SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-17-014953
ECOLAB INC. · ECL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Timothy P Mulhere
Officer — EVP & Regions President
Period of report
Dec 1, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Dec 5, 2017 · 5:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CommonStock | Dec 1, 2017 | M | 21,100 | $35.63 | A | 36,937 | D | |
| Common Stock | Dec 1, 2017 | F | 13,047 | $135.29 | D | 23,890 | D | |
| Common StockF2 | holding | — | — | — | 1,815 | I | By Ecolab Savings Plan |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)F3 | $35.63 | Dec 1, 2017 | M | 21,100 | D | Dec 3, 2009 | Dec 3, 2018 | Common Stock | 21,100 | 0 | D |
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.
- F2Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2017. Includes 25.791 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 1,815.194 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 3,338 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)
- F3Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 3, 2008. The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant.