EXHIBIT 21 Parent and Subsidiaries Principal Owners of the Company's Stock Information pertaining to the percentages of the Company's outstanding common stock, par value $1 per share and Class B common stock, par value $1 per share, held by certain principal stockholders of the Company is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 16, 1996, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the caption "Principal Stockholders". Subsidiaries of the Company The following is a list of the active subsidiaries of the Company showing the jurisdiction of incorporation and the percentage of voting securities owned by the Company or by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company as of March 31, 1996: Jurisdiction Percentage of of Voting Name of Corporation Incorporation Securities - ------------------- ------------- ---------- Carter-Wallace, N.S. Inc. Delaware 100% Carter-Wallace, O.S. Inc. Delaware 100% Carter-Wallace Limited England 100% Carter-Wallace (Australia) Pty, Limited Australia 100% Carter-Wallace, S.A. Mexico 100% Carter-Wallace FSC Corp. Virgin Islands 100% Frank W. Horner Inc. Canada 100% Icart, S.A. Spain 100% International Biological Laboratories, Inc. Maryland 95% Laboratoires Fumouze, S.A. France 100% Sante Beaute S.A. France 100% Sofibel S.A.R.L. France 100% S.p.A. Italiana Laboratori Bouty Italy 100% Technogenetics S.r.l. Italy 100% Tripharma S.A.R.L. France 100% All of the above subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.