Company: CL
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000223
Chunk: 54

Company: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 54
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 so that we receive it by the deadline. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability, you can request a printed      
 copy of your proxy materials by following the instructions contained in the notice. If you sign and return your proxy card          
 but do not specify how to vote, we will vote your shares in favor of each of the Board’s nominees for director, the                 
 ratification of the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm and the advisory vote on executive compensation, 
 and against the two stockholder proposals.                                                                                          |

| 2025            
 Proxy Statement | 71 |

Questions and Answers About Our Annual Meeting

| How                                             
 can I vote my shares during the Annual Meeting? |

As described in more detail below under “How can I participate in the Annual Meeting?”, this year’s Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting, conducted on the following website: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CL2025 (the “Annual Meeting Website”). If you would like to vote at the Annual Meeting, please follow the instructions that will be available on the Annual Meeting Website during the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other holder of record, you should follow the instructions provided by your bank, broker or other holder of record to be able to vote electronically at the meeting. Voting by proxy, whether by internet, telephone or mail, will not limit your right to vote electronically at the Annual Meeting. However, if you vote by proxy and also participate in the meeting, there is no need to vote electronically at the meeting unless you would like to change your vote.

| How                                      
 can I participate in the Annual Meeting? |

Participation in the Annual Meeting is limited to holders of Common Stock on March 10, 2025, the record date for voting at the Annual Meeting. Upon consideration of various factors, including the cost savings and efficiency gains related to annual meetings conducted solely by means of remote communications and the increased accessibility for stockholders and other stakeholders afforded by a virtual meeting as compared to a physical meeting, we have planned for this year’s Annual Meeting to be a virtual-only meeting, conducted via live webcast through the Annual Meeting Website. You will have the same rights and opportunities to participate as you would have at a physical annual meeting, including voting your shares electronically and submitting questions during the meeting. To participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number found on your Notice of Internet Availability, your proxy card or the instructions that accompany your proxy materials. If you