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<FONT size=2 face="serif"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 10, 2009</B></FONT></P>
<P align="right" style="border-bottom:4px double #000000;"><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>


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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">UNITED STATES </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151; </FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=4 face="serif">FORM S-8 </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT face="serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151; </FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=4 face="serif">COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Delaware</FONT></B>&nbsp;
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">13-1815595</FONT></B>&nbsp;
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT>&nbsp;
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer Identification</FONT>&nbsp;
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">incorporation or organization)</FONT>&nbsp;
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">No.)</FONT>&nbsp;
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;</FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="serif"> </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">300 Park Avenue </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">New York, New York 10022 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif"> </FONT><BR>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Colgate-Palmolive Company 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Full title of the plan)</FONT><B><FONT size=1 face="serif"> </FONT></B><BR>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Andrew D. Hendry </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Colgate-Palmolive Company </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">300 Park Avenue </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">New York, New York 10022 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT><BR>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">(212) 310-2000 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">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></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Large accelerated filer </FONT><FONT size=2 FACE=WINGDINGS>x</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Accelerated filer </FONT><FONT size=2 FACE=WINGDINGS>o</FONT></TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Non-accelerated filer </FONT><FONT size=2 FACE=WINGDINGS>o</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"> (Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Smaller reporting company </FONT><FONT size=2 FACE=WINGDINGS>o</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B>	</TD>


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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Proposed</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Proposed maximum</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Amount of</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Title of securities to be registered</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Amount to be</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">maximum offering</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
    </font></TD>
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">aggregate</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">registration</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">registered (1)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">price per share (2)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">offering price (2)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">fee</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Common stock, par value &#36;1.00 per share</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">11,500,000 shares</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36;70.22</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36;807,530,000</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36;</FONT><font size="2">45,060
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(1)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 	</font></TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that may become issuable under the plan as a result of a stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock.</FONT></P>	</TD>
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      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(2)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 	</font></TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Estimated solely for the purpose
    of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
    and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum offering price
    per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon
    the average of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s common stock
    as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2009.</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART I</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to each recipient of an award under the Colgate-Palmolive Company 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART II</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"> The following documents filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Commission are specifically incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (filed on February 27, 2009);</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">(b)</FONT>	</TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 (filed on April 30, 2009); and</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">(c)</FONT>	</TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s description of common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 1991, as modified by the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March
10, 2005.</FONT></P>	</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"> In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the filing date of this registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement except as indicated herein.</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable (the common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act).</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Reference is made to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other employees in
certain circumstances, and to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which provides for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances. Article Tenth of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, eliminates the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides indemnification to directors, officers and other employees of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL. The Company has also executed indemnification agreements with the directors, officers and certain other employees of the Company. Such indemnification agreements contain provisions which purport to provide indemnification,
where not limited by applicable law, for amounts paid by such individuals in settlement of shareholder derivative actions. Additionally, the Company maintains customary directors' and officers' liability insurance.</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption From Registration Claimed. </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif"> </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibits.</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif"> </FONT></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"> The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.  </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings. </FONT></B></P>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post- effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>	</TD>
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<P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To reflect in the prospectus any
    facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
    (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
    or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
    forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
    or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
    securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
    from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
    in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant </FONT></P>	</TD>
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    <TD width=89%><P align="justify"><FONT size=2 face="serif">to Rule 424(b)
          if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
          more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
          forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
          effective registration statement; and</FONT></P></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To include any material information with respect
        to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
        statement or any material change to such information in this registration
    statement;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Provided, however</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">,
    That:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
        not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information
        required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
        is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
        the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange
    Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" valign=top><FONT size=2 face="serif">That, for the purpose of determining any liability
        under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
        deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
        offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
        be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">bona
    fide </FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="2" valign=top><FONT size=2 face="serif">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
        amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
    at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(b) The registrant
    hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability
    under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">bona fide</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif"> offering thereof. </FONT></p>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Registrant. </FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 New York,
State of New York, on this 10th day of June, 2009.
