On April 15, 2021, Colgate-Palmolive Company filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, requesting the Board of Directors to adopt as policy, and amend the bylaws as necessary, to require the Chair of the Board of Directors, whenever possible, to be an independent member of the Board, at the Company’s 2021 annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 7, 2021.