COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Aug 11, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2005-08-09

Reporting Person: KOGAN RICHARD J (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-08-09	Common Stock	M	4000	$19.8438	Acquired	32312	Direct
2005-08-09	Common Stock	F	1509	$52.63	Disposed	30803	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-08-09	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.8438	M	4000	Disposed	2006-03-14	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.

F2: Payment of exercise price of stock option by delivering or withholding shares of stock incident to the exercise of the option under the issuer's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.

F3: As a result of the reported transactions, the reporting person's Common Stock ownership has increased by 2491 shares.

F4: Option became exercisable in one-third increments on each anniversary date, with the first third becoming exercisable on the date shown in this column.