Larry L. Berger - 26 Feb 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for ECOLAB INC. (ECL)

Reporting relationship: EVP & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER
Issuer ticker: ECL
Reported as of: 26 Feb 2025
Net transaction value: -$1,544,161
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 27 Feb 2025, 20:23:08 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 21 Feb 2025
Next SEC filing: 07 May 2025
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Youaho Dong, as Attorney-in-Fact for Larry L. Berger

Key filing fact

Larry L. Berger filed Form 4 for ECOLAB INC. (ECL) on 27 Feb 2025.

Key facts

This page summarizes Larry L. Berger's Form 4 filing for ECOLAB INC. (ECL).
6 reported transactions and 2 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 27 Feb 2025, 20:23.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 21 Feb 2025.
Current net transaction value: -$1,544,161.

Research use

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

ECL transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $1,721,156
Shares: +10,858
Change %: +69%
Price: $158.52
Shares after: 26,602
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct

ECL transaction

Common Stock

Sale

Transaction value: $2,898,576
Shares: -10,858
Change %: -41%
Price: $266.95
Shares after: 15,744
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

ECL transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $1,807,760
Shares: +9,804
Change %: +62%
Price: $184.39
Shares after: 25,548
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct

ECL transaction

Common Stock

Tax liability

Transaction value: $2,174,501
Shares: -8,163
Change %: -32%
Price: $266.38
Shares after: 17,385
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F2

ECL holding

Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 75
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: By Ecolab Savings Plan
Footnotes: F3

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

ECL transaction Derivative

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -10,858
Change %: -100%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 0
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 10,858
Exercise price: $158.52
Footnotes: F4

ECL transaction Derivative

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -9,804
Change %: -100%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 0
Date: 26 Feb 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 9,804
Exercise price: $184.39
Footnotes: F4

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 4 footnotes

Footnote F1

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $266.80 to $267.60, inclusive. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.

Footnote F2

Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock.

Footnote F3

Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of January 31, 2025. (The 75.452 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 138 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)

Footnote F4

The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column is the first anniversary of the date of grant.