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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14A-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)
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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. ( LOGO )
469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held Thursday, May 5, 1994.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the
"Company") will be held at THE ASIA SOCIETY, 725 Park Avenue, New York, New
York, on Thursday, May 5, 1994, at 11:00 a.m., to consider and take action on
the following:
1. Election of three persons to serve as Directors for a term of three
years.
2. Approval of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent
auditors of the Company's 1994 financial statements.
3. To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal requesting that the
Board of Directors take the steps necessary to provide for the
election of Directors annually and not by class.
4. To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal requesting that the
Board of Directors search for qualified minority candidates for
nomination to the Board of Directors.
5. Transaction of such other business as may properly be brought
before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend, although only those
stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 7, 1994, will be
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting or any adjournments thereof.
The transfer books will not be closed.
A list of stockholders entitled to vote will be available for inspection by
interested stockholders at the offices of Shanley & Fisher, P.C., One World
Trade Center, 89th Floor, New York, New York 10048, commencing on April 25,
1994.
MARK A. BILAWSKY
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Princeton, New Jersey
March 31, 1994
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. EVEN IF IT IS YOUR DESIRE TO ABSTAIN, PLEASE SIGN AND
RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297
March 31, 1994
Proxy Statement
PROXIES AND VOTING
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies by the Board of Directors of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the "Company"),
for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Thursday, May 5,
1994.
The securities entitled to vote at the meeting consist of the Company's
Common Stock. Each stockholder of record at the close of business on March 7,
1994, is entitled to vote in accordance with the amendment to the Company's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation which was adopted by the stockholders and
became effective on February 19, 1986. At the Annual Meeting, to be held on May
5, 1994, each share of stock beneficially owned by the same person for a period
of 48 consecutive months preceding March 7, 1994, will be entitled to four votes
per share. All other shares will be entitled to one vote per share. The
discussion on page 27 of this Proxy Statement outlines the procedures for
determining when changes in beneficial ownership are deemed to occur. The number
of shares outstanding at the close of business on March 7, 1994, was 20,092,127.
Any stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke that proxy at any
time before it is voted. Any proxy which is not revoked will be voted at the
meeting and all proxies will be voted, if no contrary instruction is indicated
on the proxy, FOR the election of the nominees described herein, FOR approval of
the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors, AGAINST the
stockholder proposed resolution relating to the election of Directors annually
and not by class, and AGAINST the stockholder proposed resolution seeking
qualified minority candidates for nomination to the Board of Directors.
The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of such number of
shares of Company Common Stock as are entitled to cast a majority of the votes,
at the meeting, constitutes a quorum. Proxies submitted with the votes withheld
for the election of Directors or abstentions with regard to proposals 2, 3, 4
and 5 and broker non-votes are included in determining whether or not a quorum
is present. Votes will be tabulated by the Company's transfer agent. Directors
are elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting. "Plurality" means
that the nominees who receive the largest number of votes cast are elected as
Directors up to the maximum number of Directors to be chosen at the meeting.
Consequently, any shares not voted (whether by abstention, broker non-vote or
otherwise) have no impact in the election of Directors except to the extent the
failure to vote for a nominee results in another nominee receiving a larger
number of votes. The approval of proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5 requires the
affirmative vote of such number of shares as are entitled to cast a majority of
the votes present in person or by proxy at the meeting. Abstentions are counted
as non-affirmative votes on proposals 2, 3, 4 and 5, whereas broker non-votes
are not counted in tabulating the votes thereon.
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Solicitation of proxies is being made by management on behalf of the Board
of Directors through the mail, in person, and by telegraph and telephone through
its regular employees who will not be additionally compensated. The cost thereof
will be borne by the Company. The Company has retained D. F. King & Co., Inc.,
to aid in the solicitation of proxies for a fee estimated not to exceed $5,000
plus out-of-pocket expenses. The Company will also reimburse brokerage houses
and others for forwarding proxy material to beneficial owners.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for the division of the
Board of Directors into three classes with the Directors in each class serving
for a term of three years. At the 1994 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, three
Directors will be elected to serve until the 1997 Annual Meeting. Such Directors
will serve until their successors are elected and qualified. All nominees are
members of the present Board.
It is not anticipated that any of the nominees will become unavailable for
any reason, but if that should occur before the Annual Meeting, the persons
named in the form of proxy reserve the right to substitute another of their
choice as nominee in his/her place or to vote for such lesser number of
Directors as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in accordance with the
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws.
Information concerning the nominees and the continuing members of the Board
of Directors is set out below:
STANDING FOR ELECTION -- MAY 5, 1994
TERM EXPIRES IN 1994
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[PHOTO] JOHN D. LEGGETT, III
Mr. Leggett, 53, is President of Sensor Instruments Co., Inc., a company
formed by him in 1985, which is involved in the design, manufacture and
marketing of environmental sensing instrumentation. He has been a
Director of the Company since 1979 and currently is a member of the
Executive and Audit Committees of the Board.
[PHOTO] ROBERT A. MCCABE
Mr. McCabe, 59, is President of Pilot Capital Corporation, whose business
is providing equity financing for private companies. He is a member of the
Board of Directors of Borg-Warner Security Corporation, Morrison-Knudsen Corporation,
Thermo Electron Corporation, Thermo Instrument Systems, Inc.,
Neutrogena Corporation, and Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. McCabe is
a Trustee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the
Thera Foundation, Athens College, and the French Library in Boston. Mr.
McCabe has been a Director of the Company since 1987. He is a member of
the Finance Committee of the Board.
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[PHOTO] JARVIS J. SLADE
Mr. Slade, 68, is a partner in Hampton Capital Company, a merchant banking
firm. Mr. Slade is Chairman of the Board of MCRB Service Bureau Corp., and
a member of the Board of Directors of PrimeEnergy Corporation and
Lexington Management Group. Mr. Slade has been a Director of the
Company since 1970. He currently is Chairman of the Audit Committee and
a member of the Executive and Finance Committees of the Board.
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CONTINUING DIRECTORS
TERM EXPIRES IN 1995
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[PHOTO] ROBERT H. BEEBY
Mr. Beeby, 62, retired June 1991 as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Frito-Lay, Inc., the nation's largest manufacturer of snack food. Prior
to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Pepsi-Cola International. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board
of Service America Corporation, and is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Columbia Gas System, Inc. He became a member of the
Board in May 1992. He is a member of the Compensation & Organization
Committee of the Board.
[PHOTO] J. RICHARD LEAMAN, JR.
Mr. Leaman, 59, is on the Board of Directors of Scott Paper Company, has
been Vice Chairman of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer
of S. D. Warren Company since April 1991. S. D. Warren is a subsidiary
of Scott Paper that produces coated printing and publishing papers. He
became Executive Vice President of the Scott Paper Company in 1982 and
in November 1986 was named President and Chief Executive Officer of
Scott Worldwide. Mr. Leaman is on the Board of Directors of Pep Boys,
Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of
Widener University, a member of The Conference Board's Council on
Global Business Management, a member of the Printing-Writing Executive
Committee of American Forest and Paper Association, and a member of
Dartmouth Alumni Council. Mr. Leaman has been a Director of the Company
since 1985. He is a member of the Compensation & Organization Committee
of the Board.
[PHOTO] DWIGHT C. MINTON
Mr. Minton, 59, is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President of the Company. He is a Director of Chemical Bank New Jersey
(N.V.), Crane Co., Medusa Corporation, and First Brands Corporation. He
has been a Director of the Company since 1965 and serves as Chairman of
the Executive and Loan Committees of the Board.
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[PHOTO] JOHN O. WHITNEY
Mr. Whitney, 66, is a Professor and Executive Director, the Deming Center
for Quality Management at Columbia Business School. He currently serves as
a member of the Board of Directors of the Turner Corporation. He also
serves as Director of the International Board of Directors of the
Planning Forum, as Advisory Director of Newsbank and of the Navy
Exchange System. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of CFO
Magazine. He became a member of the Board in October 1992. He is a
member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
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TERM EXPIRES IN 1996
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[PHOTO] CYRIL C. BALDWIN, JR.
Mr. Baldwin, 65, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Cambrex Corporation, a specialty chemicals company. He became a Director of
the Company in 1983. Mr. Baldwin serves on the Executive and
Compensation & Organization Committees of the Board.
