0001179110-14-018362.txt : 20141217
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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
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FORM 4 -
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2014-12-15
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0000031462
ECOLAB INC
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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