secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECOLAB INC. (ECL)
CIK:        0000031462
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-006805
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ecolab elects 12 directors, approves say-on-pay, ratifies auditor; independent chair proposal fails
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- All 12 director nominees elected; John J. Zillmer had lowest support (75% for, 25% against).
- Say-on-pay approved with ~89% of votes cast (210.5M for vs 23.1M against).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2024 approved (223M for vs 30M against).
- Stockholder proposal for independent board chair policy not approved (156.9M against vs 80.1M for).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024006805/0001558370-24-006805-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837024006805/ecl-20240502x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-006805

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