[PHOTO] WILLIAM R. BECKLEAN
Mr. Becklean, 57, is Senior Vice President of Tucker Anthony, Inc., a
full-service regional brokerage and investment banking firm. He previously
served as Vice President of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. He became a
Director of the Company in 1980. Mr. Becklean is a member of the Audit
and Finance Committees of the Board.
[PHOTO] ROSINA B. DIXON, M.D.
Dr. Dixon, 51, has been a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry since
1986. She became a Director of the Company in 1979. Dr. Dixon currently
serves as Chairman of the Compensation & Organization Committee of the
Board and is a member of the Executive Committee.
[PHOTO] DEAN P. PHYPERS
Mr. Phypers, 65, retired in 1987 as Senior Vice President and Director,
International Business Machines Corporation, a leading manufacturer of
information systems. He currently serves as a Director of American
International Group, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Cambrex Corporation,
Cytogen Corporation, and International Data Group. He has been a
Director of the Company since 1974. He is presently Chairman of the
Finance Committee and a member of the Executive and Compensation &
Organization Committees of the Board.
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Unless otherwise stated, each Director has served in the principal business
indicated above for the past five or more years.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
During 1993 there were 12 meetings of the Board of Directors. All Directors
attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings held.
The Company has an Audit Committee and a Compensation & Organization
Committee, but does not have a Nominating Committee. The typical duties of a
Nominating Committee, the screening and selection of candidates to fill
vacancies on the Board of Directors, are the responsibility of the Compensation
& Organization Committee.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee met five times during 1993. The Committee's functions
include recommending to the Board of Directors the engaging and discharging of
the independent auditors, reviewing the independence of the auditors,
considering the range of audit and non-audit services and fees, and reviewing
the adequacy of the Company's system of internal accounting controls.
COMPENSATION & ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
The Compensation & Organization Committee met seven times during 1993. All
members of the Committee are non-employee Directors and are ineligible to
participate in any plans or programs which are administered by the Committee.
The functions performed by the Committee include: the evaluation of the
performance of the Company's Executive Officers; consideration of the design and
competitiveness of the Company's compensation plans; review and approval of
Executive Officer compensation; administration of the Company's compensation
plans; and the screening and selection of candidates to fill vacancies on the
Board of Directors.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
Listed below are the names, ages and positions held with the Company (as of
March 7, 1994) by each Executive Officer.
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NAME AGE POSITION
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Dwight C. Minton.............. 59(1) Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President
Mark A. Bilawsky.............. 46(1) Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Anthony P. Deasey............. 44(1) Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
William C. Egan, III.......... 48(1) Vice President, President Arm & Hammer Division
Kenneth J. Giacin............. 47(1) Vice President Business Development & Technology
Michael J. Kenny.............. 48(1) Vice President, President Specialty Products
Division
Dennis M. Moore............... 43(1) Vice President Administration
Martin A. Pickus.............. 51(1) Vice President and Treasurer
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James E. Barch................ 37(2) Vice President Marketing Household Products
Arm & Hammer Division
Leo T. Belill................. 53(2) Vice President Specialty Products Division
Mark G. Conish................ 40(2) Vice President Manufacturing and Engineering
Gary P. Halker................ 43(2) Chief Information Officer
Keith A. Jones................ 49(2) Vice President Research & Development
Herman L. Marder, Ph.D........ 63(2) Vice President Special Projects
Ronald D. Munson.............. 51(2) Vice President International Operations
Albert R. Nicusanti........... 45(2) Vice President Sales Arm & Hammer Division
Mark L. Stolp................. 38(2) Controller
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(1) Executive Officers serving for such term as the Board of Directors shall
determine.
(2) Executive Officers serving for such term as determined by and at the
discretion of the Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Minton has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company since 1981. In October 1984, he was elected to the office of
President and served in this position until June 1989. In October 1990, he was
re-elected to the office of President.
Mr. Bilawsky has been General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since
June 1988. In May 1989, Mr. Bilawsky was elected Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary.
Mr. Deasey joined the Company in October 1988 as Vice President Finance and
Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Egan joined the Company in March 1990 as Vice President, President Arm
& Hammer Division. For the 16 years prior to joining the Company, Mr. Egan was
employed by Johnson & Johnson, Inc. His most recent positions were President
Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company and Chairman Windsor Minerals Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
Mr. Giacin joined the Company in October 1991 as Vice President New
Business Development, Arm & Hammer Division and became Vice President Business
Development & Technology on October 18, 1993. For the 17 years prior to joining
the Company, Mr. Giacin was employed by Johnson & Johnson, Inc. His most recent
positions were: Vice President, Business Development Johnson & Johnson Consumer
Products, Inc.; Director, Business Development Johnson & Johnson Baby Products
Company; and Director, Licensing and International Business Disposable & Child
Development Products Division.
Mr. Kenny joined the Company in February 1991 as Vice President, President
Specialty Products Division. For more than 20 years prior to joining the
Company, he was employed by NL Industries, Inc. His most recent positions were:
President and Chief Operating Officer, RHEOX Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
NL Industries; President North American Operations, NL Chemicals, Inc.; and
Director of Sales and Marketing, North American Operations, NL Chemicals.
Mr. Moore became Vice President Administration in May 1989. For five years
prior to that he served as Vice President Human Resources.
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Mr. Pickus was elected Treasurer of the Company in 1984, and in May 1989,
he became Vice President and Treasurer of the Company.
Mr. Barch joined the Company on June 29, 1992 as Vice President Marketing
Household Products. For more than seven years prior to joining the Company, he
was employed by The Procter & Gamble Company. His most recent positions at The
Procter & Gamble Company were Associate Advertising Manager, Oil of Olay and
Advertising Manager, Oil of Olay.
Mr. Belill joined the Company in 1986 as General Manager, Industrial
Products and became Vice President and General Manager Basic Products Group in
August 1989. In April 1991, Mr. Belill became Vice President Specialty Products
Division.
Mr. Conish was appointed Vice President Manufacturing and Engineering on
April 19, 1993. For the previous nineteen years he served in various management
and director positions, the most recent being Senior Director,
Manufacturing/Engineering.
Mr. Halker was appointed Controller of the Company in 1984. On March 8,
1993, Mr. Halker became Chief Information Officer.
Mr. Jones joined the Company in March 1991 as Senior Director, Research &
Development and became Vice President Research & Development on August 30, 1993.
For more than five years prior to joining the Company, he was employed by
PepsiCo International. His most recent positions at PepsiCo International were
Senior Director, International Product Development & Processing Engineering and
Director Technology Development, Process Engineering & Basic Research.
Dr. Marder was retained by the Company in January 1983 as a consultant and
in January 1991 he became Vice President Special Projects.
Mr. Munson has served in various director and general manager positions in
sales and marketing prior to being appointed Vice President and General Manager
Agricultural Products in May 1989. In July 1989, he became Vice President and
General Manager Performance Products Group and in July 1991 he became Vice
President International Operations.
Mr. Nicusanti was appointed Vice President Sales Arm & Hammer Division in
January 1987.
Mr. Stolp was appointed Controller of the Company on March 8, 1993. For the
seven years immediately preceding, he served as Assistant Controller.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP
The following persons were known to the Company to be beneficial owners as
of January 1, 1994, of more than five percent of the Company's Common Stock. The
table is based on reports filed by such persons with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and on other information available to the Company.
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NAME AND ADDRESS AMOUNT AND NATURE OF PERCENT
OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF CLASS(1)
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John D. Leggett, Jr.................................. 1,573,172(2)(3) 7.83
469 North Harrison Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297
Chemical Banking Corporation......................... 1,522,386(4) 7.58
227 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Gabelli Funds, Inc................................... 1,022,200(5) 5.09
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
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Information, as supplied to the Company by Executive Officers and
Directors, with respect to the beneficial ownership of Company Common Stock by
each Director, each Executive Officer named below, and by all Executive Officers
and Directors as a group, as of March 7, 1994 is set forth in the table below.
Unless otherwise noted in the footnotes following the table, each individual had
sole voting and investment power over the shares of Company Common Stock shown
as beneficially owned.
