FORM 11-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.   20549

 

(Mark One)

 

ý

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

 

OR

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                   to

 

Commission file numbers
2-90702, 33-18202, 33-55986, 33-56101 and 333-95043

 

A.                       Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer name below:

 

ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

(FKA Ecolab Savings Plan)

 

B.                         Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

ECOLAB INC.

370 Wabasha Street North

Saint Paul, Minnesota  55102-1390

 

 



 

ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

(FKA Ecolab Savings Plan)

 

 

REPORT ON AUDITS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

As of December 31, 2002 and 2001

 

and

 

for the year ended December 31, 2002

 

AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

 

as of and for the year ended December 31, 2002

 



 

INDEX

 

 

Page(s)

 

 

Report of Independent Auditors

2

 

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

Statement of Net Assets Available for
Benefits as of December 31, 2002 and 2001

3

 

 

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002

4

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

5 - 14

 

 

Supplemental Schedules:

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
as of December 31, 2002

15 - 16

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Reportable Transactions
for the year ended December 31, 2002

17

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

 

To the Plan Administrator

Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (FKA Ecolab Savings Plan)(the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan Administrator; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Plan Administrator, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules referred to in the accompanying index on page 1 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan Administrator.  The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

 

 

 

 

 

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

June 20, 2003

 

 

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ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

as of December 31, 2002 and 2001

 

(in thousands)

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity mutual funds

 

$

162,851

 

$

184,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other mutual funds

 

36,693

 

43,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managed income fund

 

46,078

 

44,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecolab stock fund

 

340,726

 

295,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participant loans

 

16,697

 

16,174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

603,045

 

583,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends receivable

 

990

 

979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

604,035

 

584,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

247

 

106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

$

603,788

 

$

584,186

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral

part of the financial statements.

 

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ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

for the year ended December 31, 2002

 

(in thousands)

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income (loss):

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

3,407

 

Dividends

 

7,712

 

Net depreciation in the fair value of mutual funds

 

(39,929

)

Increase in Plan’s interest in other funds

 

64,418

 

Total investment income

 

35,608

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions and transfers:

 

 

 

Employee contributions

 

27,006

 

Employer contributions

 

12,944

 

Transfer from other plans

 

5,584

 

Total contributions and transfers

 

45,534

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions:

 

 

 

Distributions and withdrawals

 

(61,345

)

Plan expenses

 

(195

)

Total deductions

 

(61,540

)

 

 

 

 

Net increase

 

19,602

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

584,186

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

$

603,788

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral

part of the financial statements.

 

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ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.                           Description of Plan:

 

The following brief description of the Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only.  Participants should refer to the Plan document for complete information regarding the Plan’s definitions, benefits, eligibility and other matters.  Effective March 1, 2002, the plan was amended with respect to certain aspects of employee and employer matching contributions, participant vesting and participant account allocation.  In addition, the plan was modified to meet the regulatory requirements of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and changed its name to the Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP.  The change of the plan to an ESOP had no impact on plan assets or participant accounts.

 

GENERAL AND ELIGIBILITY:

 

The Plan is a contributory qualified defined contribution plan available to employees of Ecolab Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries.  Employees regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week may participate immediately in the Plan provided they are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement which does not provide for their inclusion.  Part-time employees working less than 20 hours a week must have been employed for a twelve consecutive month period during which they have worked at least 1,000 hours to be eligible to participate. Employee participation in the Plan is voluntary.

 

The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

In connection with the plan amendment described further below, the plan has been designed to meet the IRS Safe Harbor rules so as to eliminate the need for certain non-discrimination testing in years subsequent to 2002.

 

CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

Prior to March 1, 2002, contributions were made to the Plan as “before-tax savings contributions,” “after-tax savings contributions,” “employer matching contributions” or “employer profit sharing contributions”.

