0001179110-15-015816.txt : 20151204 0001179110-15-015816.hdr.sgml : 20151204 20151204161519 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 4 1 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