COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2010

Sep 15, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2010-09-13

Reporting Person: Thompson Neil (Pres&CEO Hill's Pet Nutrition)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-09-13	Common Stock	F	290	$75.05	Disposed	25622	Direct
2010-09-14	Common Stock	S	92	$75.4771	Disposed	25530	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	352	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Payment of tax liability by withholding shares of stock from award of restricted shares vesting under the issuer's stockholder-approved Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.

F2: Sale of shares (with proceeds delivered to the Company) for payment of tax liability above minimum required statutory withholding (but not in excess of full applicable statutory tax rates) incident to vesting of a restricted stock award under the issuer's Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.