SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
CHURCH & DWIGHT Co., Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock Par Value $1.00 Per Share
(Title of Class and Securities)
171340102
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Stephen G. Bondi, Gabelli Funds, Inc.,
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1434 (914) 921-5145
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications)
April 12, 1994
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this State-
ment because of Rule 13D-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box:
____
/___/
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this State-
ment:
_____
/ /
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CUSIP No. 171340102 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Gabelli Funds, Inc. I.D. No. 13-3056041
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
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(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
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(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 367,100 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None (Item 5)
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 367,100 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
367,100 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
1.84%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
HC
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 171340102 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
GAMCO Investors, Inc. I.D. No. 13-2951242
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
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(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
OO: Funds of investment advisory clients
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(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: 915,200 (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: 915,200 (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
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(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
915,200 (Item 5)
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(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ____
/___/
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(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
4.56%
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(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IA
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 171340102 13D
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(1) NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
Mario J. Gabelli I.D. No. ###-##-####
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(2) CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
____
(a) /___/
____
(b) /___/
_________________________________________________________________
(3) SEC USE ONLY
_________________________________________________________________
(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
_________________________________________________________________
(5) CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(6) CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
_________________________________________________________________
: (7) SOLE VOTING POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
: (8) SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY : None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING :________________________
PERSON WITH : (9) SOLE DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None (Item 5)
:________________________
:(10) SHARED DISPOSITIVE
: POWER
: None
_________________________________________________________________
(11) AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
None (Item 5)
_________________________________________________________________
(12) CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11
EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* _____
/ x /
_________________________________________________________________
(13) PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
0.00%
_________________________________________________________________
(14) TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!<PAGE>
Item 1. Security and Issuer
The class of equity security to which this statement on
form Schedule 13D relates is the Common Stock, par value 1.00 per
share ("Securities"), of CHURCH & DWIGHT CO; INC. , (the
"Issuer"), a Delaware corporation, with principal offices located
at 469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, N.J. 0843-5297.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
All Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately
$5,421,070 to purchase its Securities. GAMCO and GFI used approxi-
mately $1,963,158 and $3,457,912, respectively, of funds that were
provided through the accounts of certain of their investment
advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at
GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in
order to purchase the Securities for such clients.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to
which this Schedule 13D relates is 1,282,300 shares, representing
6.39% of the 20,073,984 shares outstanding in the Issuer's most
recently filed 10Q Form dated October 29, 1993. The Reporting
Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:
Shares of % of
Common Class of
Name Stock Common
GFI:
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 367,100 1.84%
GAMCO
As Principal 0 0.00%
As Agent 915,200 4.56%
Mario J. Gabelli 0 0.00%
Mr. Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities beneficially owned by each of the foregoing persons and
GFI is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities owned
beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mr.
Gabelli.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has
the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose
or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it,
either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment
clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that GAMCO
Investors, Inc. does not have authority to vote 135,800 of the
reported shares and except that GFI has sole dispositive and voting
power with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the The
Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., The Gabelli
Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Securities Fund, The Gabelli
Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund , The Gabelli
Equity Income Fund, ,The Gabelli ABC Fund, and/or The Gabelli
Global Telecommunications Fund so long as the aggregate voting
interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total
voting interest in the Issuer and in that event, the Proxy Voting
Committee of each Fund (other than The Gabelli Growth Fund) shall
respectively vote that Funds shares, and except that, at any time,
the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise
in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the
shares held by such Fund under special circumstances such as
regulatory considerations, and except that Gabelli & Company shares
with the clients for whose accounts such Securities were purchased
the voting and dispositive power with respect to the any shares
that may be purchased for such accounts, and except that the power
of Mr. Gabelli and GFI is indirect with respect to Securities
beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
Dated: April 13, 1994
MARIO J. GABELLI
By:_____________________________
Stephen G. Bondi
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
By:_________________________
Stephen G. Bondi
Vice President- Finance
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:_________________________
Douglas R. Jamieson
Chief Operating Officer
and Executive Vice President
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Schedule I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent
part, as follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive
officers and directors of the undersigned: his name; his business
address; and his present principal occupation or employment and the
name, principal business and address of any corporation or other
organization in which such employment is conducted. Unless other-
wise specified, the principal employer of each such individual is
Gabelli Funds, Inc., Gabelli & Company, Inc., or GAMCO Investors,
Inc., the business address of each of which is One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such individual identified
below is a citizen of the United States. To the knowledge of the
undersigned, during the last five years, no such person has been
convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors), and no such person was a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction as a result of which he was or is subject to a
judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or
prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state
securities law or finding any violation with respect to such laws
except as reported in Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
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Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
Richard B. Black Chairman of Raster Image
Processing Systems; Chairman
ECRM; Director of Archetype
and Oak Technology; Director
of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
General Partner of KBA Part-
ners, Parker Plaza
400 Kelby Street,
Fort Lee, NJ 07029
Charles C. Baum Chairman, Director and Chief
Executive Officer of The
Morgan Group, Inc.;
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly President
Tulane University
218 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Vice President and Assistant
Secretary
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President - Finance
Joseph J. Frazzitta Assistant Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler, Jr.
