President and Chief Operating Officer · ECOLAB INC. (ECL)

Darrell Brown

A named executive officer of ECOLAB in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,647,343

FY2024: $5,810,646

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Darrell Brown compensation by year

ECOLAB Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ECOLAB reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$787,500$829,785$856,727
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,762,406$1,697,952$1,867,368
Option awards$1,216,719$1,106,628$1,179,802
Non-equity incentive$1,570,453$1,729,108$1,257,222
Pension and deferred compensation$59,090$153,440$183,249
All other$279,330$293,733$302,976
Total$5,675,498$5,810,646$5,647,343

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ECOLAB INC. DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-032777, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$5.7M
$5.8M
$5.6M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU18,800$4,935,376—
PSU13,896$3,647,978—
PSU7,048$1,850,241—
Option8,035—$191.03
Option11,030—$247.50
Option16,780—$268.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ECOLAB INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 20, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-09Sale—10,000$260.8932,733.36
2026-06-09Exercise or conversion derivative—10,000$0.000
2026-06-09Exercise or conversion—10,000$117.7342,733.36

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

ECOLAB’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christophe BeckChairman and Chief Executive Officer$17,404,935
Darrell Brown · this pagePresident and Chief Operating Officer$5,647,343
Scott KirklandChief Financial Officer$5,192,833
Margeaux KingExecutive Vice President, Human Resources$4,700,435
Gregory CookExecutive Vice President and President - Institutional Group$3,355,979

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are ECOLAB's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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