SEC Company Response from COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL) (CIK 0000021665) (CL) — Sep 1, 2005
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL) (CIK 0000021665)
Date: Sept. 1, 2005 · CIK: 0000021665 · Accession: 0000950117-05-003536
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File numbers found in text: 333-126987
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[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:
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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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