COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2009

May 19, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2009-05-15

Reporting Person: Nelson Rosemary (VP-Dep Gen Counsel, Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-05-15	Common Stock	M	8550	$56.565	Acquired	21704	Direct
2009-05-15	Common Stock	F	7967	$63.49	Disposed	13737	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-05-15	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.565	M	8550	Disposed	2009-09-11	Common Stock (8550)	Direct

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.