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AMOUNT AND NATURE OF PERCENT
NAME BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF CLASS(1)
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Cyril C. Baldwin, Jr................................. 6,340(6) --
William R. Becklean.................................. 3,708(6) --
Robert H. Beeby...................................... 2,000 --
Rosina B. Dixon, M.D................................. 24,510(6)(7) --
J. Richard Leaman, Jr................................ 3,840(6) --
John D. Leggett, III................................. 3,840(6) --
Robert A. McCabe..................................... 11,640(6) --
Dwight C. Minton..................................... 702,608(8) 3.47
Dean P. Phypers...................................... 7,240(6) --
Jarvis J. Slade...................................... 8,792(6) --
John O. Whitney...................................... 2,000 --
Anthony P. Deasey.................................... 55,624(9) --
William C. Egan, III................................. 47,729(10) --
Michael J. Kenny..................................... 23,143(11) --
Dennis M. Moore...................................... 37,834(12) --
All Executive Officers and Directors as a group...... 1,158,609(13) 5.68
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(1) Based solely on the number of outstanding shares; does not take into account
disparities from pro rata voting rights which may arise due to the fact that
some shares are entitled to four votes per share and some shares are
entitled to one vote per share. Percentage is shown only if greater than 1%
of the class.
(2) Includes 825,000 shares held by a trust of which Chemical Banking
Corporation and Loren C. Berry serve as co-trustees. Mr. Berry, together
with Duncan D. Dwight and Mr. Leggett, Jr., who are all stockholders and
former Directors of the Company, may under the trust instrument, vote such
shares jointly at their discretion. Mr. Dwight, Mr. Berry and Mr. Leggett,
Jr. each hold a 1/27th interest in the trust assets.
(3) Includes 40,500 shares owned of record by Mr. Leggett, Jr. and his wife for
the benefit of his wife and 1,280 shares owned by his wife as to which
shares he disclaims any beneficial interest.
(4) Pursuant to Schedule 13G, dated February 7, 1994, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, Chemical Banking Corporation reported shared
investment power over 1,522,386 shares and shared voting power over
1,502,586 shares.
(5) Pursuant to Schedule 13D, dated December 8, 1993, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on behalf of Mr. Gabelli and certain affiliates,
Gabelli Funds, Inc. and GAMCO Investors, Inc. In such Schedule 13D, Mr.
Gabelli reported no investment or voting power over such shares; Gabelli
Funds, Inc. reported sole investment and voting power over 197,500 shares
and GAMCO Investors, Inc. reported sole investment power over 824,700 shares
and sole voting power over 715,700 shares. Such persons further reported
that they do not admit that they constitute a group and thus their shares
did not need to be aggregated for purposes of Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act.
(6) Includes all shares of Company Common Stock issued pursuant to the
Restricted Stock Plan for Directors. The Board of Directors of the Company
terminated the Restricted Stock Plan for Directors effective December 31,
1990 (see discussion on page 10).
(7) Includes 4,500 shares held by a trust of which Dr. Dixon, a Director and
stockholder of the Company and John Dwight, a stockholder, serve as
trustees. Dr. Dixon and Mr. Dwight together, may vote such shares. Includes
2,020 shares owned by Dr. Dixon's children, as to which shares she disclaims
any beneficial interest.
(8) Includes 62,070 shares owned by Mr. Minton as trustee or custodian. Includes
82,348 shares owned by his wife and 81,140 shares owned by his daughters, as
to which shares he disclaims any beneficial interest. Includes Mr. Minton's
interest in 7,912 shares under the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 170,157 shares which Mr. Minton has rights to purchase under the 1983
Stock Option Plan. Includes Mr. Minton's interest in 59,545 shares under the
Company's Investment Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be
voted by participants).
(9) Includes Mr. Deasey's interest in 2,797 shares under the Company's
Investment Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be voted by
participants) and 20,000 shares which Mr. Deasey has rights to purchase
under the 1983 Stock Option Plan.
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(10) Includes Mr. Egan's interest in 2,363 shares under the Company's Investment
Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be voted by
participants) and 26,200 shares which Mr. Egan has rights to purchase under
the 1983 Stock Option Plan.
(11) Includes Mr. Kenny's interest in 1,192 shares under the Company's
Investment Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be voted by
participants) and 10,000 shares which Mr. Kenny has rights to purchase
under the 1983 Stock Option Plan.
(12) Includes Mr. Moore's interest in 4,153 shares under the Company's
Investment Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be voted by
participants) and 11,681 shares which Mr. Moore has rights to purchase
under the 1983 Stock Option Plan.
(13) Includes interest of Executive Officers in 100,448 shares under the
Company's Investment Savings and Profit Sharing Plans (which shares may be
voted by participants). Includes interest of Executive Officers in 13,704
shares under the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 303,338 shares
which Executive Officers have rights to purchase under the 1983 Stock
Option Plan.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors, who are not employees of the Company were paid an annual
retainer of $16,000 in 1993. In addition, non-employee Directors were paid
$1,000 for each Board meeting attended. Each non-employee Director who was
Chairman of either the Audit, Compensation & Organization or Finance Committees
was paid $1,600 for each committee meeting attended and all other non-employee
Directors were paid $800 for each committee meeting attended. Non-employee
Directors receive no other compensation from the Company and do not participate
in any of the Company's compensation plans except for the Stock Option Plan for
Directors described below. The compensation of each non-employee Director for
1993 did not exceed $40,000.
THE RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN FOR DIRECTORS The Restricted Stock Plan for
Directors provided that fifty percent of a Director's annual retainer was paid
in cash and fifty percent was subject to an award of restricted Company Common
Stock. Each non-employee Director of the Company was awarded the number of full
shares of Company Common Stock (rounded to the nearest fifty shares) determined
by dividing the dollar amount equal to fifty percent of the annual retainer by
the last sale price of a share of Company Common Stock on the last trading day
in January. An award was forfeited if the Director ceased to remain a member of
the Board until January 1 of the year following the year of the award, except in
the case of death or disability. A Director may not sell or otherwise transfer
shares awarded under the Restricted Stock Plan for Directors for a period of
five years after the date the award is granted, except in the event of death or
disability. The Board of Directors of the Company terminated the Restricted
Stock Plan for Directors effective December 31, 1990.
STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS The Board of Directors of the Company
adopted, on February 27, 1991, the Stock Option Plan for Directors (the "Plan"),
which was approved by the stockholders at the May 9, 1991 Annual Meeting and
became effective January 1, 1991. Stock Options are granted to all non-employee
Directors of the Company ("Participant").
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The Plan authorizes the granting of options to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock ("Stock") at the fair market value on the date of grant. The
maximum term during which these options may be exercised is ten years, subject
to a three-year vesting period. The options shall be exercised only by the
Participant during his/her lifetime and only transferred by will or the laws of
descent and distribution.
Participants shall be granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares of Stock
each year on the date on which the Company holds its Annual Meeting during the
term of the Plan, except that a Participant's initial option grant shall be
3,000 shares of Stock. A similar initial grant of 3,000 shares of Stock shall be
made to new Directors upon commencement of service as a member of the Board.
The total number of shares that may be issued pursuant to options under the
Plan cannot exceed 500,000 shares of Stock (adjusted for stock splits, stock
dividends and the like).
COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth information concerning annual compensation
paid or accrued by the Company during the fiscal years ended December 31, 1991,
1992 and 1993 to, or for, the Chief Executive Officer and each of the next four
highest paid Executive Officers of the Company, as of December 31, 1993, whose
total annual salary and bonus exceeded $100,000.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
<TABLE>
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LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION
------------------------------------ AWARDS LTIP
OTHER ANNUAL -------- -------- ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL COMPENSATION OPTIONS COMPENSATION
POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS(1) (2)(3) (SHARES) PAY-OUTS (4)(5)(6)
- ------------------------ ---- --------- --------- ------------ -------- -------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
DWIGHT C. MINTON 1993 $ 417,000 $ 125,000 $ 91,646(7) 23,400 -- $ 91,955
Chairman of the Board, 1992 403,077 207,600 73,862(7) 29,000 -- 117,364
Chief Executive Officer 1991 390,000 280,000 58,979(7) 24,300 -- 98,240
and President
ANTHONY P. DEASEY 1993 193,385 112,250(8) 25,814 7,300 $94,575 (9) 32,417
Vice President 1992 186,154 139,300(8) 11,353 8,900 32,336 (9) 42,495
Finance and Chief 1991 179,308 142,750(8) 13,596 7,400 -- 40,557
Financial Officer
WILLIAM C. EGAN, III 1993 246,692 58,800 25,739 10,900 -- 43,752
Vice President, 1992 239,231 97,100 9,348 13,400 -- 54,791
President Arm & 1991 228,846 131,500 11,516 11,100 -- 27,789
Hammer Division
MICHAEL J. KENNY 1993 206,154 58,800 25,304 9,000 -- 32,059
Vice President, 1992 197,308 88,300 10,875 11,100 -- 36,671
President Specialty 1991 179,038 129,000(10) 22,259 19,200 -- 21,875
Products Division
DENNIS M. MOORE 1993 172,385 57,800 24,630 16,500 -- 32,355
Vice President 1992 165,385 73,900 10,943 7,900 -- 39,439
Administration 1991 160,000 91,900 10,456 6,600 -- 35,112
</TABLE>
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(1) Represents incentive compensation payments under the Company's Incentive
Compensation Plan (as discussed on page 17) made in 1994 for 1993
performance.
