SEC Form 4 · accession 0001123292-16-002282

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO · CL

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

Reporting owner

Officer — COO NA, Eur, Afr/E & Gl Sust

Period of report

May 11, 2016

Accepted (ET)

May 13, 2016 · 5:13 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	May 4, 2016	G	145	$0.00	D	97,338	D
Common Stock	May 11, 2016	M	89,200	$38.29	A	186,538	D
Common Stock^F4	May 11, 2016	S	89,200	$72.1715	D	97,338	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	57,068	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	$38.29	May 11, 2016	M	89,200	D	—	Sep 16, 2016	Common Stock	89,200	0	D

F1Bona fide gift.
F2Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's 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 employee stock option plan and the related tax withholding.
F4Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $71.87 to $72.37, 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 16, 2010 grant date.