ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 2, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2005-03-01

Reporting Person: SPOONER JOHN P (President of International)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-03-01	Common Stock	F	5942	$31.855	Disposed	32214	Direct
2005-03-01	Common Stock	G	200	$0.00	Disposed	32014	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2680.699	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 January 31, 2005. Includes 32.355 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 2,680.699 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 5,018.841 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)