(2) Includes premiums paid for long-term disability insurance, liability
insurance and medical reimbursement plans. Total premiums paid on behalf of
named individuals were as follows for 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively:
D.C. Minton $17,156, $13,823, $14,275; A.P. Deasey $11,140, $7,953, $8,496;
W.C. Egan, III $12,765, $9,348, $9,816; M.J. Kenny $12,024, $8,625, $9,389;
D.M. Moore $11,175, $7,824, $8,356.
(3) Includes interest paid by the Company in accordance with the Executive
Stock Purchase Plan (described on Page 19). Total interest paid on behalf
of named individuals was as follows for 1993 (the first year of the plan):
D.C. Minton $11,005; A.P. Deasey $11,274; W.C. Egan, III $11,274; M.J.
Kenny $11,005; D.M. Moore $11,005.
(4) Includes Company contributions, vested and unvested, under the Company's
Investment Savings Plan and Profit Sharing Plan. Total contributions on
behalf of named individuals were as follows for 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively: D.C. Minton $16,478, $16,269, $16,667; A.P. Deasey $19,052,
$18,831, $19,241; W.C. Egan, III $16,478, $16,269, $16,667; M.J. Kenny
$18,397, $18,139, $19,258; D.M. Moore $20,292, $20,078, $20,400.
(5) Includes compensation deferred pursuant to a deferred compensation
agreement with the Company, providing certain plan contributions above
Internal Revenue Code limits. Such amounts are not deferred at the request
of the individual or the Company. Total compensation deferred on behalf of
named individuals was as follows for 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively:
D.C. Minton $57,392, $86,149, $67,888; A.P. Deasey $9,333, $20,775,
$18,927; W.C. Egan, III $21,351, $34,107, $7,420; M.J. Kenny $8,631,
$15,144, $0; D.M. Moore $6,335, $14,654, $10,641.
(6) Includes premiums paid for life insurance plans. Total premiums paid on
behalf of named individuals were as follows for 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively: D.C. Minton $18,085, $14,946, $13,685; A.P. Deasey $4,032,
$2,889, $2,389; W.C. Egan, III $5,923, $4,415, $3,702; M.J. Kenny $5,031,
$3,388, $2,617; D.M. Moore $5,728, $4,707, $4,071.
(7) Includes administrative services provided to Mr. Minton for personal use
for 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively: $51,168, $44,741 and $34,694.
(8) Includes additional compensation paid to Mr. Deasey in the form of Company
Common Stock, with a fair market value at the time of grants of $47,750 for
1993, $61,000 for 1992, and $58,750 for 1991, in connection with his
commencement of employment.
(9) Under the terms of the Long-Term Performance Plan, Mr. Deasey received
$31,525 in cash and 1,970 shares of Company Common Stock with a fair market
value of $32.00 per share as of the date of the pay-out in 1993 and $10,779
in cash and 858 shares of Company Common Stock with a fair market value of
$25.125 per share as of the date of the pay-out in 1992.
(10) Includes additional bonuses paid to Mr. Kenny in the amount of $20,000 in
connection with his commencement of employment.
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The following table sets forth information with respect to grants of stock
options for the Executive Officers named in the Summary Compensation Table
during 1993 pursuant to the 1983 Stock Option Plan(1). Also shown are
hypothetical gains for each option based on assumed rates of annual compound
stock price appreciation of five percent and ten percent from the date the
options were granted over the full option term.
OPTION GRANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE
AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS RATES
----------------------------------------------- OF STOCK PRICE
% OF TOTAL APPRECIATION FOR
OPTIONS OPTION
GRANTED TO EXERCISE TERM (10 YEARS)(2)(3)
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES IN PRICE EXPIRATION ----------------------
NAME GRANTED FISCAL YEAR ($/SHARE) DATE 5% ANNUAL 10% ANNUAL
- ----------------------------- ------- ------------ --------- ---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dwight C. Minton............. 23,400 11.57 $ 32.25 5/26/03 $ 474,595 $1,202,718
Anthony P. Deasey............ 7,300 3.61 32.25 5/26/03 148,058 375,207
William C. Egan, III......... 10,900 5.39 32.25 5/26/03 221,072 560,240
Michael J. Kenny............. 9,000 4.45 32.25 5/26/03 182,537 462,584
Dennis M. Moore.............. 16,500 8.16 32.25 5/26/03 334,651 848,070
</TABLE>
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(1) Stock options are granted to management employees, including Executive
Officers, giving optionees the right to purchase shares of Company Common
Stock over a ten-year period, subject to a three-year vesting period, at the
fair market value per share on the date of grant.
(2) These amounts represent assumed rates of appreciation only. Actual gains, if
any, on stock option exercises are dependent on the future performance of
the Company Common Stock and overall market conditions. There can be no
assurances that the amounts reflected in this table will be achieved.
(3) The gain to all stockholders for the same period at the assumed rates of
stock price appreciation, based on the number of outstanding shares as of
the date of grant, May 26, 1993, would be $412,194,000 and $1,040,299,000,
respectively. The gain to Mr. Minton as a percentage of all stockholders'
gain would be 0.12%.
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The following table sets forth information with respect to stock option
exercises by the Executive Officers named in the Summary Compensation Table
during 1993, including the aggregate value of gains on the date of exercise.
Also shown are the (i) number of shares covered by both exercisable and
unexercisable stock options as of December 31, 1993, and (ii) values for
in-the-money options which represent the spread between the exercise price of
such stock options and the price of Company Common Stock as of December 31,
1993.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 AND OPTION VALUE
AT DECEMBER 31, 1993
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHARES NUMBER OF UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
ACQUIRED OPTIONS IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
ON VALUE --------------------------- ---------------------------
NAME EXERCISE REALIZED EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- ---------------------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dwight C. Minton...... 17,391 $ 456,513 170,157 76,700 $ 2,425,512 $ 87,000
Anthony P. Deasey..... -- -- 20,000 23,600 278,200 26,700
William C. Egan,
III................. -- -- 26,200 51,400 302,475 240,200
Michael J. Kenny...... -- -- -- 39,300 -- 110,800
Dennis M. Moore....... -- -- 11,681 31,000 126,251 23,700
</TABLE>
EMPLOYMENT SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS The Company has a policy of entering into
Employment Severance Agreements with certain Executive Officers, including each
Executive Officer named in the foregoing table, which provide for benefits upon
certain terminations of employment within three years after a "Change of
Control" (defined to include: (i) the acquisition by a person or group of
twenty-five percent or more of Company Common Stock; (ii) a change in the
majority of the Board of Directors not approved by the pre-change Board of
Directors; or (iii) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a merger,
consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, or sale of all the assets of the
Company).
The agreements expire three years after any Change of Control, but under
certain circumstances may be terminated by the Board of Directors prior to any
Change of Control and expire immediately upon the earlier of the employee's
death, permanent disability, retirement, or termination of employment for cause.
Benefits for a termination, other than a termination described in the
immediately preceding paragraph, within one year following a Change of Control,
include: (i) severance pay of three times the employee's highest annual salary
during the three years immediately preceding termination; (ii) three times the
employee's highest annual bonus during the three years immediately preceding
termination and (iii) continued participation in the Company's benefit plans
for an additional three years. The benefits to be paid to the employee, if
terminated more than one year after a Change of Control, decline ratably over
a 36 month term for each month the employee remains employed with the Company
following the one year anniversary date of a Change of Control.
