Colgate Declares Regular Quarterly Dividends.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003 The Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive The Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) is a U.S. diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products (including toothpaste and Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CL) declared quarterly cash dividends on the Company's common stock and $4.25 preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. . The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895.
Payment To Shareholders
Rate Date of Record as of
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Common Stock $.1800 02/14/03 02/03/03
$4.25 Preferred Stock $1.0625 03/31/03 03/17/03
Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Household Surface Care, Fabric 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 Speed Stick, Irish Spring Irish Spring is the name of a well-known deodorant soap, first marketed by the Colgate-Palmolive company in 1972. As the name would suggest, television advertisements are set in an "Irish village," with a male townsperson endorsing the product with such slogans as "Fresh and , Kolynos, Ajax, Soupline, Suavitel and Fab, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet pet foods. The full text of Colgate releases is available: Internet Address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. : http://www.colgate.com Shareholder Direct: 1-800-850-2654 E-mail: Investor_Relations@colpal.com |
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