0001558370-19-003243.txt : 20190424 0001558370-19-003243.hdr.sgml : 20190424 20190424163507 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001558370-19-003243 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190423 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20190424 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190424 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECOLAB INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000031462 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SOAP, DETERGENT, CLEANING PREPARATIONS, PERFUMES, COSMETICS [2840] IRS NUMBER: 410231510 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09328 FILM NUMBER: 19764258 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 ECOLAB PLACE CITY: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 BUSINESS PHONE: 18002326522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 ECOLAB PLACE CITY: SAINT PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECOLAB INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861203 8-K 1 f8-k.htm 8-K ecl_8K_Other_Appointment_Executive_Officer

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 23, 2019

 

ECOLAB INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

1-9328

 

41-0231510

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

1 Ecolab Place, Saint Paul, Minnesota

 

55102

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 1-800-232-6522

 

(Not applicable)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 
Emerging growth company  ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)          On April 23, 2019, Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ecolab”), announced that effective June 1, 2019, Bruno Lavandier, the Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Ecolab and its principal accounting officer, has accepted an assignment related to the planning and execution of the previously announced spin-off of the company’s Energy Services upstream business into a stand-alone company. Mr. Lavandier joined Nalco in 2001 (prior to Nalco becoming a subsidiary of Ecolab in 2011) and was appointed to his current position in 2017.

(c)          On April 23, 2019, Ecolab also announced that effective June 1, 2019, Scott D. Kirkland will become Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, and will serve as Ecolab’s principal accounting officer, succeeding Mr. Lavandier.  Mr. Kirkland, age 45, has been with Ecolab since 2005 and is currently serving as the senior vice president of finance for Ecolab’s Energy Services business, a position he has held since April 2016. Before his Energy Services role, he held finance leadership roles in Ecolab’s Global Institutional and North America Institutional businesses. His earlier roles at Ecolab included vice president Corporate Planning & Analysis, and vice president Finance Asia Pacific and Latin America regions.  Mr. Kirkland has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa.          

Mr. Kirkland will be entitled to participate in Ecolab’s regular compensation arrangements for executive officers.  Information regarding such arrangements is included in the definitive proxy statement relating to Ecolab’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019.          

There is no transaction between Mr. Kirkland (and his immediate family) and Ecolab that requires disclosure in accordance with Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

ECOLAB INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: April 24, 2019

By:

/s/David F. Duvick

 

 

David F. Duvick

 

 

Assistant Secretary

 

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