 

Before-tax savings contributions were made by the company on behalf of participants who agreed to have their taxable compensation reduced.  Participants could reduce their compensation up to 10% (subject to a statutory annual maximum of $10,500 for 2001) for the purpose of making before-tax savings contributions to the Plan.

 

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1.                           Description of Plan, (Continued):

 

After-tax savings contributions were made by the company on behalf of participants through after-tax payroll deductions.  The total of before-tax and after-tax savings contributions made on behalf of a participant could not exceed 16% of a participant’s compensation.

 

Prior to March 1, 2002, employer matching contributions were made by the company in an amount equal to 50% of the total before-tax and after-tax savings contributions for a payroll period up to a maximum 6% of a participant’s eligible compensation for that period, as defined.  Employer matching contributions were invested entirely in the Ecolab Stock Fund.

 

Effective March 1, 2002, contributions are made to the Plan as “before-tax savings contributions,” “employer matching contributions” or “employer profit sharing contributions”.

 

Before-tax savings contributions are contributions made by the Company on behalf of participants who have agreed to have their taxable compensation reduced.  Participants may reduce their compensation up to 16% (subject to a statutory annual maximum of $11,000 for 2002) for the purpose of making before-tax savings contributions to the Plan.

 

Also effective March 1, 2002, employer matching contributions are made by the Company in an amount equal to a $1 match for each $1 of employee pre-tax contributions on the first 3% of compensation and $0.50 for each $1 of employee pre-tax contributions on the next 2% of compensation.  Employer matching contributions are invested entirely in the Ecolab Stock Fund. Participants who have attained age 55 and 10 years of service will be allowed to diversify up to 25% of their matching contribution account at any time during the 5 years after becoming eligible to diversify. In year 6, they can diversify up to 50% of their matching contribution account, taking into account the amounts already diversified in prior years.

 

Participants who have attained age 50 or above are allowed to make catch-up contributions in accordance with recently enacted legislation.

 

A separate ESOP was created for the employer matching contributions and the ESOP allows employees to elect the withdrawal of dividends paid on shares to the ESOP.

 

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1.                           Description of Plan, (Continued):

 

The provisions regarding employer profit sharing contributions were not impacted by the plan redesign.  Employer profit sharing contributions are discretionary and are determined annually by the Company’s Board of Directors.  If made, profit sharing contributions are divided among participants who are not eligible for a management incentive or equivalent bonus.  Discretionary employer profit sharing contributions are also invested entirely in the Ecolab Stock Fund.

 

The levels of contributions made by or on behalf of participants who are highly compensated, as defined in the Code, are subject to limitations under the Code based on the level of contributions made by employees who are not considered highly compensated.

 

VESTING:

 

Prior to March 1, 2002, participant interests in before-tax savings and after-tax savings contributions, and investment income thereon were always 100% vested.

 

Participants become vested in the employer matching contributions and investment income thereon at a rate of 25% each year, after two years of continuous service until fully vested after five years of service. Participants also become fully vested in employer matching contributions and investment income thereon in the event of death or total disability while employed by the company or upon retirement at, or after, age 65.

 

The plan provides for immediate 100% vesting of the employer matching contributions, as of March 1, 2002.

 

PLAN BENEFITS:

 

Benefits to participants are limited to the amount vested in each participant’s account.  In connection with the March 2002 plan redesign, all participants who were employed by a Participating Employer after February 28, 2002, became 100% vested effective March 1, 2002.  Upon retirement, death, disability or separation from service, a distribution may be made to the participant or beneficiary equal to the participant’s account.  Loans and In-Service withdrawals for Hardships are also available.  An employee distribution or withdrawal from the Plan generally is subject to federal income tax and may be subject to a 10% penalty.

