0001179110-12-016686.txt : 20121130
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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
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edgar.xml
FORM 4 -
X0306
4
2012-11-29
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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