0001179110-16-020290.txt : 20160226 0001179110-16-020290.hdr.sgml : 20160226 20160226162033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-16-020290 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160224 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160226 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: SCHMECHEL DANIEL J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001198768 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 161462141 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2016-02-24 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC. ECL 0001198768 SCHMECHEL DANIEL J 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 Chief Financial Officer Common Stock 2016-02-24 4 A 0 5030 0 A 111999.395 D Common Stock 2016-02-24 4 F 0 1700 100.465 D 110345.962 D Common Stock 2779.213 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Reflects the reporting person's payment of minimum statutory tax obligations by withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock incident to the vesting of performance-based restricted stock units in accordance with Rule 16b-3. The total includes 1.327 shares acquired on January 21, 2015, 1.534 shares acquired on April 20, 2015, 1.176 shares acquired on July 20, 2015, 1.121 shares acquired on October 20, 2015, and 1.409 shares acquired on January 21, 2016 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The total also includes 40 shares that were inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 dated June 26, 2012 and subsequent reports. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2016. Includes 9.483 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,779.213 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 5,133 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) /s/ David F. Duvick, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel J. Schmechel 2016-02-26