0001209191-13-055459.txt : 20131205 0001209191-13-055459.hdr.sgml : 20131205 20131205142314 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-13-055459 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131203 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131205 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131205 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000059527 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METALWORKING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3540] IRS NUMBER: 340359955 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22801 ST CLAIR AVE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44117 BUSINESS PHONE: 2164818100 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANKS STEPHEN G CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001206934 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01402 FILM NUMBER: 131259619 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 73 CITY: BOISE STATE: ID ZIP: 83729 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2013-12-03 0 0000059527 LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC LECO 0001206934 HANKS STEPHEN G 2702 S. PASA TIEMPO WAY EAGLE ID 83616 1 0 0 0 Common Shares 2013-12-03 4 M 0 12000 30.12 A 26696.553 D Common Shares 2013-12-04 4 S 0 12000 71.6526 D 14696.553 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 30.12 2013-12-03 4 M 0 12000 0.00 D 2007-07-20 2016-07-20 Common Shares 12000 0 D Includes 175.553 additional shares that were inadvertently omitted from reports filed from 7/15/2011 to the present attributable to a broker-sponsored dividend reinvestment plan. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $71.190 to $71.890. The price reported 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. /s/ Jennifer I. Ansberry, Jennifer I. Ansberry as Attorney-in-Fact for Stephen G. Hanks 2013-12-05