ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2003

Aug 15, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2003-08-13

Reporting Person: SPOONER JOHN P (President of International)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-08-13	Common Stock	F	815	$25.26	Disposed	40441	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2456.567	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reflects the reporting person's withholding of shares from the vesting of a restricted stock award to satisfy withholding taxes in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

F2: Number of UNITS owned by the reporting person in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of July 31, 2003. Includes 7.078 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,456.567 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 4,613.89 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)