Colgate-Palmolive Company 2008 Annual Report

Corporate Offices
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-7499
(212) 310-2000

Stock Exchanges
The common stock of Colgate-Palmolive Company is listed and traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CL and on other world exchanges including Frankfurt, London, Zurich and Euronext.

SEC and NYSE Certifications
The certifications of Colgate’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, have been filed as exhibits to Colgate’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, in 2008, Colgate’s Chief Executive Officer submitted the annual certification to the NYSE regarding Colgate’s compliance with the NYSE corporate governance listing standards.

Transfer Agent and Registrar
Our transfer agent can assist you with a variety of shareholder services, including change of address, transfer of stock to another person, questions about dividend checks, direct deposit of dividends and Colgate’s Direct Stock Purchase Plan:

Direct Stock Purchase Plan
A Direct Stock Purchase Plan is available through The Bank of New York Mellon, our transfer agent. The Plan includes dividend reinvestment

options, offers optional cash investments by check or automatic monthly payments, as well as many other features. If you would like to learn more about the Plan or to enroll, please visit the web site indicated above or contact our transfer agent, at 1-800-756-8700 to request a Plan brochure and the forms needed to start the process.

Annual Meeting
Colgate shareholders are invited to attend our annual meeting. It will be held on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Broadway Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Sixth Floor, Broadway at 45th Street, New York, NY. Even if you plan to attend the meeting, please vote by proxy. You may do so by using the telephone, the Internet or your proxy card.

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Communications to the
Board of Directors
Shareholders and other interested parties are encouraged to communicate directly with the Company’s independent directors by sending an e-mail to directors@colpal.com or by writing to Directors, c/o Office of the General Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 300 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022-7499. Shareholders and other interested parties may also communicate with individual independent directors and committee chairs by writing to them at the above mailing address, in care of the Office of the General Counsel. Under procedures established by the Company’s independent directors, each letter and e-mail sent in accordance with these instructions is reviewed by the Legal Department and, unless such communications fall within certain categories (which are listed on the “Contact the Board” page at www.colgate. com), distributed to all of the independent directors or to individual directors, as appropriate, with copies to the Office of the Chairman.

Financial Information
Financial results, dividend news and SEC filings are available on Colgate’s Internet site: www.colgate.com.

Colgate also offers earnings information, dividend news and other corporate announcements toll-free at 1-800-850-2654. The information can be read to the caller and can also be received by mail or fax.

Investor Relations/Reports
Copies of annual reports, press releases, company brochures, Forms 10-K and other filings and publications are available without charge from the Investor Relations Department:

• by mail, directed to the corporate address
• by e-mail, investor_relations@colpal.com
• by calling 1-800-850-2654 or by calling
  Investor Relations at (212) 310-2575

Individual investors with other requests:

• please write Investor Relations at the
  corporate address or
• call (212) 310--2575

Institutional Investors:

• call Bina Thompson at (212) 310--3072

Other Reports
You can obtain a copy of Colgate’s World Fact Sheet, Code of Conduct, Advertising Placement Policy Statement, Product Safety Research Policy, Quality Policy, HIV/ AIDS Policy Statement, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety Policy, Colgate’s Global Diversity and Our History by writing to Consumer Affairs at Colgate-Palmolive Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022-7499. Colgate: Respecting The World Around Us – Living Our Values For Sustainability is available on Colgate’s Internet site at www.colgate.com.

Consumer Affairs
For Oral, Personal and Home Care
1-800-468-6502
For Hill’s Pet Nutrition
1-800-445-5777

Corporate Communications
(212) 310-2199

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