ECOLAB INC. (NYSE:ECL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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ECOLAB INC. (NYSE:ECL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Ecolab’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was held on May 3, 2018.A copy of the News Release issued by Ecolab in connection with this report under Item 5.07 is attached as Exhibit (99.1).

At the close of business on March 6, 2018, the record date of the Annual Meeting, Ecolab had 288,348,134 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, 89.59% of the issued and outstanding shares of Ecolab’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy which constituted a majority of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date for the Annual Meeting.

The first proposal voted upon was the election of 13 Directors for a one-year term ending at the annual meeting in 2019. The 13 persons nominated by Ecolab’s board of directors received the following votes and were elected:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Douglas M. Baker, Jr.	225,006,917	9,586,284	1,604,474	22,128,083
Barbara J. Beck	235,622,408	401,193	174,074	22,128,083
Leslie S. Biller	230,286,618	5,723,509	187,548	22,128,083
Carl M. Casale	235,215,122	650,869	331,684	22,128,083
Stephen I. Chazen	224,687,079	11,141,810	368,786	22,128,083
Jeffrey M. Ettinger	233,403,232	2,268,148	526,295	22,128,083
Arthur J. Higgins	208,184,291	27,593,727	419,657	22,128,083
Michael Larson	224,387,224	11,160,169	650,282	22,128,083
David W. MacLennan	234,754,132	1,136,958	306,585	22,128,083
Tracy B. McKibben	235,331,367	299,438	566,870	22,128,083
Victoria J. Reich	234,597,391	1,299,089	301,195	22,128,083
Suzanne M. Vautrinot	233,129,376	2,758,433	309,866	22,128,083
John J. Zillmer	230,955,281	4,761,153	481,241	22,128,083

The second proposal voted upon was the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ecolab’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018.The proposal received the following votes and was approved:

For	Against	Abstain
249,606,451	8,351,526	367,781

The third proposal was a vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the executives disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The proposal received the following votes and was approved:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
217,667,315	15,035,223	3,495,137	22,128,083

The fourth proposal was to consider and vote on a stockholder proposal regarding the threshold to call special stockholder meetings. The proposal received the following votes and was not approved:

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
29,322,814	205,230,989	1,643,872	22,128,083

ECOLAB INC. ExhibitEX-99.1 2 ex-99d1.htm EX-99.1 ecl_Ex99_1_2018 Exhibit 99.1 News Release Ecolab Inc. 1 Ecolab Place St. Paul,…To view the full exhibit click here
About ECOLAB INC. (NYSE:ECL)
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. The Company’s segments include Global Industrial, Global Institutional, Global Energy, Other and Corporate. The Global Industrial segment consists of the Water, Food and Beverage, Paper and Textile Care operating units. The Global Institutional segment consists of the Institutional, Specialty and Healthcare operating units. The Global Energy segment provides on-site and technology-driven solutions to the global drilling, oil and gas production, refining and petrochemical industries. The Other segment consists of the pest elimination and equipment care operating units. The Company’s cleaning and sanitizing programs and products, pest elimination services and equipment maintenance and repair services support customers in the foodservice, food and beverage processing, hospitality, healthcare, government and education, retail, textile care and commercial facilities management sectors in approximately 170 countries.