---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-005492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:05:47.234549+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab restates 2022 segment data after moving Downstream into Water; fixed-currency tables filed

## Summary
- Effective Jan 1, 2023, former Downstream operating segment moved into Water segment within Industrial reportable segment.
- 2022 net sales at fixed 2023 rates: $14,093.4M (2021: $12,166.2M).
- 2022 operating income at fixed 2023 rates: $1,546.3M (2021: $1,488.1M).
- Quarterly 2022 segment data also restated; total reported GAAP net sales and operating income unchanged.
- Supplemental tables provided for 2022 and 2021 at 2023 fixed currency rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-005492
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023005492/0001558370-23-005492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023005492/ecl-20230405x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ECOLAB INC. reported financial results for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
  - Period: the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The exhibit also reflects immaterial changes to the Company’s segment reporting structure, including the movement of certain customers and cost allocations effective in the first quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837023005492/0001558370-23-005492-index.htm

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