 

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1.                           Description of Plan, (Continued):

 

PARTICIPANT LOANS:

 

Active employee participants (and beneficiaries who are parties in interest as defined by ERISA) are permitted to borrow from their accounts.  The total amount of a participant’s loan may not exceed the lesser of (a) $50,000 minus the participant’s highest outstanding loan balance for the previous twelve-month period, or (b) 50% of the participant’s interest in his or her account. When a loan is granted, the appropriate account balances are reduced and a separate loan account is created.  Loan payments, together with interest at a market rate determined by the Plan Administrator, are repaid generally over 5 or 10 years.  Participant loans at December 31, 2002 had interest rates ranging from 4.75% to 10.5%.  A participant can have no more than two loans outstanding at any time.  Participant loans are collateralized by the borrower’s account balance and are repaid through payroll deductions.

 

PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATION:

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company (“Fidelity”), a division of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc., provides investment management, recordkeeping and trustee services for the Plan directly or indirectly through one or more of its subsidiaries. The trust agreement authorizes services to be performed by the trustee, its agents or affiliates.

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the employer matching contributions, any employer profit sharing contributions and investment income thereon.

 

Except for employer matching and profit sharing contributions and investment income thereon which are required to be invested in the Ecolab Stock Fund (except for those participants eligible to diversify up to 25% or 50% of their matching contribution account as described above), participants are allowed to allocate their entire account balance in any combination of the twenty investment options at December 31, 2002.  Participants can transfer their account balances among the investment options and/or change the investment of their future contributions, and earnings thereon daily. These transfers and changes must be made in whole dollar amounts of at least $250 and/or in whole percent increments.

 

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1.                           Description of Plan, (Continued):

 

All participant contributions made under the Plan are paid to and invested by Fidelity in one or more of the available investment options as directed by the participants. Eighteen of the twenty investment options existing at December 31, 2002 are mutual funds.  The remaining two investment options include a fund invested primarily in investment contracts (the Managed Income Fund) and a non-diversified fund invested primarily in Ecolab Inc. common stock, held by Fidelity Management Trust Company (the Ecolab Stock Fund).  Portions of the Ecolab Stock Fund are considered non-participant directed investments (see information regarding non-participant directed investments in Note 4).

 

PLAN TERMINATION:

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.

 

2.                           Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

 

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and use the following significant accounting policies.

 

VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS:

 

Investments in the Managed Income Fund are recorded at the underlying net asset value per unit as determined by the Plan’s trustee, which approximates fair value. Investments in the Ecolab Stock Fund are recorded at the underlying net asset value per unit as determined by the Plan’s trustee, which approximates fair value based on the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock.  Mutual funds are recorded at the underlying net asset value per unit, which approximates fair value based on the publicly quoted market price of these funds.  Participant loans receivable are recorded at estimated fair value consisting of the principal value of outstanding loans, plus accrued interest.

 

INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS:

 

Interest income is recorded as earned on an accrual basis and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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2.                           Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (Continued):

 

NET APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) IN THE FAIR VALUE OF MUTUAL FUNDS:

 

The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of mutual funds, which consists of the realized gains or losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those mutual funds.

 

INCREASE IN PLAN’S INTEREST IN OTHER FUNDS:

 

The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the increase in the Plan’s interest in other funds (the Managed Income Fund and the Ecolab Stock Fund), which consists of the change in the fair value of investments which consists of the realized gains or losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

 

CONTRIBUTIONS:

 

Participant before-tax contributions are recorded in the period the employer makes the payroll deductions. Employer matching contributions are recorded based on participant contributions.  No discretionary employer profit sharing contributions were made for the 2001 or 2002 Plan year.

 

USE OF ESTIMATES:

 

The preparation of the Plan’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan Administrator to make significant estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of Net Assets Available for Benefits at the date of the financial statements and the Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits during the reporting period and, when applicable, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES:

 

The Plan provides for various investment options in various combinations of investment funds.  Investment funds are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits in future periods.

 

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2.                           Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (Continued):

 

CONCENTRATION OF MARKET RISK:

 

As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, approximately 56% and 51% of the Plan’s net assets were invested in the common stock of Ecolab Inc., respectively. The underlying value of the Ecolab Stock Fund is dependent on the performance of Ecolab Inc. and the market’s evaluation of such performance.  It is at least reasonably possible that changes in the fair value of Ecolab Inc. common stock in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS:

 

Distributions to participants are recorded when the distribution is made.

