SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| C/O COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY |
| 300 PARK AVENUE |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2010
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
[ CL ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| X |
Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| No Securities Owned |
0
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D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
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No Securities Owned
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No Securities Owned
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0
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D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
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| Remarks: |
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Nina D. Gillman as Agent for Helene D. Gayle |
03/12/2010 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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NEW YORK POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Helene D. Gayle, a
director of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company"), hereby constitute
and appoint Nina D. Gillman, Nina R. Huffman, Joyce M. McCarthy and J.
Thomas Yust, and each of them severally, as my true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent, each acting along with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any Form 3, 4 or 5 (and any and all amendments thereto)
to be filed by me pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 in connection with my ownership, either directly or indirectly, or
any change thereto, of securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary 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 attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in counterparts and all such
duly executed counterparts shall together constitute the same instrument.
This Power of Attorney shall not revoke any powers of attorney previously
executed by the undersigned principal. This Power of Attorney shall remain
in force and effect for as long as I continue to be an officer of the Company
or until earlier revoked by me in writing and shall not otherwise be affected
by my subsequent disability or incompetence. This Power of Attorney shall
not be revoked by any subsequent power of attorney that the undersigned
principal may execute, unless such subsequent power of attorney
specifically provides that it revokes this Power of Attorney by referring to
the date of the undersigned principal's execution of this Power of Attorney.
Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, this Power of
Attorney DOES NOT grant the attorneys-in-fact authority to spend the
undersigned principal's money or sell or dispose of the undersigned
principal's property during the undersigned principal's lifetime.
CAUTION TO THE PRINCIPAL: Your Power of Attorney is an
important document. As the "principal," you give the person whom you
choose (your "agent") authority to spend your money and sell or dispose of
your property during your lifetime without telling you. You do not lose your
authority to act even though you have given your agent similar authority.
When your agent exercises this authority, he or she must act
according to any instructions you have provided or, where there are no
specific instructions, in your best interest. "Important Information for the
Agent" at the end of this document describes your agent's responsibilities.
Your agent can act on your behalf only after signing the Power of
Attorney before a notary public.
You can request information from your agent at any time. If you are
revoking a prior Power of Attorney by executing this Power of Attorney,
you should provide written notice of the revocation to your prior agent(s)
and to the financial institutions where your accounts are located.
You can revoke or terminate your Power of Attorney at any time for
any reason as long as you are of sound mind. If you are no longer of sound
mind, a court can remove an agent for acting improperly.
Your agent cannot make health care decisions for you. You may
execute a "Health Care Proxy" to do this.
The law governing Powers of Attorney is contained in the New York
General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title 15. This law is available at a law
library, or online through the New York State Senate or Assembly websites,
www.senate.state.ny.us or www.assembly.state.ny.us.
If there is anything about this document that you do not understand,
you should ask a lawyer of your own choosing to explain it to you.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this instrument on
March 9, 2010.
Signed and Acknowledged:
/s/ Helene D. Gayle
Helene D. Gayle
STATE OF Georgia
COUNTY OF Cobb
On the 9th day of March in the year 2010 before me, the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared
Helene D. Gayle, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in
her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or
the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the
instrument.
/s/ Liesl Waldron
Notary Public
Liesl waldron
Notary Public, Cobb County, Georgia
My Commission Expires April 26, 2011
[REMAINDER OF PAGE LEFT BLANK]
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE AGENT: When you
accept the authority granted under this Power of Attorney, a special legal
relationship is created between you and the principal. This relationship
imposes on you legal responsibilities that continue until you resign or the
Power of Attorney is terminated or revoked. You must:
(1)
act according to any instructions from the principal, or, where there are
no instructions, in the principal's best interest;
(2)
avoid conflicts that would impair your ability to act in the principal's
best interest;
(3)
keep the principal's property separate and distinct from any assets you
own or control, unless otherwise permitted by law;
(4)
keep a record or all receipts, payments, and transactions conducted for
the principal; and
(5)
disclose your identity as an agent whenever you act for the principal by
writing or printing the principal's name and signing your own name as
"agent" in either of the following manner: (Principal's Name) by (Your
Signature) as Agent, or (your signature) as Agent for (Principal's
Name).
You may not use the principal's assets to benefit yourself or give
major gifts to yourself or anyone else unless the principal has specifically
granted you that authority in this Power of Attorney or in a Statutory Major
Gifts Rider attached to this Power of Attorney. If you have that authority,
you must act according to any instructions of the principal or, where there
are no such instructions, in the principal's best interest. You may resign by
giving written notice to the principal and to any co-agent, successor agent,
monitor if one has been named in this document, or the principal's guardian
if one has been appointed. If there is anything about this document or your
responsibilities that you do not understand, you should seek legal advice.
Liability of agent:
The meaning of the authority given to you is defined in New York's
General Obligations Law, Article 5, Title 15. If it is found that you have
violated the law or acted outside the authority granted to you in the Power of
Attorney, you may be liable under the law for your violation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned agents has
executed this instrument on the date indicated opposite his name.
[REMAINDER OF PAGE LEFT BLANK]
Signed and Acknowledged:
/s/ Nina D. Gillman
March 11, 2010
Nina D. Gillman
Agent and Attorney-in-Fact
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the 11th day of March in the year 2010 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Nina D. Gillman,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her
capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the
person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
/s/ Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public
Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01PA6082720
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires Feb. 5, 2011
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Signed and Acknowledged:
/s/Nina R. Huffman
March 11, 2010
Nina R. Huffman
Agent and Attorney-in-Fact
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the 11th day of March in the year 2010 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Nina R. Huffman,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her
capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the
person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
/s/ Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public
Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01PA6082720
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires Feb. 5, 2011
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires April 20, 2013
[REMAINDER OF PAGE LEFT BLANK]
Signed and Acknowledged:
/s/Joyce M. McCarthy
March 9, 2010
Joyce M. McCarthy
Agent and Attorney-in-Fact
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the 9th day of March in the year 2010 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Joyce M.
McCarthy, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the
within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in
her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or
the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the
instrument.
/s/ Kristine Hutchinson
Notary Public
Kristine Hutchinson
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 02HU6127183
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires May 23, 2013
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Signed and Acknowledged:
/s/ J. Thomas Yust
March 9, 2010
J. Thomas Yust
Agent and Attorney-in-Fact
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the 9th day of March in the year 2010 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared J.Thomas Yust,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her
capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the
person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
/s/ Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public
Dosmine Palmer Alexis
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01PA6082720
Qualified in Nassau County
Certificate filed in New York County
Commission Expires Feb. 5, 2011
