As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2011
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
To
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE
COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification |
300
Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address of
principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colgate-Palmolive
Company Employees Savings and Investment Plan
(Full title of
the plan)
Andrew
D. Hendry
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Name and
address of agent for service)
(212)
310-2000
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Peter J. Romeo
C. Alex Bahn
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On December 28, 2010, Colgate-Palmolive Company (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-171448) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Original Registration Statement”). The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) for the sole purpose of updating the Exhibit Index to include the consent of Grant Thornton LLP for the purpose of incorporating by reference that firm's audit report contained in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees’ Savings & Investment Plan for the year ended December 31, 2009. This Amendment does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Original Registration Statement other than Exhibit 23 as set forth below and filed herewith.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Item 8. |
Exhibits. |
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 28th day of July, 2011.
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY |
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/s/ Ian Cook |
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Ian Cook |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Principal Executive Officer and Director:
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/s/ Ian Cook |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
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Ian Cook |
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Principal Financial Officer: |
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/s/ Dennis J. Hickey |
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Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) |
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Dennis J. Hickey |
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Principal Accounting Officer: |
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/s/ Victoria L. Dolan |
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Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer) |
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Victoria L. Dolan |
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All Other Directors: |
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John T. Cahill* |
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Helene D. Gayle* |
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Ellen M. Hancock* |
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Joseph Jimenez* |
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Richard J. Kogan* |
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Delano E. Lewis* |
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J. Pedro Reinhard* |
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Stephen I. Sadove* |
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/s/ Andrew D. Hendry |
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Andrew D. Hendry |
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 28th day of July, 2011.
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/s/ Dennis J. Hickey |
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Dennis J. Hickey |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Colgate-Palmolive Company |
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By: |
/s/ Victoria L. Dolan |
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Victoria L. Dolan |
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Vice President and Corporate Controller |
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Colgate-Palmolive Company |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP* |
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP* |
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Powers of Attorney. (Registrant hereby incorporates by reference Exhibit 24 to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 28, 2010, Registration No. 333-171448). |
* Filed herewith.