Insider trade

CEO sold ~$5M of ECL shares in the open market

Traded Aug 18, 2026 · Filed Aug 20, 2026

EcolabECL

~$5M
Reported value · 18K sh @ $280.138: 73K
Holds after · shares reported: -3.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.5%, $280.00 → $271.26 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Ecolab sold $5M of Ecolab shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 20, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$5,003,825

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

21 days after results of Jul 28, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $280.00 on Aug 18, 2026, 14% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, after a 1% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $245.73 (May 19, 2026) to $308.35 (Feb 27, 2026), 55% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $283.08 on Jul 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.8%	+0.5%	+1.4%
30 days	-4.1%	+1.0%	-5.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000031462-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Aug 20, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ECOLAB INC.
Issuer CIK: 31462
Ticker: ECL
Reporting person: Christophe Beck
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 17,862
Price per share: $280.138
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 72,932.118
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $279.950 to $280.400, inclusive. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.

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Fund holdings

16KPrior-quarter shares · no longer reported

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

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