0001179110-12-014622.txt : 20120928 0001179110-12-014622.hdr.sgml : 20120928 20120928172218 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-12-014622 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120920 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120928 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Beck Christophe CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001471500 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 121117638 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 3 1 edgar.xml FORM 3 - X0206 3 2012-09-20 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001471500 Beck Christophe 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 EVP and Regions President Common Stock 2575 D Common Stock 1047.985 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 43.065 2008-06-01 2017-06-01 Common Stock 37000 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 49.42 2008-12-05 2017-12-05 Common Stock 32300 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 35.63 2009-12-03 2018-12-03 Common Stock 45900 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 45.665 2010-12-02 2019-12-02 Common Stock 23500 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 48.055 2011-12-01 2020-12-01 Common Stock 25100 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 55.595 2012-12-01 2021-12-01 Common Stock 30700 D Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of September 20, 2012. (The 1,047.985 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 1,948 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan on June 1, 2007. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2007. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 3, 2008. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 2, 2009. The option will become 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan on December 1, 2010. The option will become 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan on December 1, 2011. The option will become 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. David F. Duvick, as Attorney-In-Fact for Christophe Beck 2012-09-28 EX-24 2 poa_beck.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James J. Seifert, Michael C. McCormick, David F. Duvick, and Peter G. Westphal, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC; (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Ecolab Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report; complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto; and timely file such form or report or amendment with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of September, 2012. /s/Christophe Beck ____________________________________ Christophe Beck