Summary
Ecolab Inc. (ECL) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on August 5, 2021, primarily to correct an administrative error related to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The company is refiling an exhibit containing the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to ensure the correct version is publicly available. This is a procedural filing and does not introduce new financial information or materially alter the company's previously reported results for the 2020 fiscal year.
Key Highlights
- 1Correction of administrative error in the previously filed 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
- 2The filing includes the correct Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm as Exhibit 23.1.
- 3An incorrect version of the consent was initially filed due to an administrative oversight.
- 4The company confirms the correct consent was received prior to the initial filing.
- 5This 8-K filing is procedural and rectifies a documentation error, not a change in financial performance.
- 6Exhibit 104, the Cover Page Interactive Data File, is also included and embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
Frequently Asked Questions
The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to correct an administrative error where an incorrect version of the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm was filed as an exhibit to Ecolab's 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
No, this filing is purely procedural. It rectifies a documentation error and does not introduce any new financial information or change the company's previously reported financial performance or results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
The exhibit that was corrected is Exhibit 23.1, the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. An incorrect version was initially filed due to an administrative error, and the correct version is now being filed.