Colgate Elects J. Pedro Reinhard to Board of Directors and Declares Regular Quarterly Dividends
January 12 2006 - 8:54AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Colgate-Palmolive
Company (NYSE:CL) announced today that J. Pedro Reinhard, former
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Dow
Chemical Company, has been elected to Colgate's Board of Directors.
Mr. Reinhard brings extensive global business experience to the
Colgate Board from his long service at Dow. Having most recently
overseen Dow's Latin America and AgroSciences businesses, he has
held a variety of senior international, financial and operating
leadership positions at Dow since he began his career there in 1970
in Brazil. He served as Finance Director of Dow Europe, Vice
President of Dow Europe and Managing Director of Dow in Italy. In
1988 Mr. Reinhard was appointed Treasurer of The Dow Chemical
Company and subsequently served as Chief Financial Officer from
1995 to 2005 and Executive Vice President since 1996. Mr. Reinhard
has been a director of The Dow Chemical Company since 1995. Mr.
Reinhard holds a degree from the Escola de Administracao de
Empresas, da Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and
completed postgraduate studies at the University of Cologne,
Germany and Stanford University. Separately, the Board of Directors
of Colgate-Palmolive Company today declared quarterly cash
dividends of $.29 per common share, payable on February 15, 2006,
to shareholders of record on January 26, 2006. The Company has paid
uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895. *** About
Colgate-Palmolive: Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer
products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home
Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200
countries and territories around the world under such
internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive,
Mennen, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, Elmex,
Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and
Hill's Prescription Diet pet foods. For more information about
Colgate's global business, visit the Company's web site at
http://www.colgate.com/. DATASOURCE: Colgate-Palmolive Company
CONTACT: Bina Thompson, +1-212-310-3072, or Hope Spiller,
+1-212-310- 2291, both for Colgate-Palmolive Web site:
http://www.colgate.com/
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