secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-004741
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab recasts 2020-2021 segment data at 2022 fixed currency rates, immaterial reporting changes
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- 2021 net sales at 2022 fixed rates: $12,483.6M; operating income: $1,551.1M (vs. prior fixed rates $12,844.8M and $1,617.5M).
- Changes reflect immaterial customer reclassifications and cost-allocation updates effective Q1 2022.
- Quarterly 2021 data restated: Q4 net sales at fixed rates $3,326.0M, operating income $378.9M.
- Previously reported GAAP totals unchanged; segment presentation only adjusted for currency and reclassifications.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022004741/0001558370-22-004741-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837022004741/ecl-20220330x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-004741

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