On March 25, 2020, Colgate-Palmolive Company announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a proposal from John Chevedden, asking the board to take the steps necessary to amend the bylaws and each appropriate governing document to give holders in the aggregate of 10% of the outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareowner meeting at the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 8, 2020.