COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2012-08-13

Reporting Person: Verduin Patricia (Chief Technology Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-13	Common Stock	M	17000	$68.15	Acquired	40980	Direct
2012-08-13	Common Stock	S	17000	$105.1841	Disposed	23980	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-13	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$68.15	M	17000	Disposed	2013-09-12	Common Stock (17000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	786	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Sale of shares with a portion of the 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.

F3: Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $105.09 to $105.28, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, additional information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.