0001179110-11-014115.txt : 20111007 0001179110-11-014115.hdr.sgml : 20111007 20111007180933 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-11-014115 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111007 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111007 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111007 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: BAKER DOUGLAS M JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001198753 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 111133147 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0304 4 2011-10-07 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001198753 BAKER DOUGLAS M JR ECOLAB INC. 370 WABASHA STREET N. ST. PAUL MN 55102 1 1 0 0 Chairman, President & CEO Common Stock 2011-10-07 4 M 0 21421 44.81 A 132912.797 D Common Stock 2011-10-07 4 F 0 20094 50.235 D 112818.797 D Common Stock 2011-10-07 4 M 0 52902 43.24 A 165720.797 D Common Stock 2011-10-07 4 F 0 48680 50.235 D 118022.517 D Common Stock 96400 I By wife Common Stock 5135.996 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 44.81 2011-10-07 4 M 0 21421 0.00 D 2006-10-24 2011-12-06 Common Stock 21421 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 43.24 2011-10-07 4 M 0 52902 0 D 2007-06-13 2011-12-06 Common Stock 52902 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 September 30, 2011. Includes 51.047 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,135.996 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 9,577 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Includes 343.084 shares acquired on January 21, 2011, 333.285 shares acquired on April 20, 2011 and 305.351 shares acquired on October 20, 2011 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. /s/ David F. Duvick, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2011-10-07