Colgate-Palmolive announces dividend pay-outs

NEW YORK Colgate-Palmolive’s board of directors has declared quarterly cash dividends of 40 cents per common share.

The dividends are payable on Nov. 14, 2008, to shareholders of record on Oct. 24, 2008, the company said.

Colgate has paid uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895.