COLGATE PALMOLIVE Co: Colgate Webcast

Colgate-Palmolive Company to Webcast Presentation at  
                the Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium 
 
    NEW YORK, May 3, 2005 -- Colgate-Palmolive Chief Operating Officer, Ian Cook 
will present on Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at 8:00 a.m. ET, at the Goldman Sachs 
Consumer Products Symposium.   
    Investors may access a live webcast of this presentation on Colgate's 
Internet site at http://www.colgate.com on Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at  
8:00 a.m. ET.  For those unable to participate during the live webcast, the 
webcast will be made available through the For Investors page of Colgate's web 
site. 
 
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    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 and Fab, 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. 
 
    This press release and the related webcast (other than historical 
information) may contain forward-looking statements.  Actual events or results 
may differ materially from those statements.  Investors should consult the 
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the 
information set forth under the caption 'Cautionary Statement on Forward-
Looking Statements' in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
2004) for information about factors that could cause such differences.  Copies 
of these filings may be obtained upon request from the Company's Investor 
Relations Department or the Company's web site at http://www.colgate.com. 
 
SOURCE  Colgate-Palmolive 
    -0-                             05/03/2005 
    /CONTACT:  Bina Thompson, [phone] or Hope Spiller, [phone], 
both of Colgate-Palmolive/ 
    /Web site:  http://www.colgate.com / 
    (CL) 




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