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: BELL LAWRENCE T (General Counsel and Secretary)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-11	Common Stock	G	415	—	Disposed	103343	Direct
2009-12-11	Common Stock	G	575	—	Disposed	102768	Direct
2009-12-11	Common Stock	G	575	—	Disposed	102193	Direct
2009-12-11	Common Stock	G	575	—	Acquired	4323	Indirect
2009-12-11	Common Stock	G	575	—	Acquired	4431	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8767.396	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Transfer by reporting person to one of his daughters.

F2: Transfer by reporting person to a second daughter.

F3: The reporting person indirectly holds 8,767.396 UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of December 31, 2009. (The 8,767.396 UNITS are equivalent to approximately 16,384 SHARES of Common Stock.)