ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2003

Dec 1, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2003-11-28

Reporting Person: NISITA MAURIZIO (SVP - Global Operations)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-11-28	Common Stock	S	42578	$26.02	Disposed	100719	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8991.176	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Number of UNITS owned by the reporting person in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2003. (The 8,991.176 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 17,453.26 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)