COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Aug 10, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL)
CIK: 0000021665
Period of Report: 2016-08-08

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-08-08	Common Stock	M	710000	$38.29	Acquired	1715545	Direct
2016-08-08	Common Stock	F	543041	$74.43	Disposed	1172504	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-08-08	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$38.29	M	710000	Disposed	2016-09-16	Common Stock (710000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	39225	Indirect
Common Stock	73529	Indirect
Common Stock	277009	Indirect
Common Stock	109664	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: 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.

F3: These shares, which were previously reported as directly beneficially owned, were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on May 11, 2016.

F4: Option became exercisable in one-third increments beginning on the first anniversary of the September 16, 2010 grant date.