SEC Form 4 · accession 0001123292-15-000577

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO · CL

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

Reporting owner

Officer — Chief Technology Officer

Period of report

Mar 16, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Mar 18, 2015 · 5:04 pm EDT

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	Mar 16, 2015	M	3,333	$36.61	A	51,181	D
Common Stock^F3	Mar 16, 2015	S	3,333	$68.742	D	47,848	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	6,049	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)^F4	$36.61	Mar 16, 2015	M	3,333	D	—	Sep 10, 2015	Common Stock	3,333	16,665	D

F1Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
F2Sale 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. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
F3Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $68.70 to $68.77, 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.
F4Option became exercisable in one-third increments beginning on the first anniversary of the September 10, 2009 grant date.