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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of the report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2012

 

 

 

LOGO

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-10585   13-4996950

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

469 North Harrison Street, Princeton, New Jersey   08543
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

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

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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ITEM 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On September 26, 2012, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the “Company”) closed an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”). The Notes are being issued under the second supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated September 26, 2012, to the indenture, dated December 15, 2010 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The Notes were issued to partially fund the previously announced acquisition of Avid Health, Inc. (the “Acquisition”).

Interest on the Notes is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning April 1, 2013. The Notes will mature on October 1, 2022, unless earlier retired or redeemed as described below.

The Company may redeem the Notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, prior to their maturity date at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture), plus 20 basis points. In addition, if the Company undergoes a Change of Control (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture), and if, generally within 60 days thereafter, the Notes are rated below investment grade by each of the rating agencies designated in the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may be required to offer to repurchase the Notes at 101% of par plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase.

In addition, if the Acquisition is not consummated on or before March 31, 2013, or the Acquisition Agreement (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) is terminated prior to such date, the Company will be required to redeem all of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture).

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equal in right of payment to the Company’s other senior unsecured debt from time to time outstanding. The Notes are effectively subordinated to any secured debt the Company incurs to the extent of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and will be structurally subordinated to all future and existing obligations of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture contain covenants with respect to the Company that, among other things, restrict the creation of liens, sale-leaseback transactions, consolidations, mergers and dispositions of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.

In addition, the Company has agreed to cause each subsidiary that guarantees its obligations under its senior credit facility to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes on a senior unsecured basis. Currently, none of the Company’s subsidiaries guarantee the Company’s obligations under its senior credit facility.

This description of the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full and complete terms of the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

   

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2010, between Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2010.
  4.2    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2012, between Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to the 2.875% Notes due 2022.
  5.1    Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP relating to the Notes.
12.1    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1    Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
99.1    Information relating to Item 14 of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-166762).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
Date: September 26, 2012   By:  

/s/ Matthew T. Farrell

  Name:   Matthew T. Farrell
  Title:   Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer