-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RPE3UXd8KQwefb7Tbjw4s6IEy45bjzJm8Q1eTjEA4HX+NYKoz8EcBV8FYxkmAjox LDaG//SkLpwmQCo+hDXaIQ== 0001104659-02-003565.txt : 20020812 0001104659-02-003565.hdr.sgml : 20020812 20020812171938 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-02-003565 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020812 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20020812 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECOLAB INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000031462 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SOAP, DETERGENT, CLEANING PREPARATIONS, PERFUMES, COSMETICS [2840] IRS NUMBER: 410231510 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 02727609 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB CTR STREET 2: 370 N WABASHA ST CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 BUSINESS PHONE: 6122932233 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861203 8-K 1 j4782_8k.htm 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

August 12, 2002

 

 

ECOLAB INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

 

1-9328

 

41-0231510

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

370 Wabasha Street North, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

55102

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, include area code:

 

651-293-2233

 

 

 

(Not applicable)

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report.)

 

 

 

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On August 12, 2002, the Company’s principal executive officer, Allan L. Schuman, and principal financial officer, Steven L. Fritze, executed and submitted their statements under oath in response to Order No. 4-460 of the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Copies of the respective sworn statements submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Item 9 are attached hereto as Exhibit (99), and posted to the Company’s website at www.ecolab.com.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

ECOLAB INC.

 

 

 

Dated:  August 12, 2002

By:

/s/Lawrence T. Bell

 

 

Lawrence T. Bell

 

 

Senior Vice President — Law,

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

(99)

 

Statements Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Order No. 4-460 Requiring the Filing of Sworn Statements Pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

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 EX-99 3 j4782_ex99.htm EX-99

Exhibit 99

 

 

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

 

 

I, Allan L. Schuman, state and attest that:

 

(1)                    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ecolab Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

 

•                  no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

 

•                  no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8–K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

 

(2)                    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

 

(3)                    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

 

•                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of Ecolab Inc.;

 

•                  all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ecolab Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

 

•                  any amendments to any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

/s/Allan L. Schuman

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August 2002.

Allan L. Schuman

 

 

Chairman of the Board, President and

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

/s/Timothy P. Dordell

 

(principal executive officer)

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

Date:  August 12, 2002

 

My Commission Expires:  Jan. 31, 2005

 

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Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

 

 

I, Steven L. Fritze, state and attest that:

 

(1)                    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ecolab Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

 

•                  no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

 

•                  no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8–K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

 

(2)                    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

 

(3)                    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

 

•                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of Ecolab Inc.;

 

•                  all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ecolab Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

 

•                  any amendments to any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

/s/Steven L. Fritze

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August 2002.

Steven L. Fritze

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

/s/Timothy P. Dordell

 

(principal financial officer)

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

Date:  August 12, 2002

 

My Commission Expires:  Jan. 31, 2005

 

 

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