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COMPARISON OF TEN-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG COMPANY, PEER GROUP(1) AND S&P 500 INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MEASUREMENT PERIOD
(FISCAL YEAR COVERED) COMPANY PEER GROUP S&P 500
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1983 48.75 41.89 49.18
1984 56.04 45.86 52.22
1985 100.78 63.19 68.74
1986 106.01 80.49 81.54
1987 113.04 92.85 85.75
1988 100.00 100.00 100.00
1989 162.72 158.57 131.69
1990 155.83 188.07 127.60
1991 267.16 216.76 168.48
1992 283.09 242.83 179.18
1993 259.85 270.27 197.21
</TABLE>
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COMPENSATION & ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Company's executive compensation program is determined and administered
by the Compensation & Organization Committee of the Board of Directors (the
"Compensation Committee"), which is composed of Dr. Dixon (Chairman) and Messrs.
Baldwin, Beeby, Leaman and Phypers, all of whom are non-employee Directors. The
Compensation Committee is responsible for all compensation decisions regarding
the Company's Executive Officers, subject to the approval of the Board of
Directors(1). Decisions relating to the Chief Executive Officer's compensation
are subject to the approval of all the non-employee Directors.
COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY
The Company's Mission Statement calls for performance "in the top quarter
of American businesses." In order to attain this objective, the Company believes
that it must be able to attract, motivate and retain qualified people with the
talent, skills and abilities to enable the Company to achieve such results.
Accordingly, the Compensation Committee has established a compensation program
that is competitive in the markets in which the Company competes for management
talent.
The executive compensation program is comprised of base salary, annual
incentive compensation and long-term incentive compensation components. The
level of total compensation for Executive Officers (including the Executive
Officers named in the foregoing tables) is intended to be comparable, to the
level of total compensation paid to executives with comparable responsibilities
in a peer group of 25 consumer products companies identified by the Company,
using external surveys, as being competitive for personnel with the Company.
From such surveys compensation paid to executives is adjusted to reflect the
relative size differences of the companies contained in the group. The peer
group is intended to represent a sufficient sample size to enable the Company to
get a true reading on executive compensation although not necessarily the same
companies with which the Company would meaningfully compare its performance in
the marketplace. The Compensation Committee generally seeks to maintain annual
compensation (base salary and annual incentive compensation) and welfare
benefits at an average level, perquisites at a lower than average level, and
long-term incentive compensation at a higher than average level, as compared
with similar types of compensation paid to executives in the peer group. The
Compensation Committee gives emphasis to long-term incentive compensation in the
form of stock options, because such compensation places the Executive Officers
of the Company in the same position as long-term stockholders. As a result,
business decisions are improved and Executive Officers receive gains that are
consistent with those realized by stockholders of the Company.
The following is a discussion of each of the elements of the Company's
executive compensation program, along with a discussion of actions taken by the
Compensation Committee with respect to the Chief Executive Officer's
compensation.
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(1) With the exception of decisions as to awards granted under certain of the
Company's employee benefit plans, which are made solely by the Compensation
Committee in order for such plans to satisfy the disinterested
administration requirement of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.
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BASE SALARY
Base salary for each Executive Officer is determined using two factors: (i)
the performance of the individual Executive Officer and (ii) a comparison of
such Executive Officer's base salary to that of his counterparts in the
Company's peer group as shown in the periodic external salary surveys described
above. The more important of these two factors is the evaluation of the
Executive Officer's performance, including such Executive Officer's level of
responsibility, his contribution to the achievement of the Company's strategic
operating objectives and other performance goals established by the Executive
Officer to whom such Executive Officer reports (or for the area or department in
which such Executive Officer works). These objectives and goals are specific to
both the Company's performance and the individual Executive Officer's
performance.
Among the Company's performance criteria, approved by the Board of
Directors and used by the Compensation Committee, in determining base salary
are: (i) the Company's financial performance compared with its performance in
the prior year, including the Company's overall financial condition, return on
equity and amount of sales and (ii) the achievement of the Company's overall
business plan including earnings per share for the prior fiscal year.
Performance management goals for each Executive Officer (or for the area or
department of his responsibility) are established by the Executive Officer to
whom such Executive Officer reports, the level of achievement of which for the
prior year is used by the Compensation Committee in determining the base salary
of such Executive Officer. Factors taken into account in determining the
individual or group performance goals are: (i) such Executive Officer's ability
to develop personnel within the area of his responsibility, (ii) the achievement
of target quality improvement objectives, and (iii) certain other objectives
specific to such Executive Officer's area or department of responsibility. The
base salaries paid to Executive Officers in 1993 reflect the Company's good
financial performance in 1992, compared with the prior year, as well as the
achievement of the overall business plan.
After each Executive Officer's base salary is determined by the
Compensation Committee using the foregoing criteria, the Compensation Committee
may adjust the base salary of such Executive Officer if the Compensation
Committee determines that such salary is not competitive with that of comparable
executives in the Company's peer group or for other reasons consistent with the
Compensation Committee's policy to attract, motivate and retain qualified
Executive Officers. Base salaries paid to Executive Officers in 1993 were at the
median level in comparison with the Company's peer group.
ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
Annual incentive compensation awards for Executive Officers are awarded
under the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan and are based on both corporate
and individual performance. The size of the aggregate incentive compensation
pool, if any, from which individual annual bonuses are paid, is based on an
amount of the Company's after-tax profits that may be payable as incentive
compensation to participants assuming achievement of the Company's performance
targets and average performance by individual participants. The aggregate
incentive compensation award pool is either increased or decreased, depending on
the percentage by which actual operating earnings per share exceeds or falls
short of the target operating earnings per share approved by the Board of
Directors for the relevant fiscal year. For each one percent that actual
operating earnings per share exceeds the target operating
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earnings per share, the aggregate award pool is increased by two percent.
Conversely, for each one percent that actual operating earnings per share is
less than the target operating earnings per share, the aggregate award pool is
decreased by four percent.
After the amount of the aggregate award pool is determined using the
foregoing method, each individual Executive Officer's annual incentive
compensation is determined by the Compensation Committee using the applicable
percentage of base salary for each such Executive Officer. The applicable
percentage of base salary is determined in accordance with the Company's
Incentive Compensation Plan and ranges from thirty to fifty percent depending on
the position and level of the Executive Officer with the Company. The individual
bonuses can be higher or lower based on criteria evaluated by the Compensation
Committee, including: (i) such Executive Officer's achievement (or contribution
to the achievement by such Executive Officer's department or area of
responsibility) of personal targets and objectives and (ii) the evaluations and
recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer and Human Resources Department as
to such Executive Officer's annual incentive compensation. The personal targets
and objectives are the same as those described above used by the Compensation
Committee in determining such Executive Officer's base salary.
Additionally, the Compensation Committee may adjust the amount of the
incentive compensation award pool and individual incentive compensation awards
if, in any given year, unusual or nonrecurring factors affect the operating
earnings of the Company in a manner which is not reflective of the actual
performance of the Company or Executive Officers for such year.
The Compensation Committee intends for the incentive compensation awards
paid to Executive Officers to be competitive with those paid to comparable
executive officers in the Company's peer group. In any particular year the
incentive compensation level of each Executive Officer may be higher or lower
than that of the peer group executives as a result of such Executive Officer's
level of achievement of the specific performance-related goals. Incentive
compensation awards paid to Executive Officers for 1993 were slightly below the
median level in comparison with the Company's peer group.
For 1993, the aggregate incentive compensation pool was reduced by
twenty-eight percent as a result of a seven percent operating earnings shortfall
in comparison with target operating earnings. Additionally, in December 1993,
the Compensation Committee reviewed each Executive Officer's performance for
1993 using the criteria discussed above and determined the annual incentive
compensation to be awarded to each such Executive Officer for the year ended
December 31, 1993. The annual incentive compensation awards are included in the
foregoing tables.
