UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2017

 

ECOLAB INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

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

 

(Not applicable)

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

 

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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).
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

 

This current report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the current report on Form 8-K dated May 5, 2017 filed by Ecolab Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Original Form 8-K”).  The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 4, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”).  The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company's decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.   No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, in a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation held at the 2017 Annual Meeting, stockholders indicated a preference for an annual advisory vote on executive compensation as follows:

 

 

In light of these results and consistent with the previous recommendation and determination of the Company’s board of directors, the Company will continue to hold  a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, or until the board of directors otherwise determines that a different frequency for such votes is in the best interests of the Company.

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.