COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 18, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2012-09-13

Reporting Person: Skala Justin (Pres. Colgate Latin America)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-13	Common Stock	S	2890.0000	$103.0000	Disposed	46841.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-09-13	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$104.5400	A	50000.0000	Acquired	2018-09-13	Common Stock (50000.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	23732.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Sale of shares (with proceeds delivered to the issuer) for payment of tax liability incident to vesting of a restricted stock award under the issuer's Executive Incentive Compensation Plan. This sale was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

F3: Option becomes exercisable in equal annual installments over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the September 13, 2012 grant date.