secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-002369
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab's Executive Chairman Douglas Baker to retire; CEO Christophe Beck to become Chair
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- Douglas M. Baker, Jr. will step down from the board after his term ends at the 2022 Annual Meeting on May 5, 2022.
- Current President and CEO Christophe Beck will become Chairman of the Board effective upon Baker's departure.
- Jeff Ettinger will remain Lead Independent Director.
- Baker's retirement is a planned succession; the board expressed confidence in Beck's leadership.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022002369/0001558370-22-002369-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022002369/ecl-20220228x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-002369

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