SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-15-011678
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Martha Goldberg Aronson
Officer — EVP & Pres.-Global Healthcare
Period of report
Aug 1, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Aug 4, 2015 · 4:06 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000031462
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | Aug 1, 2015 | M | 2,480 | $0.00 | A | 4,772 | D | |
| Common Stock | Aug 1, 2015 | F | 834 | $116.26 | D | 3,938 | D | |
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 4,000 | I | By Martha G. Aronson Revocable Trust |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted Stock UnitsF2 | — | Aug 1, 2015 | M | 2,480 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 2,480 | 0 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Reflects the reporting person's payment of minimum statutory tax obligations by withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock incident to the vesting of restricted stock units in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
- F2Award granted under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan on August 1, 2012. Each restricted stock unit was the economic equivalent of one share of Ecolab Common Stock and was settled for an equivalent number of shares of Ecolab Common Stock.The units vested, as to 2,480 units on the second anniversary of the date of grant and as to the remaining 2,480 units on August 1, 2015.