SEC Form 4 · accession 0001123292-15-000357

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO · CL

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Sr. VP Office of the Chairman

Period of report

Feb 10, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Feb 12, 2015 · 5:03 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000021665

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1	May 5, 2014	G	16	—	D	86,998	D
Common Stock^F1	Dec 2, 2014	G	229	—	D	86,769	D
Common Stock^F1	Dec 9, 2014	G	75	—	D	86,694	D
Common Stock	Feb 10, 2015	M	14,000	$36.61	A	100,694	D
Common Stock^F4	Feb 10, 2015	S	14,000	$69.1905	D	86,694	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	32,822	I	By Issuer's 401(k) Plan Trustee

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Stock Option (Right to Buy)^F5	$36.61	Feb 10, 2015	M	14,000	D	—	Sep 10, 2015	Common Stock	14,000	28,000	D

F1Represents a bona fide gift.
F2Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's 2005 Employee Stock Option Plan.
F3Sale of shares with a portion of the proceeds delivered to the issuer for payment of the exercise price of options under the issuer's 2005 Employee Stock Option Plan.
F4Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $68.91 to $69.45, 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.
F5Option became exercisable in one-third increments beginning on the first anniversary of the September 10, 2009 grant date.