Summary of COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Company's annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 8, 2009. The
matters voted on and the results of the vote were as follows:

(a)    John T. Cahill, Jill K. Conway, Ian Cook, Ellen M. Hancock, David W. Johnson, Richard J.
       Kogan, Delano E. Lewis, J. Pedro Reinhard and Stephen I. Sadove were elected directors
       of the Company. The results of the vote were as follows:

                                        Votes For                       Votes Against

       John T. Cahill                  443,819,445                        3,639,345
       Jill K. Conway                  438,058,652                        9,243,958
       Ian Cook                        437,627,804                        9,890,428
       Ellen M. Hancock                438,876,839                        8,386,182
       David W. Johnson                438,689,557                        8,462,176
       Richard J. Kogan                437,907,785                        9,469,356
       Delano E. Lewis                 441,606,928                        5,743,041
       J. Pedro Reinhard               441,406,030                        5,916,447
       Stephen I. Sadove               434,804,491                       12,569,214

(b) The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009 was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 444,283,391 3,195,710 1,015,917

(c) The Colgate-Palmolive Company 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan was approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 325,329,854 49,259,060 2,075,815

(d) A stockholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on executive compensation was not approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 169,618,826 187,195,889 19,850,014

For information regarding the vote required for the approval of the matters voted on at the annual meeting, please see the Company's 2009 Proxy Statement.