efc7-1598_form8a12b.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Colgate-Palmolive
Company
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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13-1815595
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(State
of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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300
Park Avenue, New York, New
York
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10022
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
code)
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Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
to
be so registered
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Name
of each exchange on which
each
class is to be registered
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4.75%
Notes due 2014
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The
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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If
this
form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section
12(b)
of
the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c),
check
the
following box [ X ]
If
this
form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section
12(g)
of
the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d),
check
the
following box [ ]
Securities
Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-126987
Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act: None.
Item
1.
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Description
of Registrant’s Securities to be
Registered
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A
description of the 4.75% Notes due 2014 of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the
“Notes”) to be registered hereunder is contained in the “Description of the
Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities” set forth in the Registrant’s
Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus, respectively, each dated September 6,
2005
(filed as part of its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-126987) and pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended), and the “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Registrant’s
Pricing Supplement, dated June 6, 2007 (filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under Registration Statement No.
333-126987), which descriptions are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
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99(A)
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Indenture,
dated as of November 15, 1992, between Colgate-Palmolive Company
and The
Bank of New York, as trustee. (Registrant hereby incorporates
by reference Exhibit 4.1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-3
and
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on June 26, 1992, Registration
No.
33-48840).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE
COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ Edward
J. Filusch |
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Edward
J. Filusch |
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Vice
President and Corporate
Treasurer |
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Date:
June 8, 2007