Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ECL.” Our common stock is also traded on an unlisted basis on certain other United States exchanges.

Dividends

Dividends declared per common share in 2025 were $2.68 per share. In December 2025, we increased our quarterly cash dividend by 12% to $0.73 per share, representing our 34th consecutive annual dividend rate increase. We have paid cash dividends on our common shares for 89 consecutive years. Our outstanding dividend history reflects our long-term growth and development, strong cash flows, solid financial position and confidence in our business prospects for the years ahead.

Holders

On January 30, 2026, we had 4,333 holders of record of our Common Stock.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


				Total number of shares	Maximum number of
				purchased as part of	shares that may yet be
	Total number of	Average price paid		publicly announced	purchased under the
Period	shares purchased	per share		plans or programs (1)	plans or programs (1)
October 1-31, 2025	241,240		$274.2840	241,240	7,170,389
November 1-30, 2025	951,977		260.9840	951,977	6,218,412
December 1-31, 2025	321,591		264.7744	321,591	5,896,821
Total	1,514,808		$263.9068	1,514,808	5,896,821

(1)	As announced on November 3, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 10,000,000 common shares. Subject to market conditions, we expect to repurchase all shares under this authorization, for which no expiration date has been established, in open market or privately negotiated transactions, including pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 and accelerated share repurchase programs.

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