COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Aug 1, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2013-07-30

Reporting Person: COOK IAN M (Director, Chairman, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-07-30	Common Stock	M	500000.0000	$34.0700	Acquired	1391804.0000	Direct
2013-07-30	Common Stock	F	394804.0000	$60.2400	Disposed	997000.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-07-30	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$34.0700	M	500000.0000	Disposed	2013-09-12	Common Stock (500000.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	95282.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	82836.0000	Indirect
Common Stock	100520.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: All amounts reported on this Form 4 reflect the 2-for-1 stock split of the common stock of the issuer effective as of May 15, 2013.

F3: The exercise price of the options and the related tax withholding were satisfied by the issuer's withholding shares otherwise deliverable upon exercise of the options.

F4: These shares were previously reported as directly beneficially owned but were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on May 13, 2013.

F5: The exercise price and number of shares of the issuer's common stock underlying this option have been adjusted as a result of the 2-for-1 stock split of the common stock of the issuer effective as of May 15, 2013.