COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Nov 18, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2009-11-16

Reporting Person: HICKEY DENNIS J (VP, Corporate Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-11-16	Common Stock	M	18000	$48.0625	Acquired	124499	Direct
2009-11-16	Common Stock	F	14061	$82.40	Disposed	110438	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-11-16	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$48.0625	M	18000	Disposed	2010-09-14	Common Stock (18000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3748	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of 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.