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
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | October 12, 2007 |
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Ohio | 1-434 | 31-0411980 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
| One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio | 45202 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | Zip Code |
| (513) 983-1100 | 45202 | |
| (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | Zip Code |
o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
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