0001179110-15-007260.txt : 20150507 0001179110-15-007260.hdr.sgml : 20150507 20150507160637 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-15-007260 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150505 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150507 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150507 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: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 BUSINESS PHONE: 6512932233 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ECOLAB CORPORATE CENTER STREET 2: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: ST. PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861203 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hughes Bryan L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001608349 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 15841758 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH CITY: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 4 1 edgar.xml FORM 4 - X0306 4 2015-05-05 0 0000031462 ECOLAB INC ECL 0001608349 Hughes Bryan L 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 55102 0 1 0 0 Sr. VP & Corporate Controller Common Stock 2015-05-05 4 M 0 2035 45.24 A 6324 D Common Stock 2015-05-05 4 S 0 1633 112.2139 D 4691 D Common Stock 524.910 I By Ecolab Savings Plan Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 45.24 2015-05-05 4 M 0 2035 0 D 2007-12-06 2016-12-06 Common Stock 2035 4165 D This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $112.186 to $112.258. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of April 30, 2015. Includes 1.449 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 524.910 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 969 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.) Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan on December 6, 2006. 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 shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. /s/ David F. Duvick, as Attorney-in-Fact for Bryan L. Hughes 2015-05-07