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Filing Details

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
1227247	D Andrew Hendry	C/O Colgate-Palmolive Company 300 Park Avenue New York NY 10022	Sr Vp, Gen Counsel & Secretary	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	1,000	$79.99	144,118	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-02-16	26,000	$53.46	170,118	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-02-16	20,890	$80.62	149,228	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2010-02-17	876	$80.76	148,352	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	S	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 Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2010-02-16	26,000	$0.00	26,000	$53.46

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2008-09-08	2011-09-08	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	3,761	Indirect	By Son
Common Stock	281	Indirect	By Spouse

Footnotes

The sale reported in this Form 4 is effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on May 18, 2009, for retirement planning purposes.
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.
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.