indemnity provided by the other sections of this Article IX for all acts and omissions of the officers and directors of the Corporation since the date of incorporation.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its creation, the words “Corporate Seal Delaware”, and such other appropriate legend as the board of Directors may from time to time determine. When so authorized by the Board or a duly empowered committee thereof, a facsimile thereof may be affixed or reproduced in lieu of the corporate seal.

SECTION 2. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 in each year.

SECTION 3. Stockholders shall have no right except as conferred by statute, to inspect any books, papers or accounts of the Corporation.

SECTION 4. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer or other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s Stockholders; (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws (as either may be amended from time to time) or as to which the Delaware General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, solely to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction over the action or proceeding, a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 4.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at any regular or special meeting.

The undersigned, duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. hereby certifies that the foregoing are the re-stated By-Laws of Church & Dwight Co., Inc., duly adopted by the stockholders at their annual meeting May 9, 1972 as amended thereafter on May 5, 1980, March 25, 1981 ,  May 25, 1988, September 23, 1992, January 31, 2001, October 31, 2007, January 28, 2009, February 1, 2012, January 27, 2016, and May 2, 2018.

 

/s/ Patrick de Maynadier

Patrick de Maynadier
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

 

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