COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2010

May 13, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2010-05-11

Reporting Person: MOISON FRANCK J (C.O.O. Emerging Mkts.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-05-11	Common Stock	M	5142	$55.165	Acquired	106346	Direct
2010-05-11	Common Stock	F	4218	$82.83	Disposed	102128	Direct
2010-05-12	Common Stock	M	25000	$54.40	Acquired	127128	Direct
2010-05-12	Common Stock	F	20309	$83.55	Disposed	106819	Direct
2010-05-13	Common Stock	S	924	$83.3829	Disposed	105895	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-05-11	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$55.165	M	5142	Disposed	2010-09-14	Common Stock (5142)	Direct
2010-05-12	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$54.40	M	25000	Disposed	2010-09-10	Common Stock (25000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1189	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.