ECOLAB INC. — Board/Management Information 2012

Sep 20, 2012

8-K 1 a12-21571_18k.htm 8-K

*UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION*

*Washington, D.C. 20549*

*FORM 8-K*

*CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 20, 2012

*ECOLAB INC.*

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-9328	41-0231510
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

370 Wabasha Street North, Saint Paul, Minnesota	55102
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 1-800-232-6522

*(Not applicable)*

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On September 20, 2012, Ecolab announced that Thomas W. Handley has been appointed to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. Mr. Handley, age 57, has been with Ecolab since 2003 and prior to his appointment was the Senior Executive Vice President and President — Global Food & Beverage and Asia Pacific Latin America, assuming leadership of the Global Food & Beverage sector in September 2009 and adding leadership of the Asia Pacific and Latin America sectors in January 2011. Previously, Mr. Handley served as President, Industrial and Services North America Sector from December 2007 to August 2009 and as Executive Vice President, Industrial Sector from April 2006 to November 2007. He has also served as Executive Vice President of the Specialty and Services Sector and as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Ecolab, Mr. Handley spent 22 years at Procter & Gamble in a variety of marketing, strategic planning and general management roles, including assignments in Procter & Gamble’s consumer products, international and foodservice businesses. Mr. Handley has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. degree from Claremont-McKenna College. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of H.B. Fuller Company.

Mr. Handley will be entitled to continue to participate in Ecolab’s regular compensation arrangements for executive officers. Information regarding such arrangements is included in the definitive proxy statement relating to Ecolab’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the SEC on March 16, 2012, and is incorporated herein by reference.

There is no transaction between Handley (and his immediate family) and Ecolab that requires disclosure in accordance with Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the News Release issued by Ecolab in connection with this report under Item 5.02 is attached as Exhibit (99).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits .

(d) Exhibits.

(99) Ecolab Inc. News Release dated September 20, 2012.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/Michael C. McCormick
Michael C. McCormick
Assistant Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description	Method Of Filing
(99)	Ecolab Inc. News Release dated September 20, 2012.	Filed herewith electronically.

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