COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Nov 17, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2009-11-13

Reporting Person: Gillman Nina D (VP-Dep Gen Counsel & Asst Sec)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-11-13	Common Stock	M	8500	$56.675	Acquired	21416	Direct
2009-11-13	Common Stock	F	6985	$81.49	Disposed	14431	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-11-13	Stock Option (Right to But)	$56.675	M	8500	Disposed	2011-09-17	Common Stock (8500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	33	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.