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<ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 5 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2019-12-31 </periodOfReport> |
| <form3HoldingsReported> 0 </form3HoldingsReported> |
| <form4TransactionsReported> 0 </form4TransactionsReported> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000313927 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> CHD </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001102912 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> CUGINE STEVEN P </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> EWING </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NJ </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 08628 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isOfficer> 1 </isOfficer> |
| | | <officerTitle> EVP New Products & Pres Int'l </officerTitle> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 24461.891 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | <nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 6531.412 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F2"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> I </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> Prft Shring/saving Plan Trust </value> |
| </natureOfOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <derivativeTable> |
| | <derivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Phantom Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <footnoteId id="F3"/> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <value> 1988-08-08 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F4"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <value> 1988-08-08 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F4"/> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 12187.358 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 12187.358 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F5"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </derivativeHolding> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Holdings have been adjusted to reflect dividends paid to the reporting person under the dividend reinvestment plan. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Holdings have been adjusted to reflect shares added to reporting person's Savings and Profit Sharing account. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> The phantom stock shares convert to common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> The phantom stock shares were acquired under the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled in cash at such time as prescribed by the Plan. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F5"> Holdings have been adjusted to reflect dividends paid to the reporting person under the Deferred Compensation Plan. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Cristina Paradiso, attorney-in-fact for Steven P. Cugine </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-02-05 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |