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 Holders
Item 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. Exhibit
EX-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,…
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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.