Edgar Filing: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

Date: October 30, 2007

/s/ STEPHEN C. PATRICK

Stephen C. Patrick

Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 30, 2007

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-644-2

13-1815595

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


300 Park Avenue, New York, NY		10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 310-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 30, 2007, Colgate-Palmolive Company issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. This press release is attached as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this document:


Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press release, dated October 30, 2007, issued by Colgate-Palmolive Company

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press release, dated October 30, 2007, issued by Colgate-Palmolive Company

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.