LONG-TERM AND OTHER COMPENSATION
In addition to the base salary and annual incentive compensation components
of Executive Officers' compensation, the total compensation for Executive
Officers includes a long-term incentive component in the form of stock options
granted under the Company's 1983 Stock Option Plan. The Compensation Committee
believes that stock ownership by management encourages management to enhance
stockholder value. Stock option grants are intended to motivate and reward
Executive Officers and other key management employees for improving the overall
financial condition of the Company over a period of time. The 1983 Stock Option
Plan is also intended to induce continued employment of key management
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employees with the Company and, by offering incentives comparable to those
offered by the Company's peer group, to enable the Company to compete for,
attract and retain skilled management personnel. The Company encourages
participants in the plan to hold the shares of Company Common Stock received
through the exercise of stock options so that the participants' interest will
continue to be aligned with the long-term interests of the stockholders of the
Company. The amount of options currently held by Executive Officers is not a
factor in determining the amount of stock options to be granted under the Plan.
Stock options granted to management employees, including Executive
Officers, give optionees the right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
over a ten-year period subject to a three-year vesting period, at the fair
market value per share on the date of grant. Generally, the number of options
granted to an Executive Officer is based on a percentage of the Executive
Officer's base salary, determined by the Compensation Committee considering the
recommendations of the Human Resources Department, and the market price per
share on the date of grant. The determination of such percentage of base salary
takes into account the Executive Officer's responsibilities with the Company
(i.e., more options are given to employees and executives in higher levels and
positions). Options are generally granted on an annual basis to each Executive
Officer, and the number of options granted is periodically evaluated to ensure
that the Company maintains a compensation program for each Executive Officer
competitive with his/her counterparts in the Company's peer group. In May 1993,
stock options were granted to the Executive Officers using the foregoing
criteria.
Effective May 26, 1993, the Company adopted, and the Board of Directors
approved, the Executive Stock Purchase Plan whereby certain Executive Officers,
including each Executive Officer named in the foregoing tables, made a one-time
purchase of 10,000 shares of restricted Company Common Stock at a price of
$32.25 per share, the market price on the date of purchase. The Company has the
right to purchase such shares, at fair market value, in the event of such
participant's retirement, death, or termination of employment. The transactions
were financed by loans to each participant by a financial institution, which
were guaranteed by the Company. In addition, the interest accruing on such loans
is paid by the Company on behalf of each participant.
The Company adopted its Long-Term Performance Plan, effective January 1,
1988, but terminated the plan effective December 31, 1990. Awards granted prior
to December 31, 1990, remain outstanding and will be valued and paid in
accordance with the Long-Term Performance Plan. As a result, the foregoing
tables indicate that Mr. Deasey received a payment under this plan. No
additional awards were granted in 1993 nor will any future awards be granted
under this plan.
The Compensation Committee has not yet adopted a policy regarding Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act, which provides in part for a $1 million annual limitation on
the deduction by the Company of compensation paid to any Executive Officer for
federal income tax purposes. The Compensation Committee's present intention is
to study the proposed tax regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service in
order to determine the extent of possible modifications to its compensation
plans in the future.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, places maximum limitations
on the amount of annual contributions which may be made to tax-qualified
retirement plans. Accordingly, the Company has adopted a Deferred Compensation
Plan under which contributions are made for the benefit of certain
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Executive Officers, in such amounts which are determined in accordance with such
retirement plans but exceed these limitations.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
The Compensation Committee evaluates the performance of Mr. Minton, the
Company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and determines the
amount of Mr. Minton's total compensation, which is subject to approval of the
non-employee members of the Company's Board of Directors.
The Compensation Committee's bases for determining the total compensation
for Mr. Minton are substantially the same as discussed above with respect to the
Company's Executive Officers. As with the other Executive Officers, the
Compensation Committee seeks to maintain Mr. Minton's base salary at a level
competitive with chief executive officers of other companies in the Company's
peer group, although Mr. Minton's base salary and his incentive compensation are
more significantly affected by the Company's performance and his individual
performance in each year. Such compensation for 1993, which was at the median
level with respect to the Company's peer group, was dependent, in part, upon the
achievement by the Company of its 1992 profit plan and the presentation of a
plan for 1993 which represented reasonable year-to-year progress toward
long-term strategic goals. The Compensation Committee also made a judgment as to
the quality of the Company's earnings, as well as the overall health of the
Company's business and the financial condition of the Company. Additionally, the
Compensation Committee recognized that Mr. Minton has served as Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since 1968 and took into account the length and
significance of his service to the Company and the Company's substantial growth
during this period. Mr. Minton's base salary for 1993 reflected the Company's
good operating results in 1992.
In December 1993, the Compensation Committee reviewed Mr. Minton's
performance for 1993 and determined in its judgment that because the Company did
not achieve its target operating earnings per share, Mr. Minton should receive
the annual incentive compensation set forth in the foregoing tables, which was
approximately thirty percent of his base salary. (Mr. Minton's target percentage
of base salary is fifty percent.) The incentive compensation paid to Mr. Minton
for 1993 was substantially lower than the incentive compensation paid for 1992
and 1991 as a result of the incentive compensation award pool being decreased in
1993 and Mr. Minton's less than target individual rating. The incentive
compensation award pool was unadjusted in 1992 as the Company achieved its
target operating earnings per share, while in 1991 the incentive compensation
award pool was increased to reflect the fact that actual operating earnings per
share exceeded target operating earnings per share. In addition, the incentive
compensation award paid to Mr. Minton for 1993 was substantially below the
median level in comparison with the Company's peer group.
Additionally, in May 1993, the Compensation Committee granted Mr. Minton
options exercisable for 23,400 shares of the Company's Common Stock in
accordance with the percentage of base salary approved by the Compensation
Committee. As described above, with respect to the other Executive Officers,
such percentage was determined based on the position of Mr. Minton with the
Company and an evaluation of Mr. Minton's overall compensation package relative
to that of the other chief executive officers in the Company's peer group.
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SUBMITTED BY THE COMPENSATION & ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS:
Rosina B. Dixon, M.D., Chairman
Cyril C. Baldwin, Jr.
Robert H. Beeby
J. Richard Leaman, Jr.
Dean P. Phypers
TRANSACTIONS WITH MANAGEMENT
On March 26, 1993 the Company extended a short-term loan to Dwight C.
Minton, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, in an
amount of $150,000 with interest at 6% per annum. The loan was paid in full by
Mr. Minton on May 11, 1993.
James E. Barch, Vice President Marketing Household Products, joined the
Company on June 29, 1992. As a result, it was necessary for Mr. Barch to
relocate his residence to New Jersey from Connecticut. To assist Mr. Barch with
the purchase of a New Jersey residence, on July 27, 1992 the Company extended a
loan in the amount of $125,000, without interest. The loan to Mr. Barch will be
forgiven at a rate of $25,000 per year for each year Mr. Barch remains employed
with the Company.
During 1993, the Company periodically engaged Munson Placement Service,
Inc. to provide personnel services. Ronald D. Munson, Vice President
International Operations, is the Secretary and forty percent stockholder of the
corporation and his spouse is the President and sixty percent stockholder. In
1993, the Company paid approximately $229,000 to Munson Placement Service, Inc.
Such transactions were made in the course of ordinary business practices.
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT REPORTS
Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act"), the Company's Directors, its Executive Officers, and persons holding more
than ten percent of the Company Common Stock are required to report their
initial ownership of the Company's Common Stock and any changes in such
ownership to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange.
Specific due dates for reports required under Section 16(a) have been
established, and the Company is required to report in this Proxy Statement any
failure to file by these dates during 1993. To the Company's knowledge, based on
information furnished to the Company, all of these filing requirements were
satisfied for 1993, except that Mr. Robert H. Beeby, a Director of the Company,
inadvertently filed a late report relating to one transaction in Company Common
Stock.
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APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
Upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors,
the Board appointed Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors for the Company to
examine its consolidated financial statements for 1994, and requests that the
stockholders approve such appointment. The Board of Directors may review its
selection if the appointment is not approved by the stockholders. Deloitte &
Touche has served as auditors of the Company since 1969.
The Company has been informed that neither Deloitte & Touche, nor any
member of the firm, has any relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries,
other than that arising from such firm's employment as described above. For the
1993 fiscal year, fees for audit services rendered by Deloitte & Touche were
approximately $154,000. In addition to the audit services performed during 1993,
Deloitte & Touche continued a prior year engagement which was to evaluate the
Company's current Management Information Systems capabilities and to recommend
and assist in the implementation of strategies to enhance such capabilities and
organization. The fees for such services in 1993 were approximately $900,000.
