SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-16-020290
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Daniel J Schmechel
Officer — Chief Financial Officer
Period of report
Feb 24, 2016
Accepted (ET)
Feb 26, 2016 · 4:20 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 | 5,030 | $0.00 | A | 111,999 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | Feb 24, 2016 | F | 1,700 | $100.465 | D | 110,346 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 2,779 | 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 1.327 shares acquired on January 21, 2015, 1.534 shares acquired on April 20, 2015, 1.176 shares acquired on July 20, 2015, 1.121 shares acquired on October 20, 2015, and 1.409 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. The total also includes 40 shares that were inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 dated June 26, 2012 and subsequent reports.
- F3Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2016. Includes 9.483 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,779.213 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 5,133 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)