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Complete the spin-off of the Upstream Energy business

Delivered by the deadline

AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.

Announced
4 Feb 2019
Due
30 Jun 2020
Delivered
3 Jun 2020
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“Plans to spin off its Upstream Energy business by mid-year 2020”
  • SourceEcolab Form 8-K press release, 2019-02-04
  • FilingSEC filing index
  • Deadline as statedby mid-year 2020
  • Deadline used30 Jun 2020, the last day of the stated period
  • TypeTransaction
  • Permanent referenceKI-C-2019-ECL-014783
    Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2019-ECL-014783/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Ecolab completed the separation of its Upstream Energy business (the ChampionX business) on June 3, 2020, which is before the mid-year 2020 deadline.

  • A
    Ecolab 10-Q filed 2020-08-06 Regulatory filing · published 6 Aug 2020 · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint fa3229da1ae1
    “On June 3, 2020, the Company completed the previously announced separation of its Upstream Energy business (the “ChampionX business”) in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +0.7% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (5 Aug 2020 to 10 Aug 2020). What this measures

Checked 18 Oct 2026.

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type
Separation
Indicative materiality
Transformational rules
Action
Complete
Deliverable
Upstream Energy business spin-off
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
Medium
Specificity
High
Conditional
Yes: confirmation of tax-free status for U.S. shareholders; effectiveness of SEC filings; final approval by Board of Directors
Depends on
Regulatory, Shareholder

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

Not yet confirmed. Shown on the record, but it will not count in any score until it is confirmed. How verification works

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