ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2004

May 18, 2004

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2001-03-08

Reporting Person: HOWARD JAMES J (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2001-03-08	Common Stock	S	1030	$21.65	Disposed	45902.92	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The issuer had a 2 for 1 stock split subsequent to the date of the transaction being reported on this amended Form 4. The number of shares sold have been doubled and the sale price has been halved in order to reflect the stock split.

F2: The end of period holdings reflect the end of period holdings from the original Form 4, as adjusted for the transaction reported above and as adjusted for the issuer's 2 for 1 stock split. Other than the stock split, transactions that occurred after March 15, 2001 are not included.