0001179110-12-016686.txt : 20121130 0001179110-12-016686.hdr.sgml : 20121130 20121130185319 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-12-016686 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121129 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121130 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: 121235827 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2012-11-29 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 and CEO Common Stock 2012-06-07 5 G 0 E 10000 0.00 D 213623.895 D Common Stock 2012-11-07 5 G 0 E 725 0.00 D 212898.895 D Common Stock 2012-11-29 4 M 0 303000 34.075 A 515898.895 D Common Stock 2012-11-29 4 F 0 212076 71.54 D 305079.519 D Common Stock 96400 I By wife Common Stock 5216.822 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 34.075 2012-11-29 4 M 0 303000 0.00 D 2006-12-07 2015-12-07 Common Stock 303000 0 D Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and witholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock. Includes 630.185 shares acquired on July 19, 2012 and 626.439 shares acquired on October 18, 2012 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2012. Includes 30.12 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,216.822 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 9,695 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. 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 Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012-11-30