SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-15-015416

ECOLAB INC. · ECL

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — EVP & Pres.-Global Serv & Spec

Period of report

Nov 20, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Nov 24, 2015 · 5:40 pm EST

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	Nov 20, 2015	M	28,350	$44.91	A	42,137	D
Common Stock^F1	Nov 20, 2015	S	28,350	$118.138	D	13,787	D
Common Stock^F2	holding	—	—		—	1,577	I	By Ecolab Savings Plan

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)^F3	$44.91	Nov 20, 2015	M	28,350	D	Jul 31, 2009	Jul 31, 2018	Common Stock	28,350	0	D

F1This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $118.00 to $118.37. 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.
F2Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2015. Includes 13.016 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 1,577.436 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 2,911 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)
F3Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on July 31, 2008. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant.