0001179110-16-032751.txt : 20161209 0001179110-16-032751.hdr.sgml : 20161209 20161209171136 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-16-032751 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161207 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161209 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: 162044722 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WBASHA ST NORTH CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2016-12-07 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 130525.673 D Common Stock 2803.856 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 117.73 2016-12-07 4 A 0 35750 0 A 2017-12-07 2026-12-07 Common Stock 35750 35750 D The total includes 1.251 shares acquired by the reporting person on October 15, 2016, by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2016. Includes 8.296 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,803.856 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 5,169 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, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel J. Schmechel 2016-12-09