UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

T	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2004

OR

£	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the transition period from                to               

Commission File Number   1-07151

THE CLOROX COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(510) 271-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                                                                                                                                                        
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

           Yes        X                                         No                

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)

           Yes        X                                         No                    

As of December 31, 2004, there were 153,385,982 shares outstanding of the registrant's common stock (par value - $1.00), the registrant's only outstanding class of stock.

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 only to re-file Exhibit 10 in response to comments we received from the Securities and Exchange Commission on a confidential treatment request we made for certain portions of the exhibit in our original Form 10-Q. The re-filed exhibit discloses portions that had previously been redacted pursuant to our request for confidential treatment.

 

This Amendment No. 1 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of our original Form 10-Q or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. No other modifications or changes have been made to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 as originally filed or the exhibits filed therewith.

 

S I G N A T U R E

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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                                                              THE CLOROX COMPANY

                                                                               (Registrant)

DATE:  April 26, 2005                                   BY        /s/ Thomas D. Johnson

                                                                              Thomas D. Johnson

                                                                              Vice-President – Controller

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Title
10	Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement dated as of January 31, 2003 between The Glad Products Company and certain affiliates and The Procter & Gamble Company and certain affiliates **
31-1	Certification by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31-2	Certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

**          Confidential treatment has been requested for the redacted portions of this agreement.  A complete copy of the agreement, including the redacted portion, has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission