0001179110-14-016862.txt : 20141120 0001179110-14-016862.hdr.sgml : 20141120 20141120181137 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-14-016862 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141118 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141120 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: 141240273 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2014-11-18 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 2014-08-22 5 G 0 E 17623 0.00 D 300037 D Common Stock 2014-08-27 5 G 0 E 440 0.00 D 299597 D Common Stock 2014-11-18 4 M 0 310000 49.42 A 609597 D Common Stock 2014-11-18 4 F 0 219838 112.695 D 389759 D Common Stock 2014-11-20 4 S 0 45000 113.3860 D 344759 D Common Stock 12415 I By wife Common Stock 69925 I By Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012 Irrevocable Trust Common Stock 5327.331 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Stock Option (Right to Buy) 49.42 2014-11-18 4 M 0 310000 0.00 D 2008-12-05 2017-12-05 Common Stock 310000 0 D Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and tax liability for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $113.170 to $113.620. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2014. Includes 13.609 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,327.331 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 9,831 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) 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 shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. /s/David F. Duvick, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2014-11-20