COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2012-02-27

Reporting Person: HENDRY ANDREW D (Chief Legal Officer &Secretary)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-27	Common Stock	S	15860	$92.5531	Disposed	120655	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3761	Indirect
Common Stock	740	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.