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Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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Ecolab Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Mar 31, 2017
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interest 305,300 328,600 313,600 196,500 304,900 249,300 (2,029,900) 290,200 434,300 469,300 372,200 300,400 400,200 438,300 353,600 248,200 571,700 395,800 298,100 256,800
Net loss from discontinued operations including noncontrolling interest 2,164,200 6,100
Net income from continuing operations including noncontrolling interest 305,300 328,600 313,600 196,500 304,900 249,300 134,300 296,300 434,300 469,300 372,200 300,400 400,200 438,300 353,600 248,200 571,700 395,800 298,100 256,800
Depreciation 151,300 149,200 153,200 150,700 151,200 150,100 146,600 146,400 165,800 165,000 164,300 159,000 159,800 156,000 154,600 150,900 148,700 150,700 144,100 142,200
Amortization 64,300 57,700 52,200 64,500 56,300 58,900 50,900 52,300 79,000 79,700 80,700 79,800 78,100 78,600 80,100 80,200 79,100 77,600 77,100 73,800
Deferred income taxes (53,800) 13,200 (3,400) 42,900 (29,200) 8,400 (23,300) (1,700) (55,400) 20,900 1,900 (5,000) 28,500 24,000 19,300 13,300 (364,900) 24,500 (17,300) 3,200
Share-based compensation expense 17,000 13,600 27,600 31,300 17,000 11,400 26,300 27,400 17,900 13,700 27,300 32,200 18,900 13,700 28,100 33,700 18,700 14,300 26,600 30,900
Pension and postretirement plan contributions (8,900) (14,800) (14,900) (21,600) (20,600) (16,000) (13,500) (20,600) (22,000) (133,000) (12,000) (19,000) (14,000) (12,000) (11,000) (23,000) (13,100) (94,000) (14,000) (23,000)
Pension and postretirement plan expense, net 12,500 6,300 21,700 1,900 14,100 10,800 8,800 8,300 12,700 5,200 5,300 4,900 8,500 6,400 8,400 8,600 10,400 9,200 8,500 8,800
Restructuring charges, net of cash paid (6,600) (19,200) (11,100) (4,800) 17,200 13,900 (12,200) (11,100) 4,000 8,100 6,800 16,300 (13,900) 63,700 1,400 (7,700) (8,100) (7,000) 26,500 (6,200)
Debt refinancing 29,400 77,100
Gain on sale of businesses (50,600)
Asset charges and write-downs 15,100
Other, net (3,800) 7,700 7,600 4,400 16,800 (9,600) 50,200 3,600 5,300 1,200 6,900 6,400 4,000 7,700 7,400 4,900 17,500 7,300 7,900 4,700
Accounts receivable (77,200) (81,900) (42,700) 23,600 57,100 2,400 134,000 (37,900) (61,500) (500) (83,200) 8,000 (2,800) (72,800) (122,400) 33,900 (68,300) (39,500) (60,300) 76,300
Inventories 6,800 23,700 (57,600) (45,900) (3,400) (24,200) (113,900) (38,000) 88,600 35,300 100 (83,000) 30,100 (52,300) (41,700) (77,200) 31,400 (21,100) (28,300) (67,500)
Other assets (44,800) 5,700 (18,500) (35,300) 64,700 26,900 (16,000) (33,300) 60,700 (75,800) (72,300) 5,900 (57,800) 24,200 (46,100) (1,000) (57,300) 18,000 4,100 (13,700)
Accounts payable 128,900 38,000 78,100 (44,600) 44,100 (8,300) 55,400 (35,300) 11,300 (25,200) 71,500 (35,300) 61,300 (27,600) 39,400 40,400 64,100 (27,000) 71,100 12,900
Other liabilities 149,900 65,500 (2,800) (68,300) (40,400) (99,300) (95,700) (48,100) 80,300 118,300 (30,100) (92,500) 126,400 16,800 (172,600) (18,000) 252,000 76,400 (110,100) (73,500)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions 163,600 51,000 (43,500) (170,500) 122,100 (102,500) (36,200) (192,600) 179,400 52,100 (114,000) (196,900) 157,200 (111,700) (343,400) (21,900) 221,900 6,800 (123,500) (65,500)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities 335,600 294,100 189,400 98,800 344,900 202,500 197,600 12,000 386,700 212,900 167,200 77,700 427,100 226,400 (55,100) 239,000 74,700 189,400 135,900 168,900
Cash provided by operating activities 640,900 622,700 503,000 295,300 649,800 451,800 331,900 308,300 821,000 682,200 539,400 378,100 827,300 664,700 298,500 487,200 646,400 585,200 434,000 425,700
Capital expenditures (219,200) (178,200) (143,500) (102,100) (126,700) (111,700) (102,900) (147,700) (250,200) (179,900) (183,500) (187,000) (213,000) (221,600) (209,200) (203,300) (274,600) (215,800) (210,700) (167,500)
