COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2006

Sep 1, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2006-08-30

Reporting Person: FILUSCH EDWARD J (Vice President and Treasurer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-08-30	Common Stock	M	4051	$58.64	Acquired	18372	Direct
2006-08-30	Common Stock	F	19	$59.46	Disposed	18353	Direct
2006-08-30	Common Stock	F	3996	$59.46	Disposed	14357	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-08-30	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$58.64	M	4051	Disposed	2006-09-05	Common Stock (4051)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	616	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan.

F2: Payment of tax liability by delivering or withholding shares of stock incident to the exercise of the option under the issuer's employee stock option plan.

F3: 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 employee stock option plan.

F4: As a result of the reported transactions, the reporting person's Common Stock ownership has increased by 36 shares.