COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Nov 10, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2011-11-08

Reporting Person: Samuel Derrick E (Pres. Colgate Greater Asia)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-11-08	Common Stock	M	15000	$79.52	Acquired	61224	Direct
2011-11-08	Common Stock	S	14135	$89.11	Disposed	47089	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-11-08	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$79.52	M	15000	Disposed	2014-09-11	Common Stock (15000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	9592	Indirect
Common Stock	1946	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan.

F2: Sale of shares (with proceeds delivered to the issuer) for payment of the exercise price of options under the issuer's employee stock option plan and the related tax withholding.