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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2016.</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Registration No.
        333-_______</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt solid" noWrap align=right width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp; </FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549
  <BR>____________</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>FORM S-8 <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><STRONG>____________<FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></STRONG></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6>THE CLOROX
  COMPANY<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter) </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>DELAWARE</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>31-0595760</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(State or other
        jurisdiction of</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(I.R.S.
        Employer</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>incorporation or
        organization)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Identification
        Number)</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1221 Broadway<BR>Oakland, California
  94612-1888<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(510)
  271-7000<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Address of Principal
  Executive Offices) </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">THE CLOROX COMPANY 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE
  PLAN<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Full Title of the Plans)
  </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Laura Stein</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <BR></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President -- General Counsel &amp; Corporate Affairs<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Clorox
  Company<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1221
  Broadway<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Oakland, California
  94612-1888<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(510)
  271-7000<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Name, address and telephone
  number including area code of agent for service) </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><STRONG>____________<FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></STRONG></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the
  registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
  filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="32%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Large accelerated
        filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG><FONT face=Wingdings>&#254;</FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="63%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Accelerated
        filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Non-accelerated
        filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT><STRONG> (Do
        not check if a smaller reporting company)</STRONG></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Smaller
        reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG><FONT face=Wingdings>o</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">____________</FONT></B></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Proposed Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Offering Price</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Aggregate</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="2%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title of Securities to be
        Registered (1)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="71%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Registered(2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Per Share(3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Offering Price(3)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="5%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Registration Fee</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="73%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common Stock, par value</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="73%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $1.00 per
        share</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>10,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: TRANSPARENT">$132.81</FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: TRANSPARENT">$1,328,100,000</FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="2%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: TRANSPARENT">$133,740</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In addition to the
        number of shares of the common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
        &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of The Clorox Company (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;)
        stated above, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number
        of options and other rights to acquire Common Stock, to be granted
        pursuant to The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the
        &#147;Plan&#148;).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there is also being
        registered such additional shares of the Common Stock that become
        available under the Plan in connection with changes in the number of
        shares of outstanding Common Stock because of events such as
        recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits,
        and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are
        converted or exchanged.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Calculated solely for
        the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
        and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed
        maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
        offering price are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
        of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
        on August <FONT STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: TRANSPARENT">15</FONT>, 2016.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>NOTE</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>This Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose
  of registering an additional 10,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of the
  Company, which may be issued pursuant to awards under the Plan. In accordance
  with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates herein
  by reference the Form S-8 filed by the Company with respect to the Plan on
  February 2, 2006 (SEC File No. 333-131487) and on February 12, 2014 (SEC File
  No. 333-193913), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated
  therein by reference (&#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). The Prior Registration
  Statements are currently effective. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="text-align: left"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8. Exhibits. </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="4%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit No.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="94%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Description</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as
        Exhibit 3(iii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        December 31, 1999, incorporated herein by
    reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws (amended and restated) of the Company
        (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 28,
        2015, incorporated herein by reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of General Counsel of the Company.
        <BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young
        LLP.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of General Counsel of the Company
        (included in Exhibit 5.1).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of attorney (included on signature
        page).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
        (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 2012, incorporated herein by
        reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
        of Performance Share Award Agreement under the Company&#146;s 2005 Stock
        Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
        for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, incorporated herein by
        reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
        under the Company&#146;s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to
        the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013,
        incorporated herein by reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
        of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement under the Company&#146;s 2005
        Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form
        10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, incorporated herein by
        reference).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Incorporated by reference.
  </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES
  </FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
  grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oakland, State of
  California, on this 16th day of August, 2016. </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="51%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THE CLOROX
  COMPANY</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">By:&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman">/s/ </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>B. Dorer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>B.
        Dorer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="49%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Executive
  Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF
  ATTORNEY</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints B. Dorer, S. M. Robb, L. Stein, and each
  of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him or her and in his
  or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
  amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
  do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by
  the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt; font-size: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="20%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Signature</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="52%" STYLE="border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Title</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="25%" STYLE="border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ R. H. Carmona</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>R.
        H. Carmona</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ S. C. Fleischer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>S.
        C. Fleischer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ G. J. Harad</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>G.
        J. Harad</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ E. Lee</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>E.
        Lee</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ R. W. Matschullat</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>R.
        W. Matschullat</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ J. Noddle</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>J.
        Noddle</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ R. Rebolledo</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>R.
        Rebolledo</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ P. Thomas-Graham</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>P.
        Thomas-Graham</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ C. M. Ticknor</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>C.
        M. Ticknor</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ C. J. Williams</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>C.
        J. Williams</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
  
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  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt; font-size: 10pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ A. D. D. Mackay</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>A.
        D. D. Mackay</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ B. Dorer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>B.
        Dorer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ S. M. Robb</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Vice President &#150; Chief Financial
        Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>S.
        M. Robb</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ T. Johnson</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Vice
        President &#150; Global Business Services and</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>August 16, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="20%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>T.
        Johnson</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="52%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting
        Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  
  
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=serif size=2>Exhibit Index</FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="4%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Exhibit No.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="94%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Description</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as
        Exhibit 3(iii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        December 31, 1999, incorporated herein by
    reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws (amended and restated) of the Company
        (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 28,
        2015, incorporated herein by reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of General Counsel of the Company.
        <BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young
        LLP.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of General Counsel of the Company
        (included in Exhibit 5.1).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of attorney (included on signature
        page).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
        (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 2012, incorporated herein by
        reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form
        of Performance Share Award Agreement under the Company&#146;s 2005 Stock
        Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
        for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, incorporated herein by
        reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="94%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
        under the Company&#146;s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to
        the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013,
        incorporated herein by reference).<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.4</FONT></TD>
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        of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement under the Company&#146;s 2005
        Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form
        10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, incorporated herein by
        reference).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: As filed with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2016.