 

PLAN EXPENSES:

 

The Company pays a portion of the administrative expenses of the Plan and a portion is paid by plan participants within plan. Certain asset management and administrative fees of the Plan are charged against the Plan’s investment income.

 

3.                           Investments:

 

Investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2002 and 2001 are summarized as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund

 

$

32,240

 

$

43,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Magellan Fund

 

37,600

 

52,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Managed Income Fund

 

46,078

 

44,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecolab Stock Fund

 

340,726

 

295,303

 

 

At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the fair value of participant-directed investments in the Ecolab Stock Fund totaled $113,860 and $104,439, respectively.

 

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3.                           Investments, (Continued):

 

The Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value by $24,489 as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity mutual funds

 

$

(30,151

)

 

 

 

 

Other mutual funds

 

(9,778

)

 

 

 

 

Managed Income Fund

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

Ecolab Stock Fund

 

64,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

24,489

 

 

4.                           Nonparticipant-Directed Investments:

 

Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments in the Ecolab Stock Fund as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and for the year ended December 31, 2002 are as follows:

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock - Ecolab Inc.

 

$

226,866

 

$

190,864

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
2002

 

Changes in net assets:

 

 

 

Dividends

 

$

2,874

 

Net appreciation

 

43,701

 

Plan expenses

 

(21

)

Contributions

 

12,944

 

Distributions and transfers

 

(23,496

)

 

 

$

36,002

 

 

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5.                              Tax Status:

 

The Plan constitutes a qualified plan and trust under Section 401(a) of the Code and therefore is exempt from federal income taxes under provisions of Section 501(a).  The Plan consists of a profit sharing portion and a stock bonus portion.  The stock bonus portion constitutes an employee stock ownership plan within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code.  The Plan also complies with the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Code.  A tax qualification letter, dated April 2, 2003, was received from the Internal Revenue Service.  The letter stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code.  The Plan has been amended since application for that determination letter, and the Plan Administrator has filed a new application for a tax determination letter, on the plan as amended. While the application is pending, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and therefore believes the Plan is qualified and tax-exempt, as described above.  Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

 

6.                              Related Party and Party-In-Interest Transactions:

 

The trustee is authorized under contract provisions, or by ERISA regulations providing an administrative or statutory exemption, to invest in funds under its control and in securities of the Company.

 

Participant contributions are invested in one or more of the investment fund options offered under the Plan, including the Ecolab Stock Fund.  In addition, employer matching and profit sharing contributions are invested in the Ecolab Stock Fund, consisting of primarily Ecolab Inc. common stock and also short-term investment funds under the trustee’s control.  In 2002, the amount of such purchases and sales of funds managed by the trustee and the fund consisting of Company stock were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

2002

 

 

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity mutual funds

 

$

75,519

 

$

65,506

 

Ecolab stock fund

 

71,570

 

90,539

 

 

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7.                     Plan Amendments:

 

Declarations of Merger were adopted by the Plan to merge the assets of the Commercial Parts & Service Inc. Profit Sharing Savings Plan (“CPS 401(k) Plan”) and the Southwest Sanitary Distribution Company 401(k) Plan (SSDC 401(k) Plan) into the Plan.  Assets of the CPS 401(k) Plan and the SSDC 401(k) Plan totaling $5.6 million, were transferred on July 1, 2002 and August 1, 2002, respectively, into similar investment options as under the prior plans until participants were able to direct their accounts into one or more of the Plan’s available investment options. This amount and other miscellaneous transfers are included as “Transfers from other plans” on the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

 



 

ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES

as of December 31, 2002

 

EIN 41-0231510

Plan Number: 003

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(a)

 

(b)
Identity of Issue,
Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party

