COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2006

Sep 6, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2006-09-01

Reporting Person: Marsili Daniel B (VP Global Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-09-01	Common Stock	M	849	$56.0938	Acquired	10464	Direct
2006-09-01	Common Stock	F	22	$60.35	Disposed	10442	Direct
2006-09-01	Common Stock	F	789	$60.35	Disposed	9653	Direct
2006-09-01	Common Stock	M	100	$55.815	Acquired	9753	Direct
2006-09-01	Common Stock	F	2	$60.35	Disposed	9751	Direct
2006-09-01	Common Stock	F	93	$60.35	Disposed	9658	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-09-01	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.0938	M	849	Disposed	2006-09-05	Common Stock (849)	Direct
2006-09-01	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$55.815	M	100	Disposed	2006-09-05	Common Stock (100)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	38	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 43 shares.