Regina Pitaro
Joseph J. Frazzitta
William F. Scholz
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Douglas R. Jamieson Chief Operating Officer and
Executive Vice President
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
James E. McKee Vice President, Legal and
Compliance and Assistant
Secretary
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Charles C. Baum See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Joseph R. Rindler Managing Director
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
David Perlmutter Perlmutter & Associates
200 Park Avenue, Suite 4515
New York, N.Y. 10166
Stephen G. Bondi Acting Chief Operating Officer
and Vice President
Advisors:
Vincent J. Amabile
Robert Blake
Officers:
Stephen G. Bondi Acting Chief Operating Officer
and Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
Erwin I. Mevorah Vice President - Finance
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Charles C. Baum See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Officers:
James G. Webster, III Chairman
Joseph J. Frazzitta Vice President/Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
Berton Seltzberg Vice President - Compliance
GLI, Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Investment
Officer
Stephen G. Bondi Vice President
J. Hamilton Crawford, Jr. Assistant Secretary
Gabelli Associates Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Pierson Management (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Pierson Nominees (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Gabelli International Limited
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Pierson Management (Cayman) P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Limited Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Officers:
Kevin Bromley Vice President, Treasurer, and
Assistant Secretary Pierson,
Heldring &
Pierson (Cayman) Limited,
P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Sandra Wight Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson
(Cayman) Limited,
P.O. Box 2003, Cayside Galleries
Harbour Drive, George Town,
Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Lynch Corporation
8 Sound Shore Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson Chief Financial Officer
FPL Group, Inc.
P.O Box 14000
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, Fl 33408
Bradley J. Bell Vice President & Treasurer
Whirlpool Corp.
Administrative Center
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Morris Berkowitz Business Consultant
163-43 Willets Point Blvd.
Whitestone, NY 11357
Richard J. Boyle Chairman, The Boyle Group
6110 Blue Circle Drive
Suite 250
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Mario J. Gabelli See above-Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Robert C. Kolodny, M.D. Medical Director and Chairman
of the Board of The Behavorial
Medicine Institute
885 Oenoke Ridge Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
Paul Woolard Business Consultant
116 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
E. Val Cerutti Business Consultant
Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Philip J. Lombardo Office of the President
Michael J. Small Office of the President
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer
Robert E. Dolan Chief Financial Officer
Carmine Ceraolo Assistant Controller
Robert A. Hurwich Vice President-Administration,
Secretary and General Counsel
Mary J. Carroll Administrative Assistant
Safety Railway Service Corporation
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein Chairman
241 McClenaghan Mill Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
William F. Bullis Safety Railway Service Corporation
265 Great Neck Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
Officers:
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
James W. Toman Assistant Secretary
Entoleter, Inc.
251 Welton Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Directors:
Joseph P. Rhein See above-Safety Railway
William F. Bullis See above-Safety Railway
Officers:
John M. Martin President
James W. Toman Chief Financial Officer
Joseph H. Epel Treasurer and Secretary
Robert E. Dolan Controller
Western New Mexico Telephone Company
314 Yankee Street
Silver City, NM 08062
Directors:
Jack C. Keen Chairman
Jack W. Keen President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Joseph H. Epel See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Officers:
Jack C. Keen Chairman of the Board
Jack W. Keen President
Jack L. Bentley Executive Vice President
Dr. Brian E. Gordon Vice President
Charles M. Baxter Sr. Vice President-Operations
James M. Bucher Asst. Vice President-
Operations
Mary Beth Baxter Secretary & Treasurer
Joseph H. Epel Assistant Treasurer
Inter-Community Telephone Company
P.O. Box A
Nome, ND 58062
Directors:
Mary J. Carroll See above-Lynch Corporation
Carmine P. Ceraolo See above-Lynch Corporation
Robert E. Dolan See above-Lynch Corporation
Joseph H. Epel See above-Lynch Corporation
Leone A. Nilsen President
Roger J. Nilsen P.O. Box 146
Hannaford, ND 58448
Duane A. Plecity Secretary
Harry B. Snyder P.O. Box 131
Buffalo, ND 58011
Robert Snyder 200 Broadway South
Buffalo, ND 58011
Officers:
Leone A. Nilsen President
Robert Snyder Vice President
Duane A. Plecity Secretary
Harry B. Snyder Treasurer
Joseph H. Epel Assistant Treasurer
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-CHURCH & DWIGHT CO
GABELLI FUNDS, INC.
THE GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
4/11/94 50,000 20.3750
4/06/94 5,000 22.0000
THE GABELLI GROWTH FUND
4/11/94 30,000 20.3750
THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST,INC.
4/11/94 15,000 20.3750
THE GABELLI ASSET FUND
4/11/94 60,000 20.3750
3/29/94 200 22.2500
3/28/94 1,800 22.2500
3/16/94 3,000- 23.1250
3/16/94 3,000 23.1250
3/15/94 3,000 23.1250
THE GABELLI ABC FUND
4/11/94 7,100 20.3750
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
4/11/94 4,500 20.5000
4/11/94 2,500 20.5250
4/08/94 10,000 21.0000
4/07/94 3,800 21.4934
4/06/94 9,000 21.8264
4/05/94 500 22.2500
4/04/94 5,000 22.0000
3/28/94 5,500 22.5341
3/28/94 1,900 22.6250
3/25/94 1,000 22.6250
3/23/94 3,000 23.2500
3/22/94 2,500 23.3750
3/18/94 2,000- 23.7500
3/18/94 2,500 23.4000
3/18/94 2,000 23.5000
3/16/94 8,000 23.2047
3/16/94 1,000 23.2500
3/16/94 1,000 23.3750
3/11/94 2,000 23.6250
3/10/94 3,000 23.2500
3/09/94 500 23.3750
3/08/94 3,000 23.5000
3/08/94 3,000 23.5833
3/04/94 1,000 23.6250
3/03/94 2,000 23.4375
3/02/94 1,400 23.2500
3/01/94 18,600 23.4839
3/01/94 1,000 23.5000
2/28/94 400 23.3750
2/28/94 6,500 23.3846
2/28/94 400 24.8750
2/25/94 3,000 25.0333
2/24/94 2,000- 24.5000
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
