0001179110-15-014597.txt : 20151110 0001179110-15-014597.hdr.sgml : 20151110 20151106163755 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-15-014597 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151104 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151106 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: BAKER DOUGLAS M JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001198753 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 151212859 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2015-11-04 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC. ECL 0001198753 BAKER DOUGLAS M JR 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 55102 1 1 0 0 Chairman and CEO Common Stock 2015-07-16 5 G 0 E 8750 0 D 341648 D Common Stock 2015-07-16 5 G 0 E 8750 0 A 21165 I By Wife Common Stock 2015-08-06 5 G 0 E 2575 0 D 339073 D Common Stock 2015-08-06 5 G 0 E 2575 0 A 72500 I By Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012 Irrevocable Trust Common Stock 2015-08-06 5 G 0 E 1950 0 D 19215 I By Wife Common Stock 2015-08-07 5 G 0 E 430 0 D 338643 D Common Stock 2015-11-04 4 M 0 210500 35.63 A 549143 D Common Stock 2015-11-04 4 F 0 134085 119.08 D 415058 D Common Stock 2015-11-06 4 S 0 42500 116.9687 D 372558 D Common Stock 5390.020 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 35.63 2015-11-04 4 M 0 210500 0 D 2009-12-03 2018-12-03 Common Stock 210500 210500 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. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $116.80 to $117.19. 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, 2015. Includes 44.533 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,390.02 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 9,946 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 3, 2008. 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. /s/ David F. Duvick, Attorney-in-Fact for Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2015-11-06