0001179110-11-016083.txt : 20111205 0001179110-11-016083.hdr.sgml : 20111205 20111205190625 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-11-016083 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111201 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111205 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111205 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Meyer Michael L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001428102 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 111244203 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: SAINT 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 - X0304 4 2011-12-01 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001428102 Meyer Michael L ECOLAB INC. 370 WABASHA STREET N SAINT PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 Executive VP - Human Resources Common Stock 3564 D Common Stock 71.980 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 55.595 2011-12-01 4 A 0 23000 0.00 A 2012-12-01 2021-12-01 Common Stock 23000 23000 D Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2011. (The 71.980 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 134 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.) The option will be 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, as Attorney-in-Fact for Michael L. Meyer 2011-12-05