COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2012-01-31

Reporting Person: Dolan Victoria L (VP & Corporate Controller)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-31	Common Stock	M	9666	$73.23	Acquired	28242	Direct
2012-01-31	Common Stock	M	4833	$76.58	Acquired	33075	Direct
2012-01-31	Common Stock	S	14499	$90.3974	Disposed	18576	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-31	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$73.23	M	9666	Disposed	2015-09-10	Common Stock (9666)	Direct
2012-01-31	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$76.58	M	4833	Disposed	2016-09-16	Common Stock (4833)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	249	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.