UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.
20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section
13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934
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Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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October 12, 2007 |
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THE
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
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(Exact
name
of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Ohio
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1-434
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31-0411980
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(State
or
other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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One
Procter
& Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio
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45202
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(Address
of
principal executive offices)
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Zip
Code
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(513)
983-1100
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45202
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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Zip
Code
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
(17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM 5.02(d) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The
Board of
Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (the "Board") announced today that
Rajat K. Gupta, who was appointed to the Board on June 12, 2007, and elected
by
the Company’s shareholders at its annual meeting on October 9, 2007, has been
named to the Board's Audit and Innovation & Technology
Committees.
The
Board also
announced that it has dissolved the standing Finance Committee and decided
Committee assignments for the Board's four remaining standing Committees,
as
follows:
| Audit | Compensation & Leadership Development |
| John F. Smith, Jr. (Chair) | W. James McNerney, Jr. |
| Rajat K. Gupta | Scott D. Cook |
| Charles R. Lee | Charles R. Lee |
| Ralph Snyderman | Margaret C. Whitman |
| Governance & Public Responsibility | Innovation & Technology |
| Charles R. Lee (Chair) | Ralph Snyderman (Chair) |
| Lynn M. Martin | Scott D. Cook |
| W. James McNerney, Jr. | Rajat K. Gupta |
| John F. Smith, Jr. | Lynn M. Martin |
| Margaret C. Whitman | Johnathan A. Rodgers |
| Ernesto Zedillo | Ernesto Zedillo |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly
authorized.
THE
PROCTER & GAMBLE
COMPANY
BY:
/S/
ERIC
J. WUNSCH
Eric
J. Wunsch,
Assistant Secretary
Associate
General
Counsel
October
12,
2007