This engagement was reviewed by the Audit Committee to consider the impact on
the independence of the auditors. After considering the cost of the services
rendered and consultation with the Company's counsel, the Audit Committee
determined that the independence of the audit would not be impaired. A
representative of Deloitte & Touche will be in attendance at the Annual Meeting
to respond to appropriate questions and will be afforded the opportunity to make
a statement at the meeting, if he desires to do so.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL RELATING TO
THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY AND NOT BY CLASS
Mr. John J. Gilbert and the late Mr. Lewis D. Gilbert of 1165 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10128-1210, the beneficial owners of 1,670 shares, have
indicated that the following resolution will be introduced at the meeting:
RESOLVED: That the stockholders of Church and Dwight Co., Inc.,
assembled in annual meeting in person and by proxy, hereby request that the
Board of Directors take the steps necessary to provide that at future
elections of directors new directors be elected annually and not by classes
as is now provided and that on expiration of present terms of directors
their subsequent election shall also be on an annual basis.
REASONS: In 1990 support along the lines we suggest were shown when
5.9%, or 2,960,971 votes were cast in favor of this proposal (information
regarding number of stockholders is unavailable). The vote against included
212 unmarked proxies.
LAC Minerals, Interco, Chemical Banking Corporation and Commonwealth Edison
Company of Chicago are among the latest companies to end their stagger
system of electing directors. Last year we withdrew our resolution on the
subject at Westinghouse after they agreed to end their stagger system of
electing directors.
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Quoting from the January 1992: Part I PROXY MONITOR on the subject of
stagger systems: ". . . TPM analysts submit that incumbents favor
classified boards mainly because classified boards favor incumbents."
Because of the normal need to find new directors and because of the
environmental problems and many groups desiring to have directors who are
qualified on the subject, we think that ending the stagger system of
electing Directors is the answer. In addition, some recommendations have
been made to carry out the Valdez 10 points. The 11th should be to end the
stagger system of electing Directors and to have cumulative voting.
Alaska when it became a state, took away cumulative voting, over our
objections. Perhaps, if the citizens had insisted on proper representation
the disastrous Valdez oil spill might have been prevented if Environmental
Directors were elected through cumulative voting.
If you agree, please mark your proxy for this resolution; otherwise it is
automatically cast against it, unless you have marked to abstain.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.
Similar proposals were submitted to stockholders by Messrs. Gilbert and
Gilbert at the 1989 and 1990 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In each instance
the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by stockholders. In 1990, 89.2% of the
votes were cast against the proposal, including unmarked proxies, 5.6% of the
votes were cast for the proposal and 5.2% of the votes either abstained or did
not vote.
Article FIFTH of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
the Board of Directors to be divided into three classes with the terms of each
class expiring in successive years. This provision was submitted to stockholders
at the 1980 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and overwhelmingly approved by more
than 97% of the votes cast.
The Board of Directors continues to believe that electing Directors by
classes is in the best interest of the Company's stockholders, since it helps to
insure the continuity and stability of Company leadership and Board policy.
Because only approximately one-third of the Directors are elected each year
(barring death, resignation, or removal of Directors) under the classification
system, at any given time more than a majority of the Directors will have been
Directors of the Company for at least one year.
The classification of the Board also makes it more difficult for a large
stockholder to abruptly change the entire Board of Directors, without the
support of the Directors who are in office. This improves the ability of the
Board of Directors to act on behalf of the stockholders in dealing with a person
seeking to take over the Company, and makes more difficult takeover attempts
that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, are not in the best long-term
interests of the Company and all of the stockholders.
For these reasons, the Board of Directors believes that the adoption of
this proposal would not be in the best interest of stockholders and recommends a
vote "AGAINST" this proposal.
The affirmative vote of such number of shares as shall be entitled to cast
a majority of the votes represented in person or proxy at the Annual Meeting is
required for approval of this proposal.
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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL RELATING TO INCLUSIVENESS OF MINORITIES ON THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS.
The Society of Catholic & Medical Missionaries, Inc., also known as the
Medical Mission Sisters, of 20 Belgrade Avenue, Room 6, Roslindale,
Massachusetts 02131, the beneficial owners of 200 shares, have indicated they
will introduce the following resolution at the meeting:
Our Company has made statements affirming our policy of
non-discrimination in employment, a position we commend as shareholders.
However, this position is not reflected in our Board of Directors which
presently excludes minorities. We believe major corporations, aware that
employees, customers and stockholders include a broad diversity in terms of
sex and race, should have a Board that includes persons of diverse racial
backgrounds.
There is an increased awareness of the issue of diversity in Corporate
America. In a global marketplace that grows increasingly more competitive,
companies need to promote the best people, regardless of race, color or
national origin.
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement
Equities Fund, the largest institutional investor in the U. S., recently
issued a set of corporate governance guidelines including a call for
"diversity of directors by experience, sex, age and race."
Women and minorities comprise fifty percent of America's workforce and the
U.S. Department of Labor reports their advancement is oftentimes hindered
by artificial barriers -- glass ceilings. Our Company must make a strong
and continued commitment to use its available tools and resources to remove
glass ceiling barriers, because it is our responsibility under the law, and
the right thing to do.
While, racial and gender diversity among the purchasing population and the
workforce has experienced an enormous increase, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission reports 97% of senior ranks of corporations are
occupied by white males. We believe our company needs to open up top
management and the board to qualified people of all races.
We believe Boards of Directors of many corporations have benefitted from
the perspectives gleaned from well qualified minority members. In addition,
increasingly individual and institutional investors are voting their
proxies against boards which are not representative and have no minorities.
We believe it is not in our Company's best long range interests to keep a
board that excludes minorities. It unfortunately gives the impression of an
"exclusive club" closed to any perspectives beyond those in the inner
sanctum.
Increasingly, major corporations are broadening their boards by including
minorities. We believe our Company should show similar leadership.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that shareholders request:
1. The nominating committee of the Board in its search for suitable
Board candidates, make a greater effort to search for qualified minority
candidates for nomination to the Board of Directors.
2. Report on our Corporation's programs to encourage diversified
representation on our Board of Directors.
3. Issue a statement publicly committing the company to a policy of
board inclusiveness with the CEO's policy program for steps to take and the
timeline expected to move in that direction.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.
The Company's Mission Statement calls for the Company to seek to attain and
maintain performance "in the top quarter of American business." In order to
further the achievement of this objective, the Compensation & Organization
Committee of the Board, which functions as a nominating committee, seeks to
select and recommend qualified persons for nomination as directors based on
their individual talents, experience, functional skills and abilities without
regard to race, religion, national origin and gender.
The Board believes that to require the preparation of narrowly-focused
reports or the establishment of specific quotas and arbitrary deadlines could
impede or limit the selection and nomination process. Rather, the Board believes
that the objective of the selection and nomination process should be to produce
a pool of qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds that will complement the
skills and backgrounds of the other members of the Board.
The Board believes that the interests of the Company and its stockholders
are best served by having a highly qualified and independent Board with diverse
backgrounds. The Company has taken appropriate steps to create such a Board. The
Board and the Compensation & Organization Committee are committed to a selection
and nomination process that functions without regard to the race, religion,
national origin and gender of potential candidates. The Board believes that this
commitment is more meaningful to stockholders and the community at large than
the matters requested in the proponent's proposal.
Accordingly, the Board recommends that stockholders vote "AGAINST" the
stockholder proposal regarding inclusiveness of minorities on the Board of
Directors.
The affirmative vote of such number of shares as shall be entitled to cast
a majority of the votes represented in person or proxy at the Annual Meeting is
required for the approval of this proposal.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Management is not aware of any matters, other than as indicated above,
that will be presented for action at the meeting. However, if any other matters
properly come before the meeting, it is understood that the persons named in the
enclosed form of proxy intend to vote such proxy in accordance with their best
judgment on such matters.
Stockholders' proposals for the 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be
received no later than December 1, 1994, at the executive offices of the
Company, 469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297, Attention:
Secretary, in order to be considered for inclusion in the Company's Proxy
Statement for such meeting.
