SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-16-020271
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Michael A Hickey
Officer — EVP & Pres. Global Inst.
Period of report
Feb 24, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 26, 2016 · 4:16 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 | 7,180 | $0.00 | A | 42,221 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | Feb 24, 2016 | F | 2,424 | $100.465 | D | 39,842 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 3,907 | 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.
- F2The total includes 10.65 shares acquired on April 20, 2015, 10.853 shares acquired on July 20, 2015, 10.344 shares acquired on October 20, 2015, and 13.006 shares acquired on January 21, 2016 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
- F3Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2016. Includes 15.752 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 3,906.512 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 7,215 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)