0001104659-12-025290.txt : 20120413 0001104659-12-025290.hdr.sgml : 20120413 20120413164728 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-025290 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120410 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20120413 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120413 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: 12759116 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 BUSINESS PHONE: 6512932233 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: ST. PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861203 8-K 1 a12-9158_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

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) April 10, 2012

 

ECOLAB INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-9328

 

41-0231510

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

370 Wabasha Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota

 

55102

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 1-800-232-6522

 

(Not applicable)

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

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CRF 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 10, 2012, Ecolab Inc. (“Ecolab”) gave notice pursuant to Section 2.08 of the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Ecolab, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as co-syndication agents, that Ecolab has elected to reduce the aggregate amount of the commitments under the Credit Agreement from $2,000,000,000 to $1,000,000,000.  The maximum amount of commercial paper that may be issued under Ecolab’s U.S. commercial paper program will be correspondingly reduced from $3.5 billion to $2.5 billion. The reduction of the commitments under the Credit Agreement and the reduction of the size of the U.S. commercial paper program become effective as of April 13, 2012.  In all other respects, the Credit Agreement and the U.S. commercial paper program remain unmodified and in full force and effect.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: April 13, 2012

By:

/s/ David F. Duvick

 

 

David F. Duvick

 

 

Assistant Secretary

 

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