{"transactions":[{"id":3188455,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-04-02T21:26:40.000Z","date":"2020-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":197.74,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 93.14 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":59298.48,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-004538","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020004538/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223937,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":3800,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F2","text":"The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant. The date listed in the Date Exercisable column represents the vesting date for the first 25% of the option shares."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":63.995,"exercise_date":"2012-08-03","expiration_date":"2022-05-03","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":3800},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":9,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223936,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":4200,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F2","text":"The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant. The date listed in the Date Exercisable column represents the vesting date for the first 25% of the option shares."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":51.735,"exercise_date":"2011-08-05","expiration_date":"2021-05-05","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":4200},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":8,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223935,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":4500,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F2","text":"The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant. The date listed in the Date Exercisable column represents the vesting date for the first 25% of the option shares."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":47.475,"exercise_date":"2010-08-06","expiration_date":"2020-05-06","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":4500},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":7,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223934,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1215,"price":200.145,"value":243176.175,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by withholding shares of Ecolab common stock."}],"balance_after":59007.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":6,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223933,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":3800,"price":63.995,"value":243181.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":60222.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":5,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223932,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1085,"price":200.145,"value":217157.325,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by withholding shares of Ecolab common stock."}],"balance_after":56422.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":4,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223931,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":4200,"price":51.735,"value":217287.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":57507.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223930,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1067,"price":200.145,"value":213554.715,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by withholding shares of Ecolab common stock."}],"balance_after":53307.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3223929,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-03-06T22:51:03.000Z","date":"2020-03-05","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":4500,"price":47.475,"value":213637.5,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":54374.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-003251","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020003251/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3326217,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2020-01-03T21:55:54.000Z","date":"2019-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":149.69,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 88.76 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":49874.6,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-20-000193","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911020000193/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3402431,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-10-03T01:21:12.000Z","date":"2019-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":144.96,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 86.42 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":49636.15,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001104659-19-052813","document":"a4.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000110465919052813/a4.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3474096,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-07-02T20:58:48.000Z","date":"2019-06-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":147.58,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 92.85 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":49404.77,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-008399","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019008399/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3496580,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-06-10T20:48:53.000Z","date":"2019-06-06","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":9975,"price":195.012,"value":1945244.7,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"price","element":"transactionPricePerShare","label":"F1","text":"This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $195.00 to $195.04, 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."}],"balance_after":49164.34,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-007396","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019007396/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3541817,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2019-05-03T21:03:49.000Z","date":"2019-05-02","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1281,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F1","text":"The option will become exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant; provided, however, that if a Change in Control of the Company (as that term is defined in the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan) will occur, then the option will become immediately exercisable in full."}],"balance_after":1281,"derivative":{"exercise_price":182.977,"exercise_date":"2019-08-02","expiration_date":"2029-05-02","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1281},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-005555","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019005555/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3571198,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-04-02T21:38:10.000Z","date":"2019-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":163.33,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 113.04 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":59139.34,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-004553","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019004553/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3652876,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2019-02-19T22:08:20.000Z","date":"2019-02-15","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":5200,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F2","text":"The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":38.625,"exercise_date":"2009-08-08","expiration_date":"2019-05-08","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":5200},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-002097","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019002097/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3652875,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-19T22:08:20.000Z","date":"2019-02-15","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1230,"price":163.2,"value":200736.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock."}],"balance_after":58862.97,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-002097","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019002097/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3652874,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-02-19T22:08:20.000Z","date":"2019-02-15","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":5200,"price":38.625,"value":200850.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":60092.97,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-002097","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019002097/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3712218,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-01-03T22:13:31.000Z","date":"2018-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":214,"price":146.03,"value":31250.42,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 100.92 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":54892.97,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-000272","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019000272/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3712217,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2019-01-03T22:13:31.000Z","date":"2018-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":196.88,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":54578.05,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-19-000272","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911019000272/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3747065,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-12-03T22:40:10.000Z","date":"2018-11-30","kind":"gift","acquired":false,"shares":3461,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":54381.17,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-013373","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018013373/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3747064,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-12-03T22:40:10.000Z","date":"2018-11-30","kind":"sale","acquired":false,"shares":2811,"price":160.4,"value":450884.4,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":57842.17,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-013373","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018013373/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3803844,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-10-02T20:43:23.000Z","date":"2018-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":199.5,"price":156.645,"value":31250.6775,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 102.21 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":60653.17,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-011897","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018011897/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3803843,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-10-02T20:43:23.000Z","date":"2018-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":183.54,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":60351.46,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-011897","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018011897/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3803842,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-10-02T20:43:23.000Z","date":"2018-08-28","kind":"gift","acquired":false,"shares":8000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":60167.92,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-011897","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018011897/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3878149,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-07-03T20:51:15.000Z","date":"2018-06-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":221.67,"price":140.975,"value":31249.92825,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 99.74 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":68167.92,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-009357","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018009357/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3878148,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-07-03T20:51:15.000Z","date":"2018-06-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":203.94,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":67846.51,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-009357","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018009357/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3946705,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2018-05-04T20:43:37.000Z","date":"2018-05-03","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":1800,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F1","text":"The option will become exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant; provided, however, that if a Change in Control of the Company (as that term is defined in the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan) will occur, then the option will become immediately exercisable in full."