COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2015

Feb 17, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2014-12-22

Reporting Person: HENDRY ANDREW D (Vice Chairman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-12-22	Common Stock	G	145	—	Disposed	208081	Direct
2015-02-05	Common Stock	G	725	—	Disposed	207356	Direct
2015-02-13	Common Stock	M	60000	$45.23	Acquired	267356	Direct
2015-02-13	Common Stock	F	49785	$70.08	Disposed	217571	Direct
2015-02-17	Common Stock	M	20000	$45.23	Acquired	237571	Direct
2015-02-17	Common Stock	S	20000	$70.2531	Disposed	217571	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-02-13	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$45.23	M	60000	Disposed	2017-09-08	Common Stock (60000)	Direct
2015-02-17	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$45.23	M	20000	Disposed	2017-09-08	Common Stock (20000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	7236	Indirect
Common Stock	7522	Indirect
Common Stock	1576	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Bona fide gift.

F2: Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan.

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

F4: 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.

F5: Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $70.19 to $70.36, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, additional information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

F6: 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.

F7: Option became exercisable in one-third increments beginning on the first anniversary of the September 8, 2011 grant date.