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accession: "0000021665-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CL"
cik: "0000021665"
company_name: "COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T11:04:54.757192+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Colgate annual meeting elects directors, approves auditor, rejects proposals

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected, including CEO Noel Wallace who received 580.9M votes for.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved with 643.2M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 581.6M votes for.
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chairman rejected (188.3M for, 445.7M against).
- Shareholder proposal on plastic packaging policies rejected (18.5M for, 612.4M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021665-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CL
- cik: 0000021665
- company_name: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166525000022/0000021665-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21665/000002166525000022/cl-20250514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-25-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-25-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021665-25-000022.txt

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