COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 20, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2013-02-15

Reporting Person: Nelson Rosemary (VP-Dep Gen Counsel, Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-02-15	Common Stock	M	6000	$79.52	Acquired	20934	Direct
2013-02-15	Common Stock	S	6000	$110.00	Disposed	14934	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-02-15	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$79.52	M	6000	Disposed	2014-09-11	Common Stock (6000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2478	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.