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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-27	Common Stock	S	10329	$92.5531	Disposed	91399	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3761	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.