SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-16-020276
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Bryan L Hughes
Officer — Sr. VP & Corporate Controller
Period of report
Feb 24, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 26, 2016 · 4:17 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 | 900 | $0.00 | A | 7,311 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | Feb 24, 2016 | F | 338 | $100.465 | D | 7,000 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 530 | 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 26.378 shares that were inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 dated May 16, 2014 and subsequent reports. The total also includes 0.548 shares acquired at various times between the dates of July 18, 2014 and 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 1.803 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 529.611 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 978 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)