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ANNUAL REPORT
The Annual Report to Stockholders of the Company for 1993, including
financial statements, is being furnished, simultaneously with this Proxy
Statement, to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 7,
1994, the record date for voting at the Annual Meeting.
MARK A. BILAWSKY
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Princeton, New Jersey
March 31, 1994
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PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING CHANGES IN
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF COMPANY COMMON STOCK
Effective February 19, 1986, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the "Company") was amended (the "Amendment") to
provide that, subject to the provisions below, every share of Company Common
Stock is entitled to four votes per share if it has been beneficially owned
continuously by the same holder (i) for a period of 48 consecutive months
preceding the record date for the Stockholders' Meeting; or (ii) since February
19, 1986. All other shares carry one vote.
In general, the Amendment provides that a change in beneficial ownership of
a share of Company Common Stock occurs whenever any change occurs in any person
or group who has or shares voting power, investment power or the right to
receive sale proceeds with respect to such share.
In the absence of proof to the contrary, provided in accordance with the
procedures referred to below, a change in beneficial ownership shall be deemed
to have occurred whenever a share of Company Common Stock is transferred of
record into the name of any other person.
In the case of a share of Company Common Stock held of record in the name
of a corporation, partnership, voting trustee, bank, trust company, broker,
nominee or clearing agency, or in any other name except a natural person, there
shall be presumed to have been a change in beneficial ownership in such share
within the 48 months preceding the record date, unless it has been established
to the contrary pursuant to such procedures.
There are several exceptions and qualifications to the terms of the
Amendment described above, including, but not limited to, a change in beneficial
ownership as a result of a gift or inheritance. For a copy of the complete
Amendment, please contact the Company at 469 North Harrison Street, Princeton,
New Jersey 08543-5297, Attn: Secretary.
Stockholders who hold their Shares in "street name" or through any other
method specified above are required to submit proof of continued beneficial
ownership to the Company in order to be entitled to four votes per share. Such
proof must consist of a written certification by the record owner that there has
been no change in beneficial ownership (as defined in the Amendment) during the
relevant period. The required form for this certification will be the completion
of the section provided on the proxy card which indicates the number of one-vote
shares, four-vote shares and total number of votes. The Company reserves the
right, however, to require evidence in addition to the certification in
situations where it reasonably believes an unreported change may have occurred.
Proof (including certifications) will be accepted only if it is received by the
Company at least five days before the date for the Stockholders' Meeting.
The Company will notify stockholders of record who are natural persons, in
advance of a Stockholders' Meeting, of the Company's determination as to the
number of shares for which they are entitled to four votes per share and the
number of shares for which they are entitled to one vote per share. This
determination will be shown on the proxy cards for such stockholders.
Stockholders of record who disagree with such determination may certify that no
change in beneficial ownership has occurred during the relevant period, by
following the same procedure set out in the previous paragraph for other
stockholders, with the same reserved right of the Company to require additional
evidence.
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CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Stockholder Certification Form
for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
on
May 5, 1994
USE ONLY IF YOU CLAIM MORE VOTING RIGHTS
THAN INDICATED ON YOUR PROXY CARD.
The Undersigned certifies that:
1. Of the shares of the Company's Common Stock held of
record by the Undersigned on March 7, 1994 shares have been
beneficially owned continuously by the same person for 48 consecutive months
preceding the record date; and
2. (Applicable only to stockholders who are natural persons) -- the
following is a statement supporting why the Undersigned disagrees with the
Company's determination of the voting power (as shown on the proxy card) to
which the Undersigned is entitled in connection with the Annual Meeting:
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Dated: -----------------------------
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Signature of Stockholder(s)
Please sign exactly as your name appears on the proxy card for the meeting. When
shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney,
executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If
a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by President or other
authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by
authorized person.
The certification should be returned to:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
469 North Harrison Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297
Attention: Treasurer
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Church &
Dwight Co., Inc.
1994
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Notice of
Annual Meeting
of Stockholders
and
Proxy Statement
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Meeting Date
May 5, 1994
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. [LOGO] Consumer and Specialty Products
469 North Harrison Street
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-5297
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PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
469 NORTH HARRISON STREET, PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-5297
The Undersigned, having received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement
dated March 31, 1994, hereby appoints ROSINA B. DIXON M.D., JOHN D. LEGGETT,
III AND DWIGHT C. MINTON, and each of them, proxies, each with power to
appoint his/her substitute, to vote all shares of stock which the Undersigned
is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Church & Dwight
Co., Inc. to be held on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1994 at THE ASIA SOCIETY,
725 Park Avenue, New York, New York, at 11:00 a.m., and at all adjournments
thereof, upon such matters as may properly come before the meeting and the
following items as set forth in the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement:
The Board Of Directors recommends a vote FOR Items 1 and 2.
1. Election of nominees for Directors listed
below (except as marked to the contrary). FOR / / WITHHOLD AUTHORITY / /
Nominees: John D. Leggett, III,
Robert A. McCabe, and
Jarvis J. Slade
INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee(s), print such
nominee's name(s) in the following space.
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2. Approval of appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors of the
Company's 1994 financial statements.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINST Items 3 and 4.
3. A Stockholder proposal relating to the election of Directors annually and
not by class.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
4. A Stockholder proposal relating to inclusiveness of minorities on the Board
of Directors.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
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5. Transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting or any adjournments thereof.
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IF NO CONTRARY INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ITEMS 1
AND 2, AND AGAINST ITEMS 3 AND 4. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS AND FOR APPROVAL OF
ITEM 2. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A
VOTE AGAINST ITEMS 3 AND 4.
(CONTINUED ON REVERSE SIDE)
Your vote is important. If you own shares which are entitled to four votes per
share, you must indicate this below in the space provided, or it will be
assumed that your shares will be entitled to one vote each. Please provide the
total number of one-vote shares, the total number of four-vote shares and the
total number of votes in the spaces below.
Dated , 1994
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Signature
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Signature
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TOTAL One-Vote Shares X1
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TOTAL Four-Vote Shares X4
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TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES
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PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS ON
THIS CARD. WHERE SHARES ARE HELD JOINTLY,
EACH HOLDER SHOULD SIGN. EXECUTORS,
ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES AND OTHERS
SIGNING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY
SHOULD SO INDICATE. IF A SIGNER IS A
CORPORATION, PLEASE SIGN THE FULL
CORPORATE NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
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PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
469 NORTH HARRISON STREET, PRINCETON, N.J. 08543-5297
The Undersigned, having received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement
dated March 31, 1994, hereby appoints ROSINA B. DIXON M.D., JOHN D. LEGGETT,
III AND DWIGHT C. MINTON, and each of them, proxies, each with power to appoint
his/her substitute, to vote all shares of stock which the Undersigned is
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Church & Dwight Co.,
Inc. to be held on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1994 at THE ASIA SOCIETY, 725
Park Avenue, New York, New York, at 11:00 a.m., and at all adjournments
thereof, upon such matters as may properly come before the meeting and the
following items on the reverse side hereof as set forth in the Notice of
Meeting and Proxy Statement.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN IN THE ACCOMPANYING
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side)
/X/ Please mark
votes as this
in blue or
black ink
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ACCOUNT NUMBER COMMON SHARES TOTAL VOTES
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A Vote FOR Items 1 and 2.
1-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees: John D. Leggett, III
Robert A. McCabe
Jarvis J. Slade
FOR
all nominees listed
(except as indicated WITHHOLD
to the contrary) for all
/ / / /
INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee(s), print such
nominee's name(s) in the following space:
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2-Approval of appointment of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors of the
company's 1994 financial statements.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST Items 3 AND 4
3-Stockholder proposal relating to the election of Directors annually and
not by class
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
4-Stockholder proposal relating to inclusiveness of minorities on the
Board of Directors
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
5-Transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting or any adjournments thereof.
Dated: , 1994
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Signature of Stockholder
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(Signature if held jointly)
PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME APPEARS ON
THIS CARD. WHEN SIGNING AS AN ATTORNEY,
EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR OR TRUSTEE, OR
FOR A CORPORATION, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR
FULL TITLE. FOR JOINT ACCOUNTS, EACH
OWNER SHOULD SIGN.
PLEASE SPECIFY CHOICE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
