COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Nov 19, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2009-11-17

Reporting Person: TANGNEY MICHAEL J (COO Europe, Gr. Asia & Africa)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-11-17	Common Stock	M	50000	$64.75	Acquired	467925	Direct
2009-11-17	Common Stock	F	44266	$82.84	Disposed	423659	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-11-17	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$64.75	M	50000	Disposed	2010-01-13	Common Stock (50000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	18586	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: The exercise price of the options and related withholding requirement was satisfied by the Company's withholding shares otherwise deliverable upon exercise of the options.