0001179110-11-007966.txt : 20110513 0001179110-11-007966.hdr.sgml : 20110513 20110513170458 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-11-007966 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110511 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110513 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110513 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mason Phillip J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297392 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 11842010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB INC. STREET 2: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: ST. PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 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 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0303 4 2011-05-11 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001297392 Mason Phillip J ECOLAB INC. 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH ST. PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 President, EMEA Sector Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 M 0 50000 29.29 A 54008 D Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 F 0 36284 52.205 D 17724 D Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 M 0 10800 34.50 A 28524 D Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 F 0 8700 52.205 D 19824 D Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 M 0 45400 34.075 A 65224 D Common Stock 2011-05-11 4 F 0 36365 52.205 D 28859 D Common Stock 588.661 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 29.29 2011-05-11 4 M 0 50000 0.00 D 2005-05-07 2014-05-07 Common Stock 50000 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 34.50 2011-05-11 4 M 0 10800 0.00 D 2005-12-09 2014-12-09 Common Stock 10800 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 34.075 2011-05-11 4 M 0 45400 0.00 D 2006-12-07 2015-12-07 Common Stock 45400 0 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 withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of March 31, 2011. Includes 2.056 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 588.661 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 1,097 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share) 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 Phillip J. Mason 2011-05-13