0001179110-15-015816.txt : 20151204
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-15-015816
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151202
FILED AS OF DATE: 20151204
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151204
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: HANDLEY THOMAS W
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275967
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328
FILM NUMBER: 151270257
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 370 WABASHA ST N
CITY: ST PAUL
STATE: MN
ZIP: 55102
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edgar.xml
FORM 4 -
X0306
4
2015-12-02
0
0000031462
ECOLAB INC.
ECL
0001275967
HANDLEY THOMAS W
370 WABASHA STREET NORTH
SAINT PAUL
MN
55102
0
1
0
0
President and COO
Common Stock
19177.155
I
By GRAT No. 1
Common Stock
2015-05-05
5
G
0
E
187
0
D
1000.664
D
Common Stock
51775
I
By GRAT No. 2
Common Stock
548.044
I
By Ecolab Savings Plan
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
119.12
2015-12-02
4
A
0
38452
0
A
2016-12-02
2025-12-02
Common Stock
38452
38452
D
The reporting person is trustee and sole annuitant of GRAT No. 1, a grantor retained annuity trust. On March 9, 2015, GRAT No. 1 distributed 15,902 shares of Ecolab Inc. common stock out of the 35,079.155 shares then held by GRAT No. 1 to the reporting person as an annuity payment.
Includes 98.664 shares acquired by the reporting person on April 15, 2015, by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
The reporting person is trustee and sole annuitant of GRAT No. 2, a grantor retained annuity trust. On June 9, 2015, the reporting person contributed 51,775 shares of Ecolab Inc. common stock to GRAT No. 2.
Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2015. Includes 4.501 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 548.044 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 1,011 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)
The option will be 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
2015-12-04