Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD)

Matthew Farrell

A named executive officer of Church & Dwight in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,294,606

FY2024: $12,253,425

3rd of 6 named executive officers at Church & Dwight by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Church & Dwight, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 19, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Matthew Farrell compensation by year

Church & Dwight Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Church & Dwight reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$998,845$1,000,000$1,022,500$1,053,175$1,084,825$1,117,400$1,156,275$1,183,975$1,231,633$314,697
Bonus——$208,100——$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards—————$0$0$1,808,075$2,015,000$503,972
Option awards$3,750,000$3,849,993$4,377,524$5,622,770$6,174,305$6,359,608$6,590,772$5,424,225$6,045,000$1,511,185
Non-equity incentive$1,438,300$1,150,000$1,387,500$1,937,800$2,195,700$1,130,800$453,600$2,530,700$2,499,000$590,057
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$223,164$259,622$272,089$371,377$434,962$281,718$174,764$235,191$462,792$374,696
Total$6,410,309$6,259,615$7,267,713$8,985,122$9,889,792$8,889,526$8,375,361$11,182,166$12,253,425$3,294,606

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-115994, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-115994. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 19, 2026.

$6.4M
$6.3M
$7.3M
$9.0M
$9.9M
$8.9M
$8.4M
$11.2M
$12.3M
$3.3M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU9,890$829,277—
PSU9,780$820,053—
PSU2,190$183,632—
Option45,110—$112.06
Option202,780—$100.28
Option226,670—$83.13

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Church & Dwight Co., Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Church & Dwight’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Richard DierkerPresident and Chief Executive Officer$9,799,678
Lee McChesneyExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$5,293,175
Matthew Farrell · this pageFormer Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$3,294,606
Charles RaupExecutive Vice President, US Domestic President$2,658,673
Patrick de MaynadierExecutive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$2,061,182
Michael ReadExecutive Vice President, Consumer International and Specialty Products Division$1,875,463

Board service

Church & Dwight board · FY2023–FY2025
Director compensation in US dollars, as Church & Dwight reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$135,000$80,000$80,000$0$295,000
FY2024—————
FY2023—————

Each year as the company reported it in Church & Dwight's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: Church & Dwight pays directors a $120,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in RSUs and Options. As stated in Church & Dwight's FY2025 proxy.

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