McKibben Tracy B 4

What Happened

• Tracy B. McKibben, a Director of Ecolab Inc. (ECL), was reported to have acquired 137.82 shares on 2026-03-31. The transaction is an award/grant (code A) with an acquisition price reported as $0.00 (no cash paid).
• The filing notes that 20.56 of the 137.82 shares were acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan. The filing shows no dollar value for the acquisition (value reported as $0).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-31; Filing date: 2026-04-02 (Form 4).
• Transaction type: Award/Other acquisition (code A); price reported $0.00.
• Shares acquired: 137.82 total; includes 20.56 via dividend reinvestment (per footnote).
• Shares owned after the transaction: Not specified in the public Form 4 filing.
• Filing timeliness: Filed two days after the transaction date; the Form 4 was submitted on 2026-04-02 (no late-filing flag indicated).

Context

• This was an award/deferred-compensation acquisition and a dividend-reinvestment credit, not an open-market purchase or sale. Such transactions are commonly part of director compensation arrangements and do not necessarily signal a change in market view.
• Because the acquisition price is $0.00 on the Form 4, no cash outlay or immediate sale proceeds are reported; it reflects plan-based compensation and reinvested dividends rather than a purchase.