SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-16-020264
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Thomas W Handley
Officer — President and COO
Period of report
Feb 24, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 26, 2016 · 4:15 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 | Feb 24, 2016 | A | 11,490 | $0.00 | A | 38,230 | D | |
| Common Stock | Feb 24, 2016 | F | 4,087 | $100.465 | D | 34,143 | D | |
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 19,177 | I | By GRAT No. 1 | |
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 51,775 | I | By GRAT No. 2 | |
| Common StockF2 | holding | — | — | — | 550 | I | By Ecolab Savings Plan |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
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 performance-based restricted stock units in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
- F2Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2016. Includes 1.868 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 549.912 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 1,016 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)