ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Feb 2, 2010

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2009-12-31

Reporting Person: FRITZE STEVEN L (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-28	Common Stock	G	1029	—	Disposed	59000	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12262.793	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person indirectly holds 12,262.793 UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of December 31, 2009. (The 12,262.793 UNITS are equivalent to approximately 22,916 SHARES of Common Stock.)