COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Sep 12, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

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

Reporting Person: TERUEL JAVIER G (Vice Chairman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-09-08	Common Stock	A	5834	—	Acquired	267219	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-09-08	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$53.455	A	105000	Acquired	2011-09-08	Common Stock (105000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8913	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Annual restricted stock award granted under the issuer's Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.

F2: Annual Stock Option granted under the issuer's 2005 Employee Stock Option Plan.

F3: Option becomes exercisable in one-third increments on each anniversary date, with the first third becoming exercisable on the date shown in this column.