McKibben Tracy B 4

What Happened
Tracy B. McKibben, a director of Ecolab Inc. (ECL), was granted/acquired 130.18 shares on June 30, 2026 under a director compensation/award event. The reported acquisition price was $0.00, so the transaction had no cash purchase value reported. The filing notes 21.51 of the shares were acquired through a dividend reinvestment feature of Ecolab’s 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-30; Filing date: 2026-07-02 (no late-filing indicator provided in the excerpt).
• Transaction type/code: A (award/grant or other acquisition).
• Shares acquired: 130.18 shares at $0.00 per share (total reported cash value $0).
• Footnote: F1 — 21.51 shares were from dividend reinvestment under the 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing excerpt.

Context
This was an award/acquisition tied to director compensation and dividend reinvestment—not an open-market purchase or sale. Such grants and dividend-reinvestment issuances for non-employee directors are routine and do not necessarily indicate a personal market view.