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Church & Dwight Buys Unilever U.S. Oral Care Brands for $104 Million

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Arm & Hammer parent company Church & Dwight Co. has agreed to buy the U.S. and Canadian oral care brands of Unilever NV for $104 million, plus additional performance-based cash payments of between $5 million and $12 million at a later date.The businesses, which include Mentadent toothpaste and toothbrushes, Pepsodent and Aim toothpaste, and the exclusive licensing rights to Close-Up toothpaste, recorded sales of $61 million in the first six months of 2003. Unilever put the brands up fo...

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