SEC Info - Bell Simon G - ‘4’ for 1/10/20 re: US Ecology, Inc.

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Bell Simon G

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

101 S. CAPITOL BLVD.

SUITE 1000

(Street)

BOISE

83702

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
US Ecology, Inc. [ ECOL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP & COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
1/10/20

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	1/10/20		M		1,182 ⁽¹⁾	A	$0 ⁽¹⁾	48,024	D
Common Stock	1/12/20 ⁽²⁾		F		3,013 ⁽³⁾	D	$57.49 ⁽³⁾	45,011	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Performance Stock Units	$0 ⁽¹⁾	1/10/20	⁽¹⁾	M			1,182 ⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	12/31/19	Common Stock	1,182 ⁽¹⁾	$0 ⁽¹⁾	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) The number of shares reported represents the shares earned during the three year performance period ending December 31, 2019 (as calculated on January 10, 2020) based on US Ecology Inc.'s total shareholder return relative to the S&P 600 (weighted at 50%) and a peer group of certain companies in the environmental and facilities industry (weighted at 50%). The target number of shares available was 2,000 and the maximum number of shares available was 4,000 or 200% of target.

(2) Date on which the number of shares to be withheld was determined upon election of the reporting person.

(3) Number of shares withheld was determined based on the closing price of US Ecology, Inc. common stock on December 31, 2019 and January 10, 2020. Price indicated is a weighted average of the closing price of stock; 2,452 shares at $57.91 per share and 561 shares at $55.65 per share.

	/s/ Wayne Ipsen, power of attorney	1/14/20
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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F	Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the receipt, exercise or vesting of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
M	Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3.

Bell Simon G – ‘4’ for 1/10/20 re: US Ecology, Inc.

On: Tuesday, 1/14/20, at 4:58pm ET · For: 1/10/20 · Accession #: 1437749-20-637 · File #: 1-39120

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