0001179110-15-016146.txt : 20151211 0001179110-15-016146.hdr.sgml : 20151211 20151211165432 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-15-016146 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151210 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151211 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: 151283807 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WABASHA ST N CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2015-12-10 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 2015-12-10 4 M 0 40000 49.42 A 41000.664 D Common Stock 2015-12-10 4 F 0 28072 116.46 D 12928.664 D Common Stock 2015-12-10 4 M 0 40000 35.63 A 52928.664 D Common Stock 2015-12-10 4 F 0 25618 116.46 D 27310.664 D Common Stock 19177.155 I By GRAT No. 1 Common Stock 51775 I By GRAT No. 2 Common Stock 548.044 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 49.42 2015-12-10 4 M 0 40000 0 D 2008-12-05 2017-12-05 Common Stock 40000 0 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 35.63 2015-12-10 4 M 0 40000 0 D 2009-12-03 2018-12-03 Common Stock 40000 20000 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 November 30, 2015. (The 548.044 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 1,011 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2007. 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. 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, as Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas W. Handley 2015-12-11