Suzanne M. Vautrinot - May 5, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for ECOLAB INC. (ECL)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ David F. Duvick, as Attorney-in-Fact for Suzanne M. Vautrinot
Stock symbol: ECL
Transactions as of: May 5, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 5/6/2022, 04:59 PM
Previous filing: Apr 28, 2022
Next filing: Jul 5, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	ECL	Common Stock						6,017	May 5, 2022	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	ECL	Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)	+Grant/Award	$0	+1,399		$0.00	1,399	May 5, 2022	Common Stock	1,399	$168.75	Direct	F1

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The option will become 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; provided, however, that if a Change in Control of the Company (as that term is defined in the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan) will occur, then the option will become immediately exercisable in full.

Content

The option will become 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; provided, however, that if a Change in Control of the Company (as that term is defined in the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan) will occur, then the option will become immediately exercisable in full.