Supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Supplement dated January 11, 2016

Registration No. 333-201445

(To Prospectus dated January 12, 2015)

 

 

Ecolab Inc.

 

$400,000,000 2.000% Notes due 2019

$400,000,000 3.250% Notes due 2023

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

January 11, 2016

 

Issuer:

 

Ecolab Inc.

Type of Offering:

 

SEC registered (No. 333-201445)

Trade Date:

 

January 11, 2016

Settlement Date:

 

January 14, 2016 (T+3)

Anticipated Ratings:

 

Baa1 (stable outlook) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
BBB+ (positive outlook) by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Use of Proceeds

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay commercial paper borrowings, our term loan due 2016, and general corporate and working capital purposes.

 

 

 

Title:

 

2019 Notes

 

2023 Notes

Principal Amount:

 

$400,000,000

 

$400,000,000

Maturity Date:

 

January 14, 2019

 

January 14, 2023

Coupon:

 

2.000%

 

3.250%

Interest Payment Dates:

 

January 14 and July 14, commencing July 14, 2016

 

January 14 and July 14, commencing July 14, 2016

Price to Public:

 

99.838%

 

99.950%

Benchmark Treasury:

 

UST 1.250% due December 15, 2018

 

UST 2.125% due December 31, 2022

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

 

100-06¾ ; 1.176%

 

101-09; 1.928%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

+88 bps

 

+133 bps

Yield to Maturity:

 

2.056%

 

3.258%

Make-Whole Call:

 

T + 15 bps 

 

T + 20 bps 

CUSIP/ISIN:

 

278865AT7/US278865AT78

 

278865AU4/US278865AU42

 

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.

 

You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-4533 or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322.