0001179110-12-017168.txt : 20121207 0001179110-12-017168.hdr.sgml : 20121207 20121207182048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-12-017168 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121205 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121207 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: 121251252 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2012-12-05 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 305079.519 D Common Stock 96400 I By wife Common Stock 5216.822 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 71.54 2012-12-05 4 A 0 195800 0.00 A 2013-12-05 2022-12-05 Common Stock 195800 195800 D Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2012. (The 5,216.822 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 9,691 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, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012-12-07