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) May 4, 2018


COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

 

1-644

 

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


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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 4, 2018, the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the “Company”) elected Mr. Henning I. Jakobsen to the position of Chief Financial Officer.  In this capacity Mr. Jakobsen will continue to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer.  Mr. Dennis J. Hickey, 69, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2011, will continue as the Vice Chairman of the Company.  

Mr. Jakobsen, 57, has served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since October 2017.   Mr. Jakobsen joined the Company in 1989 and held key financial and operating roles at the subsidiary and division levels, including Vice President, Finance for the Company’s U.S. operations, before leaving the Company in 2006 to become Chief Financial Officer of Chr. Hansen, a Denmark-based multinational bioscience organization.  Mr. Jakobsen rejoined the Company in 2011 to lead the Finance and Strategic Planning function of its European Division and served as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s Nordic Hub from 2014 to September 2017.

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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.

 

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

 
 

Date:

May 4, 2018

By:

/s/ Jennifer M. Daniels

Name:

Jennifer M. Daniels

Title:

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

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