ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2005

Sep 22, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2005-09-21

Reporting Person: HENKEL CHEMIE VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (Former 10% owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-09-21	Common Stock	S	43359224	—	Disposed	0	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Effective as of September 21, 2005, the 43,359,224 shares previously held by the reporting person were transferred to the
reporting person's parent corporation, Henkel KGaA. On June 6, 2003, the common stock split 2-for-1, resulting in the
number of shares then held by the reporting person doubling.