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About ECL

Founded: 1923
Employees: 48000
CEO: Christophe Beck
WebsiteView website: www.ecolab.com

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Global Water, Global Institutional & Specialty, Global Pest Elimination, and Global Life Sciences. The Global Water segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, global refining, petrochemical, pulp and paper industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, lodging, government, education and retail industries. The Global Pest Elimination segment provides pest elimination services to detect, prevent, and eliminate pests comprising rodents and insects in full-service and quick-service restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments, including education, life sciences, and healthcare. The Global Life Sciences segment provides cleaning and contamination control solutions to pharmaceutical and personal care manufacturers. It offers its products under the Ecolab, Kay, Purolite, and Bioquell brand names. The company sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Announcement • Jul 04

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) completed the acquisition of CoolIT Systems, Inc. from KKR Global Impact Fund II SCSp, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC.

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoolIT Systems, Inc. from KKR Global Impact Fund II SCSp, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC for approximately $4.8 billion on March 20, 2026. Under the terms of the agreement, Ecolab will pay approximately $4.75 billion in cash at the closing of the transaction, subject to customary adjustments. This represents 29x and 24x estimated next 12-month and 2027 adjusted EBITDA for CoolIT. The acquisition will be financed with new transaction debt. As a result, pro forma net debt to adjusted EBITDA is anticipated to be approximately 3x at transaction close, returning to 2x leverage by the end of the second year after closing. Following the close of the transaction, CoolIT’s leadership team, led by Chief Executive Officer Jason Waxman, is expected to remain in place and continue to run the business under the CoolIT name. CoolIT has 650 employees. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Ecolab’s sales growth, accelerating Global Water’s organic sales growth rate by 2% and Ecolab’s organic sales growth rate by 1%, beginning one year after closing. Excluding non-cash amortization costs, the transaction is expected to be accretive to adjusted diluted earnings per share in 2028, with the contribution building significantly thereafter. Returns are expected to be significantly above Ecolab’s weighted average cost of capital. Citi acted as exclusive financial advisor to Ecolab in connection with the transaction and Covington & Burling LLP acted as legal counsel. Ben Teasdale, Christopher Khouri, and William Dotson of Morgan Stanley act as financial advisor for CoolIT Systems, Inc. Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated acted as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor for KKR and CoolIT Systems. Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) completed the acquisition of CoolIT Systems, Inc. from KKR Global Impact Fund II SCSp, a fund managed by KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), and Mubadala Investment Company PJSC on July 2, 2026.

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