ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2009

Jul 20, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2009-02-20

Reporting Person: Meyer Michael L (Senior VP - Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-20	Common Stock	F	709	$32.505	Disposed	4941	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	71.984	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reflects the reporting person's payment of minimum statutory tax obligations by withholding shares of Ecolab Common Stock incident to the vesting of a restricted stock award issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

F2: Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of June 30, 2009. (The 71.984 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 134 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.)