01.13.06
Colgate-Palmolive Company elected J. Pedro Reinhard to it's Board of Directors. The former executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Dow Chemical Company most recently oversaw Dow's Latin America and AgroSciences businesses, holding a variety of senior international, financial and operating leadership positions at Dow since he began his career there in 1970 in Brazil. He served as Finance Director and vice president of Dow Europe and managing director of Dow in Italy. In 1988 Mr. Reinhard was appointed treasurer of The Dow Chemical Company and served as chief financial officer from 1995 to 2005 and executive vice president since 1996. Mr. Reinhard has been a director of The Dow Chemical Company since 1995.
Mr. Reinhard holds a degree from the Escola de Administracao de Empresas, da Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Cologne, Germany and Stanford University.
On another note, the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company declared quarterly cash dividends of $.29 per common share, payable on February 15, 2006, to shareholders of record on January 26, 2006. The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895.