  Registration No.
        333-_______
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ____________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ____________
  THE CLOROX
  COMPANY
  (Exact name of registrant as
  specified in its charter)
  DELAWARE
  31-0595760
  (State or other
        jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S.
        Employer
  incorporation or
        organization)
  Identification
        Number)
  1221 Broadway
  Oakland, California
  94612-1888
  (510)
  271-7000
  (Address of Principal
  Executive Offices)
  THE CLOROX COMPANY 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE
  PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plans)
  Laura Stein
  Executive Vice President -- General Counsel & Corporate Affairs
  The Clorox
  Company
  1221
  Broadway
  Oakland, California
  94612-1888
  (510)
  271-7000
  (Name, address and telephone
  number including area code of agent for service)
  ____________
  Indicate by check mark whether the
  registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
  filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated
        filer
  þ
  Accelerated
        filer
  o
  Non-accelerated
        filer
  o
  (Do
        not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller
        reporting company
  o
  ____________
  CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Title of Securities to be
        Registered (1)
  Registered(2)
  Per Share(3)
  Offering Price(3)
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, par value
  $1.00 per
        share
  10,000,000
  $132.81
  $1,328,100,000
  $133,740
  (1)
  In addition to the
        number of shares of the common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
        "Common Stock") of The Clorox Company (the "Company" or "Registrant")
        stated above, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number
        of options and other rights to acquire Common Stock, to be granted
        pursuant to The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the
        "Plan").
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there is also being
        registered such additional shares of the Common Stock that become
        available under the Plan in connection with changes in the number of
        shares of outstanding Common Stock because of events such as
        recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits,
        and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are
        converted or exchanged.
  (3)
  Calculated solely for
        the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
        and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed
        maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate
        offering price are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
        of the Company's Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
        on August
  15
  , 2016.
  NOTE
  This Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose
  of registering an additional 10,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of the
  Company, which may be issued pursuant to awards under the Plan. In accordance
  with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates herein
  by reference the Form S-8 filed by the Company with respect to the Plan on
  February 2, 2006 (SEC File No. 333-131487) and on February 12, 2014 (SEC File
  No. 333-193913), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated
  therein by reference ("Prior Registration Statements"). The Prior Registration
  Statements are currently effective.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  *
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as
        Exhibit 3(iii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        December 31, 1999, incorporated herein by
    reference).
  4.2
  *
  Bylaws (amended and restated) of the Company
        (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 28,
        2015, incorporated herein by reference).
  5.1
  Opinion of General Counsel of the Company.
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young
        LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of General Counsel of the Company
        (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of attorney (included on signature
        page).
  99.1
  *
  The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
        (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 2012, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  99.2
  *
  Form
        of Performance Share Award Agreement under the Company's 2005 Stock
        Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
        for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  99.3
  *
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
        under the Company's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to
        the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013,
        incorporated herein by reference).
  99.4
  *
  Form
        of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement under the Company's 2005
        Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form
        10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  *Incorporated by reference.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
  grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oakland, State of
  California, on this 16th day of August, 2016.
  THE CLOROX
  COMPANY
  By:
  /s/
  B. Dorer
  B.
        Dorer
  Chief Executive
  Officer
  POWER OF
  ATTORNEY
  Each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints B. Dorer, S. M. Robb, L. Stein, and each
  of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
  power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him or her and in his
  or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
  amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
  do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
  in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute
  or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by
  the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ R. H. Carmona
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  R.
        H. Carmona
  /s/ S. C. Fleischer
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  S.
        C. Fleischer
  /s/ G. J. Harad
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  G.
        J. Harad
  /s/ E. Lee
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  E.
        Lee
  /s/ R. W. Matschullat
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  R.
        W. Matschullat
  /s/ J. Noddle
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  J.
        Noddle
  /s/ R. Rebolledo
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  R.
        Rebolledo
  /s/ P. Thomas-Graham
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  P.
        Thomas-Graham
  /s/ C. M. Ticknor
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  C.
        M. Ticknor
  /s/ C. J. Williams
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  C.
        J. Williams
  /s/ A. D. D. Mackay
  Director
  August 16, 2016
  A.
        D. D. Mackay
  /s/ B. Dorer
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  August 16, 2016
  B.
        Dorer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ S. M. Robb
  Executive Vice President – Chief Financial
        Officer
  August 16, 2016
  S.
        M. Robb
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ T. Johnson
  Vice
        President – Global Business Services and
  August 16, 2016
  T.
        Johnson
  Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting
        Officer)
  Exhibit Index
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  *
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as
        Exhibit 3(iii) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        December 31, 1999, incorporated herein by
    reference).
  4.2
  *
  Bylaws (amended and restated) of the Company
        (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 28,
        2015, incorporated herein by reference).
  5.1
  Opinion of General Counsel of the Company.
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young
        LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of General Counsel of the Company
        (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of attorney (included on signature
        page).
  99.1
  *
  The Clorox Company 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
        (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 2012, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  99.2
  *
  Form
        of Performance Share Award Agreement under the Company's 2005 Stock
        Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
        for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  99.3
  *
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
        under the Company's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.13 to
        the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013,
        incorporated herein by reference).
  99.4
  *
  Form
        of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement under the Company's 2005
        Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Annual Report on Form
        10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, incorporated herein by
        reference).
  *Incorporated by reference.