</FONT></P>
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	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</FONT></B>&nbsp;	</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
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	<TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%">&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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	<TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%">&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD width="50%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="3%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">By:</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%" align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/
	  Ian Cook</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width="50%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="3%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">Ian Cook</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD width="50%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="3%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD width="50%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="3%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="47%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Executive Officer</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Executive Officer and Director:</FONT></P>
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    <TD width=45%></TD></TR>
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	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/
    Ian Cook</FONT></TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the
	    Board of Directors,</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">June 10, 2009</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Ian Cook</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">President and Chief
	    Executive Officer</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">(principal executive
	    officer)</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Financial Officer:</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/
    Stephen C. Patrick</FONT></TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Financial Officer (principal</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">June 10, 2009</FONT> </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Stephen C. Patrick</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">financial officer)</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Accounting Officer:</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD colspan=4>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/
	  Dennis J. Hickey</FONT></TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Vice President and Corporate</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">June 10, 2009</FONT> </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Dennis J. Hickey</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Controller (principal accounting</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">officer)</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">All Other Directors:</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">John T. Cahill*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">June 10, 2009</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
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	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Jill K. Conway*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Ellen M. Hancock*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">David W. Johnson*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Richard J. Kogan*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Delano E. Lewis*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">J. Pedro Reinhard*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
	<TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Stephen I. Sadove*</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="5%">&nbsp;	</TD>
	<TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
	<TD width="45%" align=left nowrap>&nbsp;	</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD width="3%" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">*By:</FONT></TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Andrew D.
    Hendry</FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap><FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Andrew D. Hendry<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Number</FONT></U>&nbsp;	</TD>
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<U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Description</FONT></U>&nbsp;	</TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of independent registered public accounting firm</FONT>&nbsp;	</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 10, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-1815595
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)
No.)
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300 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colgate-Palmolive Company 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Andrew D. Hendry
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Colgate-Palmolive Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 310-2000
(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
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate
registration
registered (1)
price per share (2)
offering price (2)
fee
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share
11,500,000 shares
$70.22
$807,530,000
$
45,060
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that may become issuable under the plan as a result of a stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose
    of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
    and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum offering price
    per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon
    the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's common stock
    as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2009.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to each recipient of an award under the Colgate-Palmolive Company 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.      Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company") with the Commission are specifically incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (filed on February 27, 2009);
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 (filed on April 30, 2009); and
(c)
The Company's description of common stock contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 1991, as modified by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March
10, 2005.
In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the filing date of this registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement except as indicated herein.
Item 4.      Description of Securities.
Not applicable (the common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act).
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Item 5.      Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.      Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Reference is made to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), which provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other employees in
certain circumstances, and to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which provides for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances. Article Tenth of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, eliminates the personal liability for monetary damages of directors under certain circumstances and provides indemnification to directors, officers and other employees of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL. The Company has also executed indemnification agreements with the directors, officers and certain other employees of the Company. Such indemnification agreements contain provisions which purport to provide indemnification,
where not limited by applicable law, for amounts paid by such individuals in settlement of shareholder derivative actions. Additionally, the Company maintains customary directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item 7.      Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.      Undertakings.
(a)
The registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post- effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any
    facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
    (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
    or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
    forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
    or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
    securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
    from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
    in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
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to Rule 424(b)
          if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
          more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
          forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
          effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect
        to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
        statement or any material change to such information in this registration
    statement;
Provided, however
,
    That:
(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
        not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information
        required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
        is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
        the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange
    Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability
        under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
        deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
        offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
        be deemed to be the initial
bona
    fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
        amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
    at the termination of the offering.
(b) The registrant
    hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability
    under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 New York,
State of New York, on this 10th day of June, 2009.
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
By:
/s/
	  Ian Cook
Ian Cook
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Principal Executive Officer and Director:
/s/
    Ian Cook
Chairman of the
	    Board of Directors,
June 10, 2009
Ian Cook
President and Chief
	    Executive Officer
(principal executive
	    officer)
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/
    Stephen C. Patrick
Chief Financial Officer (principal
June 10, 2009
Stephen C. Patrick
financial officer)
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/
	  Dennis J. Hickey
Vice President and Corporate
June 10, 2009
Dennis J. Hickey
Controller (principal accounting
officer)
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All Other Directors:
John T. Cahill*
June 10, 2009
Jill K. Conway*
Ellen M. Hancock*
David W. Johnson*
Richard J. Kogan*
Delano E. Lewis*
J. Pedro Reinhard*
Stephen I. Sadove*
*By:
/s/ Andrew D.
    Hendry
Andrew D. Hendry
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
23
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm
24
Powers of Attorney
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