COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2009

Aug 12, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2009-08-10

Reporting Person: HANCOCK ELLEN M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-08-10	Common Stock	M	4000	$54.75	Acquired	73745	Direct
2009-08-10	Common Stock	F	3072	$71.30	Disposed	70673	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-08-10	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$54.75	M	4000	Disposed	2010-02-17	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.

F2: Payment of exercise price of stock option by withholding shares of stock incident to the exercise of the option under the issuer's Non-Employee Stock Option Plan.