ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2008

Feb 6, 2008

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2007-12-31

Reporting Person: BAKER DOUGLAS M JR (Director, Chairman, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-12-19	Common Stock	G	1902	—	Disposed	124145.081	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4785.010	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person indirectly holds 4,785.010 UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of December 31, 2007. (The 4,785.010 UNITS are equivalent to approximately 8,924 SHARES of Common Stock.)