-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AArRWfRJiDEEf4pii6ouAdcTF6LTYq2+XHfKryflPD2WufhRvM4tr+cHd8yrRYlC N+On4wU3JYWJYHZz69Ft6w== 0000950117-05-003536.txt : 20060711 0000950117-05-003536.hdr.sgml : 20060711 20050901171402 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950117-05-003536 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050901 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000021665 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844] IRS NUMBER: 131815595 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123102000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 PARK AVE STREET 2: 14TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

[Letterhead of Nina D. Gillman, Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Colgate-Palmolive Company]

 

 

 

September 1, 2005

 

 

Via EDGAR

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Attn: Errol Sanderson

 

Re:

Colgate-Palmolive Company

 

 

Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

 

File No. 333-126987                            

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Colgate-Palmolive Company (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated to Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 4.00 pm (Eastern Daylight Savings Time), or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Company acknowledges the following:
   
• should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
   
• the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
   
• the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under  the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

 


 

 

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

September 1, 2005

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Please contact the undersigned or Joyce McCarthy at (212) 310-2550 with any questions you may have.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

 

 

By: ___/s/ Nina D. Gillman___________________

 

Nina D. Gillman
Vice President, Senior Associate General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

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