 

(c)
Description of Investment,
Including Maturity Date,
Rate of Interest, Collateral,
Par or Maturity Value

 

(d)**
Cost

 

(e)
Current
Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Retirement Money
Market Portfolio
15,312,220 units

 

 

 

$

15,312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Government
Income Fund
2,222,814 units

 

 

 

23,295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Puritan Fund
1,515,941 units

 

 

 

23,937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Spartan U.S. Equity
Index Fund
1,034,981 units

 

 

 

32,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Magellan Fund
476,190 units

 

 

 

37,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Overseas Fund
457,915 units

 

 

 

10,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Spartan Extended
Market Index Fund
114,348 units

 

 

 

2,199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
Income Fund
70,174 units

 

 

 

744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
2000 Fund
120,610 units

 

 

 

1,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
2010 Fund
458,368 units

 

 

 

5,244

 

 


*                            Party-in-interest

**                     Cost information for participant directed investments is not required.

 

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(a)

 

(b)
Identity of Issue,
Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party

 

(c)
Description of Investment,
Including Maturity Date,
Rate of Interest, Collateral,
Par or Maturity Value

 

(d)**
Cost

 

(e)
Current
Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
2020 Fund
716,618 units

 

 

 

7,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
2030 Fund
288,147 units

 

 

 

2,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
and Research Co.

 

Fidelity Freedom
2040 Fund
51,630 Units

 

 

 

302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Investment
Management Company

 

PIMCO Total Return Fund
607,990 units

 

 

 

6,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Research
and Management

 

Washington Mutual
Investors Fund
280,707 units

 

 

 

6,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harbor Capital Advisor
(Jennison Associates
LLP is the subadvisor)

 

Harbor Capital
Appreciation Fund
539,410 units

 

 

 

10,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCW Investment
Management Co.

 

Small Cap Value I
Growth Fund
1,204,769 units

 

 

 

10,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCW Investment
Management Co.

 

TCW Galileo Small Cap
Growth Fund
180,840 units

 

 

 

1,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Fidelity Management
Trust Co.

 

Managed Income Fund
46,077,700 units

 

 

 

46,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Ecolab Inc.

 

Ecolab Stock Fund
7,330,585 units

 

145,704

 

340,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Participant loans

 

Participant loans due
1/2003-12/2013 (stated
interest rates ranging
from 4.75% to 10.5%)

 

 

 

16,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

603,045

 

 


*                            Party-in-interest

**                     Cost information for participant directed investments is not required.

 

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ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

 

SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS

 

for the year ended December 31, 2002

 

EIN 41-0231510

Plan Number: 003

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

(a)
Identity of Party Involved

 

(b)
Description
of Asset

 

(c)
Purchase
Price

 

(d)
Selling
Price

 

(g)
Cost of
Asset

 

(h)
Value of
Asset on
Transaction
Date

 

(i)
Net Gain
(Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series of Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecolab Inc./Fidelity Management Trust Co.

 

Ecolab Stock Fund

 

71,570

 

 

 

71,570

 

71,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90,539

 

61,347

 

90,539

 

29,192

 

 

NOTE (1):  The following columns of Schedule 4J were excluded as they are not applicable:

(e) - Lease Rental and (f) - Expenses Incurred with Transaction.

 

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ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

EXHIBITS

 

 

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Report:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

 

 

 

(23)

 

Consent of Independent Auditors

 

 

 

(99)

 

Certification

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

ECOLAB SAVINGS PLAN and ESOP

 

 

 

 

DATE: June 20, 2003

By: /s/Diane A. Wigglesworth

 

 

Diane A. Wigglesworth

 

Compensation Vice President,

 

Ecolab Inc.

 

(Plan Administrator)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

 

Method of Filing

 

 

 

 

 

(23)

 

Consent of Independent Auditors

 

Filed herewith electronically

 

 

 

 

 

(99)

 

Certification

 

Filed herewith electronically