SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-17-003174
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 22, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Feb 24, 2017 · 5:22 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 StockF1 | Feb 22, 2017 | A | 5,682 | $0.00 | A | 44,951 | D | |
| Common Stock | Feb 22, 2017 | F | 1,940 | $122.89 | D | 43,011 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 3,968 | I | By Ecolab Savings Plan |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1The total includes 12.031 shares acquired on January 20, 2017 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
- F2Reflects 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.
- F3Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2017. Includes 14.481 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 3,967.888 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 7,312 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)