secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-11T20:46:52+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-058710
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab elects Bryce Mewhorter as SVP & Corporate Controller; 13 directors voted in
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- Bryce L. Mewhorter elected SVP and Corporate Controller, effective after Q2 2026 10-Q filing; Jennifer J. Bradway to move to different role.
- At annual meeting, all 13 director nominees elected; advisory say-on-pay approved with 223.5M for, 14.3M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved (230.0M for, 24.2M against); stockholder proposal on independent board chair rejected (61.9M for, 176.3M against).
- Mewhorter, age 51, previously SVP Finance Global Water; joined Ecolab in 1998.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926058710/0001104659-26-058710-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465926058710/ecl-20260507x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-058710

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