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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021665-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T16:49:00.638296+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate-Palmolive Board renews Executive Severance Plan with 3-year term and non-compete requirement

## Summary
- Plan renewed on September 13, 2023 for three years, subject to automatic one-year extensions unless Board decides otherwise.
- Eligible executives must now agree to a one-year post-employment non-compete clause to participate.
- Plan terms otherwise substantially unchanged from those described in the 2023 proxy statement.
- No executive departures, appointments, or changes in leadership were announced.
- Plan covers executives who can materially contribute to the company; benefits up to 24 months of severance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021665-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166523000034/0000021665-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166523000034/cl-20230915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-23-000034.txt

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