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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-17-003416
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170926
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170928
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170928

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021665
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
		IRS NUMBER:				131815595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00644
		FILM NUMBER:		171108444

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123102000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Washington,
DC</B></FONT><B> 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">September 28, 2017 (September 26, 2017)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Delaware</U><br>(State or Other Jurisdiction<BR>of Incorporation)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>1-644</U><BR>(Commission<BR>File Number)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>13-1815595</U><BR>(IRS Employer<BR>Identification
No.)</P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>300 Park Avenue, New York, NY</U><BR>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>10022</U><BR>(Zip Code)</P></TD></TR>
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code <U>(212) 310-2000</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in"><font face="Wingdings">o</font><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR &sect;230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR &sect;240.12b-2).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; background-color: white">Emerging growth company
<font face="Wingdings">o</font></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></P>


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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 5.02.</B></TD><TD><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Change in Principal Accounting Officer</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">At its meeting on September 26, 2017,
the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) elected Henning I. Jakobsen, currently Vice President
and General Manager for the Company&rsquo;s Nordic Hub, as Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company, effective
October 1, 2017. Victoria Dolan, who has served as the Company&rsquo;s Corporate Controller since
February 2011, will continue as the Chief Transformation Officer of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Mr. Jakobsen, 57, joined the Company in 1989 and held key financial
and operating roles at the subsidiary and division levels, including Vice President, Finance for the Company&rsquo;s U.S. operations,
before leaving the Company in 2006 to become Chief Financial Officer of Chr. Hansen, a Denmark-based multinational bioscience organization.&nbsp;
Mr. Jakobsen rejoined the Company in 2011 to lead the Finance and Strategic Planning function of its European Division.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 5.04.</B></TD><TD><B>Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant&rsquo;s Employee Benefit Plans.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>Change in Recordkeeper for Savings and Investment Plans</U>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On September 27, 2017, the Company received notice from the
administrator of the Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings and Investment Plan (the &ldquo;S&amp;I Plan&rdquo;) stating that
the S&amp;I Plan is changing its recordkeeper from one outside vendor to another and, as a result, there will be a limited time
period during which participants in the S&amp;I Plan will be unable to direct or diversify investments in their S&amp;I Plan accounts,
or obtain a loan, withdrawal or distribution from the S&amp;I Plan (the &ldquo;S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period&rdquo;). The S&amp;I
Plan Blackout Period will begin at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2017, and is expected to end at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on November
6, 2017. The S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period applies to all investments in the S&amp;I Plan, including investments in Company common
stock. Similar blackout restrictions will apply to participants in the Colgate-Palmolive Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On September 28, 2017, the Company notified its directors and executive
officers of the S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period and the additional restrictions on trading in Company common stock that apply to them
during the S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period pursuant to Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of Regulation
BTR under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">During the S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period and for a period of two
years thereafter, participants in the S&amp;I Plan, security holders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, information
regarding the S&amp;I Plan Blackout Period, including confirmation of the actual beginning and ending dates of the S&amp;I Plan
Blackout Period, by contacting Kristine Hutchinson, Assistant General Counsel &ndash; Corporate, at Colgate-Palmolive Company,
300 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10022 or (212) 310-2000.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 40%"><B>COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%"><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;September 28, 2017</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%"><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">By:</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0;"><U>/s/ Jennifer M. Daniels&#9;&#9;</U></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0;">Name:</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0;">Jennifer M. Daniels</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0;">Title:</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0;">Chief Legal Officer and Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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