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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
POLK MICHAEL B
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
300 PARK AVENUE
(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10022
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/11/2014 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO [ CL ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities owned(1) 0(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
No Securities Owned(1) (1) (1) No Securities Owned(1) 0(1) (1) D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Report of Initial Holdings
/s/ Kristine Hutchinson, Attorney-in-Fact 06/17/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Andrew Hendry, Nina Huffman, Kristine Hutchinson, Femi
Giwa, Sharon Han and Rebecca Weinstein, or any of them signing singly, and
with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney
in fact to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
		undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
		Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
		amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
		appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
		undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
		reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
		undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
		Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
		5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
		undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
		and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
		any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
		form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
		authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
		with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in
		fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
		legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
		that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on
		behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
		shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
		conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
		attorney in fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 13th day of June, 2014.


		     				/s/ Michael B. Polk

						Michael B. Polk