ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2020

Dec 8, 2020

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2020-12-03

Reporting Person: SCHMECHEL DANIEL J (N/A)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2020-12-03	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$221.410	A	29327	Acquired	2030-12-03	Common Stock (29327)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	209248.018	Direct
Common Stock	2925.859	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The total includes 1.016 shares acquired by the reporting person on October 19, 2020 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

F2: Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of November 30, 2020. Includes 6.744 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,925.859 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 5,364 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)

F3: The option will be 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.