Edgar Filing: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

September 14, 2005

/s/ JAMES R. CRAIGIE

James R. Craigie

President and Chief Executive Officer

Church & Dwight Co Inc--Form 8-K

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): September 14, 2005

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.)

469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, New Jersey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

08543

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 683-5900

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)

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

On September 14, 2005, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the SpinBrush toothbrush business from The Procter & Gamble Company. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 pursuant to this Item 8.01.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

The Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 the press release described above pursuant to this Item 9.01.

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.