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 5, 2022. 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 8, 2022, the record date of the Annual Meeting, Ecolab had 286,296,038 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, 251,590,340 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 12 Directors for a one-year term ending at the annual meeting in 2023. The 12 persons nominated by Ecolab's board of directors received the following votes and were elected:



                           For       Against     Abstain     Broker
                                                           Non-Votes
Shari L. Ballard       232,655,186  2,697,081    435,901   15,802,172
Barbara J. Beck        222,671,190  11,281,113  1,835,865  15,802,172
Christophe Beck        217,523,277  16,382,841  1,882,050  15,802,172
Jeffrey M. Ettinger    226,597,563  8,610,259    580,346   15,802,172
Arthur J. Higgins      227,247,715  8,055,103    485,350   15,802,172
Michael Larson         231,836,530  3,494,125    457,513   15,802,172
David W. MacLennan     228,471,058  6,766,850    550,260   15,802,172
Tracy B. McKibben      232,893,395  2,453,337    441,436   15,802,172
Lionel L. Nowell, III  232,769,760  2,538,438    479,970   15,802,172
Victoria J. Reich      219,692,926  15,560,429   534,813   15,802,172
Suzanne M. Vautrinot   230,842,745  4,514,443    430,980   15,802,172
John J. Zillmer        136,733,586  97,318,914  1,735,668  15,802,172

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, 2022. The proposal received the following votes and was approved:



    For       Against    Abstain
226,363,809  24,805,942  420,589

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:



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    For       Against     Abstain     Broker
                                    Non-Votes
206,022,097  26,446,835  3,319,236  15,802,172


The fourth proposal was a vote to approve a stockholder proposal regarding
special meeting ownership threshold. The proposal received the following votes
and was not approved:

   For        Against     Abstain     Broker
                                    Non-Votes
23,654,595  210,799,855  1,333,718  15,802,172


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



  (d) Exhibits.

      Exhibit No.   Description                                Method of Filing

      (99.1)          Ecolab Inc. News Release dated May 5,    Filed herewith electronically.
                    2022.

      (104)         Cover Page Interactive Data File.          Embedded within the Inline XBRL
                                                               document.


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