King Margeaux 4
4 · ECOLAB INC. · Filed Feb 26, 2026
Research Summary
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Ecolab (ECL) EVP Margeaux King Receives 1,662 RSUs
What Happened
Margeaux King, Executive Vice President — Human Resources at Ecolab, had 1,662 restricted stock units (RSUs vest) convert into 1,662 shares of Ecolab common stock on 2026-02-25. The RSUs convert on a one-for-one basis and carried no exercise price (reported as $0). Based on the reported withholding price of $306.04, the vested shares had an implied market value of about $508,638. Of those shares, 527.166 were withheld to cover minimum statutory tax obligations, generating $161,334 in withholding. Net shares delivered to King from this vesting were approximately 1,134.834 shares.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-25; Form 4 filed 2026-02-26 (timely filing).
- Vesting/conversion: 1,662 RSUs -> 1,662 common shares (derivative code M; $0 exercise price).
- Tax withholding: 527.166 shares withheld (disposition code F) at $306.04 for $161,334 (footnote F1).
- Vesting context: This represents the first of three scheduled vestings from a grant of 4,988 RSUs dated 2025-02-25 (footnote F3). RSUs convert 1:1 to common stock (footnote F2).
- Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the supplied filing details; net shares issued from this vesting ≈ 1,134.834.
Context
This was a routine vesting of RSUs, not a market purchase or open-market sale. The reporting shows a common “cashless” outcome where a portion of the vested shares are withheld to satisfy tax obligations — a standard administrative step (code F). Such vestings are compensation events and do not by themselves indicate the insider is buying or selling stock to express a market view.
Insider Transaction Report
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2026-02-25+1,662→ 1,674 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F1]2026-02-25$306.04/sh−527.166$161,334→ 1,146.834 total - Exercise/Conversion
Restricted Stock Units
[F2][F3]2026-02-25−1,662→ 3,326 totalFrom: 2026-02-25Exp: 2028-02-25→ Common Stock (1,662 underlying)
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]Reflects the reporting person's payment of minimum statutory tax obligations by withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock incident to the vesting of restricted stock units in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
- [F2]Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
- [F3]Represents the first (out of three) vesting of units from the grant of 4,988 restricted stock units made on February 25, 2025. The vesting schedule for the grant provided for the units to vest, subject to continued employment, as to one-third of the units (excluding any fractional portion less than one unit), on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining units on the third anniversary of the date of grant.