}],"balance_after":1800,"derivative":{"exercise_price":144.015,"exercise_date":"2018-08-03","expiration_date":"2028-05-03","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":1800},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-006299","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018006299/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3975819,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-04-03T20:39:05.000Z","date":"2018-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":229.05,"price":136.435,"value":31250.43675,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 102.96 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":67642.57,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-005234","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018005234/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":3975818,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-04-03T20:39:05.000Z","date":"2018-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":210.72,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":67310.56,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-005234","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018005234/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4000398,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2018-03-13T21:46:01.000Z","date":"2018-03-09","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":4200,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F2","text":"The option became exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant."}],"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":45.965,"exercise_date":"2008-08-01","expiration_date":"2018-05-02","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":4200},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-004218","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018004218/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4000397,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-03-13T21:46:01.000Z","date":"2018-03-09","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1436,"price":134.35,"value":192926.6,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"kind","element":"transactionCoding","label":"F1","text":"Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock."}],"balance_after":67099.84,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-004218","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018004218/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4000396,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-03-13T21:46:01.000Z","date":"2018-03-09","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":4200,"price":45.965,"value":193053.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":68535.84,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-004218","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018004218/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4116211,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-01-03T22:05:36.000Z","date":"2017-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":222.48,"price":134.845,"value":30000.3156,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 93.68 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":64335.84,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-000328","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018000328/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4116210,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-01-03T22:05:36.000Z","date":"2017-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":185.4,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":64019.68,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-000328","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018000328/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4116209,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2018-01-03T22:05:36.000Z","date":"2017-11-28","kind":"gift","acquired":false,"shares":5000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":63834.28,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-18-000328","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911018000328/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4196930,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-10-03T20:38:06.000Z","date":"2017-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":232.4,"price":129.09,"value":30000.516,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 93.72 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":68834.28,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-012966","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017012966/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4196929,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-10-03T20:38:06.000Z","date":"2017-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":193.66,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":68508.16,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-012966","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017012966/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4267194,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-07-05T22:05:27.000Z","date":"2017-06-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":226.38,"price":132.52,"value":29999.8776,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 97.62 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":68314.5,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-010031","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017010031/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4267193,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-07-05T22:05:27.000Z","date":"2017-06-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":188.65,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":67990.5,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-010031","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017010031/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4267192,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-07-05T22:05:27.000Z","date":"2017-05-08","kind":"gift","acquired":false,"shares":5000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 97.62 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":67801.85,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-010031","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017010031/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4332836,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Non-Employee Director Stock Option (Right to Buy)","published_at":"2017-05-05T20:38:17.000Z","date":"2017-05-04","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":2000,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"derivative.exercise_date","element":"exerciseDate","label":"F1","text":"The option will become exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to 25% of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on the last day of each of the first, second and third three-month periods following its date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the last day of the fourth three-month period following its date of grant; provided, however, that if a Change in Control of the Company (as that term is defined in the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan) will occur, then the option will become immediately exercisable in full."}],"balance_after":2000,"derivative":{"exercise_price":125.665,"exercise_date":"2017-08-04","expiration_date":"2027-05-04","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":2000},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-006662","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017006662/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4364476,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-04-04T21:41:20.000Z","date":"2017-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":239.38,"price":125.32,"value":29999.1016,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 102.16 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":72801.85,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-005609","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017005609/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4364475,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-04-04T21:41:20.000Z","date":"2017-03-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":199.49,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":72460.31,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-005609","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017005609/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4420550,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-02-28T22:18:41.000Z","date":"2017-02-24","kind":"exercise","acquired":false,"shares":4300,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":0,"derivative":{"exercise_price":42.905,"exercise_date":"2007-05-04","expiration_date":"2017-05-04","underlying":"Common Stock","underlying_shares":4300},"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-003394","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"derivative","row_type":"transaction","position":3,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017003394/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4420549,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-02-28T22:18:41.000Z","date":"2017-02-24","kind":"tax_withholding","acquired":false,"shares":1489,"price":123.9,"value":184487.1,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":72260.82,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-003394","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":2,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017003394/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4420548,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-02-28T22:18:41.000Z","date":"2017-02-24","kind":"exercise","acquired":true,"shares":4300,"price":42.905,"value":184491.5,"ownership":{"direct":true},"balance_after":73749.82,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-003394","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017003394/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4506738,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2017-01-04T21:13:40.000Z","date":"2016-12-31","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":212.59,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 97.29 shares acquired under a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":69449.82,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-17-000185","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911017000185/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}},{"id":4589475,"issuer":{"id":2954,"kind":"organization","name":"ECOLAB INC.","symbol":"ECL"},"owners":[{"id":150155,"kind":"person","name":"BILLER LESLIE S","position":1,"cik":"0001214522","reported_name":"BILLER LESLIE S","relationship":{"director":true,"officer":false,"ten_percent_owner":false,"other":false}}],"security":"Common Stock","published_at":"2016-10-04T20:38:09.000Z","date":"2016-09-30","kind":"grant","acquired":true,"shares":205.96,"price":0,"value":0.0,"ownership":{"direct":true},"footnotes":[{"field":"balance_after","element":"sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction","label":"F1","text":"Includes 92.58 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Ecolab Inc. 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Deferred Compensation Plan."}],"balance_after":69139.94,"source":{"system":"sec-edgar","filing":"0001179110-16-030288","document":"edgar.xml","document_sequence":1,"table":"nonDerivative","row_type":"transaction","position":1,"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000117911016030288/edgar.xml","form_type":"4"}}]}