COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO 4

4 · COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO · Filed May 20, 2008

Form 4

Period: 2008-05-16

Pres. Colgate U.S. & W.C.E.

Transactions

Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
2008-05-16−4,941→ 0 total
Exercise: $57.52From: 2002-05-13Exp: 2008-09-10→ Common Stock (4,941 underlying)
Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2008-05-16$57.52/sh+4,941$284,231→ 62,293 total
Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2008-05-16$56.90/sh+2,963$168,595→ 57,352 total
Sale
Common Stock
2008-05-19$72.46/sh−237$17,172→ 55,725 total
Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
2008-05-16−2,963→ 0 total
Exercise: $56.90From: 2001-11-08Exp: 2008-09-10→ Common Stock (2,963 underlying)
Tax Payment
Common Stock
2008-05-16$72.50/sh−9,398$681,355→ 55,962 total
Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
2008-05-16−3,067→ 0 total
Exercise: $55.55From: 2002-11-13Exp: 2008-09-10→ Common Stock (3,067 underlying)
Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2008-05-16$55.55/sh+3,067$170,387→ 65,360 total

Footnotes (4)

[F1]Exercise of stock options awarded under the issuer's employee stock option plan.
[F2]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.
[F3]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.
[F4]Option became 100% exercisable on the date shown in this column.

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