-----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, GGEVec2GiZ30jPEvmoFhU3Ti8Rn/xRj8okuEBRsla3UiM/Pwl/TTUVfOm/+MzwwQ AX5IJYCqHj+QS2mw8xFzHQ== 0001179110-09-011416.txt : 20090731 0001179110-09-011416.hdr.sgml : 20090731 20090731192710 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-09-011416 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090730 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090731 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090731 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BELL LAWRENCE T CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001198755 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 09978546 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0303 4 2009-07-30 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001198755 BELL LAWRENCE T ECOLAB INC. 370 WABASHA STREET N. ST. PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 General Counsel and Secretary Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 M 0 20000 18.96 A 124058 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 F 0 13781 41.450 D 110277 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 M 0 40000 22.3675 A 150277 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 F 0 29448 41.450 D 120829 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 M 0 77000 41.450 A 197829 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 F 0 58787 41.450 D 139042 D Common Stock 2009-07-30 4 S 0 19100 41.500 D 119942 D Common Stock 2009-07-31 4 S 0 15884 41.500 D 104058 D Common Stock 3856 I By daughter Common Stock 3748 I By daughter Common Stock 8709.481 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Common Stock 18.96 2009-07-30 4 M 0 20000 0 D 2002-12-06 2011-12-06 Common Stock 20000 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 41.450 2009-07-30 4 A 0 13781 0 A 2009-07-30 2011-12-06 Common Stock 13781 13781 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 22.3675 2009-07-30 4 M 0 40000 0 D 2003-02-22 2012-02-22 Common Stock 40000 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 41.450 2009-07-30 4 A 0 29448 0 A 2009-07-30 2012-02-22 Common Stock 29448 29448 D Common Stock 24.34 2009-07-30 4 M 0 77000 0 D 2003-12-05 2012-12-05 Common Stock 77000 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 41.450 2009-07-30 4 A 0 58787 0 A 2009-07-30 2012-12-05 Common Stock 58787 58787 D Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock. The reporting person indirectly holds 8,709.481 UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of June 30, 2009. Includes 65.898 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 8,709.481 UNITS are equivalent to approximately 16,293 SHARES of Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan on December 6, 2001. The option was originally reported as covering 40,000 shares at an exercise price of $37.92 but has been adjusted to reflect a stock split on June 6, 2003 and the subsequent exercise of 60,000 shares. The option became exercisable, cumulatively, as to one-third of the total shares subject to the option on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan on February 22, 2002. The option was originally reported as covering 20,000 shares at an exercise price of $44.4735 but has been adjusted to reflect a stock split on June 6, 2003. The option became exercisable, cumulatively, as to one-third of the total shares subject to the option on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2002. The option was originally reported as covering 38,500 shares at an exercise price of $48.68 but has been adjusted to reflect a stock split on June 6, 2003. The option became exercisable, cumulatively, as to one-third of the total shares subject to the option on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. /s/ David F. Duvick, Attorney-in-Fact for Lawrence T. 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