UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Minton, Dwight C.
469 North Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-5297
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/2000
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 10/06/2000 M 1000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/06/2000 S -1000 D $18.187500 D
Common Stock 10/11/2000 M 1000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/11/2000 S -1000 D $18.312500 D
Common Stock 10/13/2000 M 1000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/13/2000 S -1000 D $18.000000 D
Common Stock 10/16/2000 M 1000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/16/2000 S -1000 D $18.500000 D
Common Stock 10/27/2000 M 2000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/27/2000 S -1000 D $19.000000 D
Common Stock 10/27/2000 S -1000 D $19.125000 D
Common Stock 10/30/2000 M 2000 A $8.250000 D
Common Stock 10/30/2000 S -2000 D $19.500000 89113 D
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TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stock Option $8.25 10/06/2000 M 1000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 1000 $0.000000 D
Stock
Stock Option $8.25 10/11/2000 M 1000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 1000 $0.000000 D
Stock
Stock Option $8.25 10/13/2000 M 1000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 1000 $0.000000 D
Stock
Stock Option $8.25 10/16/2000 M 1000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 1000 $0.000000 D
Stock
Stock Option $8.25 10/27/2000 M 2000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 2000 $0.000000 D
Stock
Stock Option $8.25 10/30/2000 M 2000 11/28/1993 11/28/2000 Common 2000 $0.000000 2364 D
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Dwight C. Minton
DATE
11/13/2000
