ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 24, 2011

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2010-12-31

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-09-01	Common Stock	G	3500	$0.00	Disposed	111491.797	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	96400	Indirect
Common Stock	5084.949	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of December 31, 2010. (The 5,084.949 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 9,487 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)