Property and other assets sold (100) 12,000 200 100 2,800 800 900 800 2,400 5,000 2,100 1,400 500 5,000 24,000 500 6,600 1,600 2,000 500
Acquisitions and investments in affiliates, net of cash acquired (3,713,800) (120,100) (1,800) (88,000) (200) (485,300) (1,500) (4,800) (97,800) (7,000) (281,800) (152,200) 500 (1,600) (76,500) (158,000) (4,700) 100 (826,600)
Divestiture of businesses 60,800 55,400 1,000 5,800 800 (1,000) 9,400 118,800
Restricted cash activity 53,800
Settlement of net investment hedges 14,100 2,100
Other, net (8,100) (4,400) (10,300) (2,400) 1,300 4,900 (4,500) (4,900) (17,300) 2,500 (10,000) (16,400) 10,800 (800) 900 (1,700)
Cash used for investing activities (3,941,200) (290,700) (155,400) (192,400) (61,800) (106,200) (536,400) (153,300) (269,900) (271,700) (180,100) (477,400) (381,100) (204,500) (188,600) (255,800) (305,100) (218,000) (208,600) (941,500)
Net issuances (repayments) of commercial paper and notes payable 393,100 1,500 (6,800) 5,800 (231,000) (288,900) (503,200) 957,600 (401,500) (284,800) (53,600) 487,900 226,100 (107,000) (131,600) 354,300 (231,500) (722,000) 51,000 858,800
Long-term debt borrowings 2,481,300 293,700 1,087,000 5,200 763,700 814,400 495,000
Long-term debt repayments (1,017,900) (1,270,000) (300) (299,700) 400 (700) (400,300) (249,800) (1,200) (300,600) (778,900) (14,800) (4,900) (400)
Reacquired shares (28,800) (7,200) (8,800) (61,800) (21,600) (19,900) (9,700) (95,000) (5,100) (1,100) (216,100) (131,400) (241,000) (105,600) (700) (215,100) (12,600) (86,600) (126,600) (374,500)
Dividends paid (139,900) (139,900) (139,900) (146,700) (139,000) (138,600) (137,700) (145,500) (136,900) (137,300) (139,300) (141,400) (125,700) (118,500) (128,900) (123,400) (118,400) (107,400) (109,700) (113,200)
Exercise of employee stock options 49,200 53,900 20,300 20,100 41,800 11,000 105,300 83,400 15,100 52,000 52,000 67,700 28,700 35,400 22,000 28,400 20,800 8,400 28,900 25,700
Acquisition related liabilities and contingent consideration (1,000) (500) 100 100 (1,700) (8,600) (300) (8,200)
Debt refinancing (29,400) (77,100)
Other, net 7,600 4,300 (500) (20,700) 6,200 (3,500) 26,300 8,400 (16,200) (600) (15,700) 900 (900)
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities 2,762,500 (841,000) (135,200) (183,100) (370,500) (690,300) (543,900) 1,264,500 (502,100) (371,800) (358,200) (117,500) (353,200) (313,000) (241,500) (265,000) (322,200) (426,500) (169,500) 395,500
Cash provided by operating activities, discontinued operations 54,900 63,500
Cash (used for) provided by investing activities, discontinued operations (67,600) 523,200 (12,400)
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities, discontinued operations (2,900) 1,300
Cash provided by discontinued operations (67,600) 575,200 52,400
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (200) 4,500 500 9,500 8,000 10,400 (52,100) 3,600 1,500 11,500 5,600 1,800 (2,600) 2,200 10,300 (2,300) (16,800) 7,700 (7,300) 5,000
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (538,000) (504,500) 212,900 (70,700) 225,500 (401,900) (225,300) 1,475,500 50,500 50,200 6,700 (215,000) 90,400 149,400 (121,300) (35,900) 2,300 (51,600) 48,600 (115,300)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Ecolab Inc. cash provided by operating activities increased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 and from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.
Cash used for investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Ecolab Inc. cash used for investing activities decreased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 and from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021.
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Ecolab Inc. cash provided by (used for) financing activities decreased from Q2 2021 to Q3 2021 but then increased from Q3 2021 to Q4 2021 exceeding Q2 2021 level.