0001179110-14-018362.txt : 20141217 0001179110-14-018362.hdr.sgml : 20141217 20141217171421 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-14-018362 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141215 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141217 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: HANDLEY THOMAS W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275967 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 141293333 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WABASHA ST N CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2014-12-15 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001275967 HANDLEY THOMAS W ECOLAB INC. 370 WABASHA STREET N. ST. PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 President and COO Common Stock 2014-12-15 4 M 0 36600 45.24 A 48425 D Common Stock 2014-12-15 4 M 0 13800 49.42 A 62225 D Common Stock 2014-12-15 4 M 0 13400 35.63 A 75625 D Common Stock 2014-12-15 4 F 0 44937 102.78 D 30688 D Common Stock 35079.155 I By GRAT No. 1 Common Stock 541.707 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 45.24 2014-12-15 4 M 0 36600 0 D 2007-12-06 2016-12-06 Common Stock 36600 0 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 49.42 2014-12-15 4 M 0 13800 0 D 2008-12-05 2017-12-05 Common Stock 13800 40000 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 35.63 2014-12-15 4 M 0 13400 0 D 2009-12-03 2018-12-03 Common Stock 13400 60000 D Payment of exercise price and tax liability by withholding shares incident to the exercise of three employee stock options issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2014. (The 541.707 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 1,000 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.) 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, as Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas W. Handley 2014-12-17