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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
21665	Colgate Palmolive Co	CL	Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)	131815595

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1227248	J Dennis Hickey	C/O Colgate-Palmolive Company 300 Park Avenue New York NY 10022	Vp, Corporate Controller	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-02-16	7,000	$80.37	102,272	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-02-16	7,962	$58.70	110,234	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-02-16	27,500	$54.40	137,734	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-02-16	28,549	$80.62	109,185	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-02-17	1,111	$80.76	108,074	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Oprion (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2010-02-16	7,962	$0.00	7,962	$58.70
Common Stock	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2010-02-16	27,500	$0.00	27,500	$54.40

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2002-05-05	2010-09-14	No	4	M	Direct
0	2007-09-09	2010-09-09	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	3,748	Indirect	By Issuer's 401(k) Plan Trustee

Footnotes

Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan.
The exercise price of the options and related withholding requirement was satisfied by the Company's withholding shares otherwise deliverable upon exercise of the options.
Sale of shares (with proceeds delivered to the Company) for payment of tax liability above minimum required statutory withholding (but not in excess of full applicable statutory tax rates) incident to the exercise of the option under the issuer's employee stock option plan.