COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 9, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2011-09-07

Reporting Person: GARCIA FABIAN T (COO Gl. Innov. & Growth/Eur.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-07	Common Stock	F	2600	$91.81	Disposed	111987	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-09-08	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$90.46	A	65000	Acquired	2017-09-08	Common Stock (65000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3639	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Annual Stock Option granted under the issuer's 2005 Employee Stock Option Plan.

F3: Option becomes exercisable in one-third increments on each anniversary date, with the first third becoming exercisable on the date shown in this column.