0001179110-15-013991.txt : 20151013 0001179110-15-013991.hdr.sgml : 20151012 20151013160448 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-15-013991 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151008 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151013 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151013 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: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 BUSINESS PHONE: 6512502587 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECOLAB INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861203 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Berger Larry L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001433832 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 151156158 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2015-10-08 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC. ECL 0001433832 Berger Larry L 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 Executive VP & CTO Common Stock 2015-10-08 4 M 0 11800 45.665 A 42813 D Common Stock 2015-10-08 4 F 0 8028 119.225 D 34785 D Common Stock 2015-10-08 4 M 0 6200 48.055 A 40985 D Common Stock 2015-10-08 4 F 0 4281 119.225 D 36704 D Common Stock 68.049 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 45.665 2015-10-08 4 M 0 11800 0 D 2010-12-02 2019-12-02 Common Stock 11800 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 48.055 2015-10-08 4 M 0 6200 0 D 2011-12-01 2020-12-01 Common Stock 6200 13100 D Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of September 30, 2015. Includes 0.378 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 68.049 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 126 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 2, 2009. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan on December 1, 2010. 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 Larry L. Berger 2015-10-13