COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2011

May 12, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2011-05-09

Reporting Person: CAHILL JOHN T (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-05-09	Common Stock	A	2600	—	Acquired	14473	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-05-09	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$84.98	A	4000	Acquired	2017-05-09	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	7797	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Annual stock grant under the Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors

F2: Annual Stock Option granted under the 2005 Colgate-Palmolive Company Non-Employee Director 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.

F4: Includes 2600 shares of Common Stock that are to be transferred to the John Tobin Cahill Revocable Trust.