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Ownership Document |
Schema Version: X0508 |
Document Type: 4 |
Period of Report: 3/15/24 |
Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 31462 |
| Issuer Name: ECOLAB INC. |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: ECL |
Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1589791 |
| | Owner Name: Vautrinot Suzanne M |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: C/O ECOLAB INC. |
| | Owner Street 2: 1 ECOLAB PLACE |
| | Owner City: ST. PAUL |
| | Owner State: MN |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 55102 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? Yes |
| | Is Officer? No |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: |
| | Other Text: |
Aff 10b5 One: 0 |
Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 2,400 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 104.850 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 9,895 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: F |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 1,118 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 224.890 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 8,777 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 500 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 104.850 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 9,277 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: F |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 233 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 224.890 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 9,044 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Value: 104.850 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 2,400 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Value: 8/8/14 |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Value: 5/8/24 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 2,400 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy) |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Value: 104.850 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 500 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Value: 8/8/14 |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Value: 5/8/24 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 500 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock. |
| Footnote - F2: The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant. The date listed in the Date Exercisable column represents the first vesting date. |
Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Corinne Lawson, as Attorney-in-Fact for Suzanne M. Vautrinot |
| Signature Date: 3/19/24 |