SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-17-003178
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 22, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Feb 24, 2017 · 5:27 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 | 710 | $0.00 | A | 8,210 | D | |
| Common Stock | Feb 22, 2017 | F | 277 | $122.89 | D | 7,933 | D | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 536 | I | By Ecolab Savings Plan |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1The total includes 0.085 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 1.642 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 535.936 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 988 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)