Earnings Per Share



	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2017					September 30, 2016
	Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company		Shares (millions)	Per Share		Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company		Shares (millions)	Per Share
Basic EPS	$	607	880.7	$	0.69	$	702	891.9	$	0.79
Stock options and restricted stock units			5.6					7.3
Diluted EPS	$	607	886.3	$	0.68	$	702	899.2	$	0.78

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the average number of stock options and restricted stock units that were anti-dilutive and not included in diluted earnings per share calculations were 9,502,329 and 1,980,457, respectively.



	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2017					September 30, 2016
	Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company		Shares (millions)	Per Share		Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company		Shares (millions)	Per Share
Basic EPS	$	1,701	883.0	$	1.93	$	1,835	893.2	$	2.05
Stock options and restricted stock units			6.3					7.0
Diluted EPS	$	1,701	889.3	$	1.91	$	1,835	900.2	$	2.04

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the average number of stock options and restricted stock units that were anti-dilutive and not included in diluted earnings per share calculations were 9,209,060 and 1,212,685, respectively.

Basic and diluted earnings per share are computed independently for each quarter and any year-to-date period presented. As a result of changes in shares outstanding during the year and rounding, the sum of the quarters’ earnings per share may not necessarily equal the earnings per share for any year-to-date period.