EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description Page
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23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants for the Company.
24 Powers of Attorney.
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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our reports dated February 1, 1995
included in and incorporated by reference in Colgate-Palmolive Company's Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
New York, New York
December 4, 1995
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Vernon R. Alden, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M.
Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement
of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 28th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Vernon R. Alden
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Name: Vernon R. Alden
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Jill K. Conway, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M.
Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement
of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Jill K. Conway
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Name: Jill K. Conway
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Ronald E. Ferguson, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert
M. Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration
Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other
appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive
Company Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional
shares of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible
Preference Stock which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing
Registration Statement and any other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any
of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Ronald E. Ferguson
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Name: Ronald E. Ferguson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Ellen M. Hancock, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M.
Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement
of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Ellen M. Hancock
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Name: Ellen M. Hancock
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, John P. Kendall, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M.
Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement
of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ John P. Kendall
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Name: John P. Kendall
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Delano E. Lewis, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M.
Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement
of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 30th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Delano E. Lewis
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Name: Delano E. Lewis
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Howard B. Wentz, Jr., do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert
M. Agate and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration
Statement of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other
appropriate forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive
Company Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional
shares of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible
Preference Stock which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing
Registration Statement and any other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any
of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Howard B. Wentz, Jr.
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Name: Howard B. Wentz, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
I, Reuben Mark, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Robert M. Agate
and Andrew D. Hendry, and each of them, as my attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to execute for me and on my behalf a Registration Statement of
Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") on Form S-8, or other appropriate
forms relating to the issuance, pursuant to the Colgate-Palmolive Company
Employees Savings and Investment Plan, as amended, of 20,000 additional shares
of Common Stock and an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preference Stock
which may be converted into shares of Common Stock, and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the foregoing Registration Statement
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary and proper to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, I have executed this Power of Attorney this 29th
day of November, 1995.
/s/ Reuben Mark
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Name: Reuben Mark
