ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Apr 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2012-03-31

Reporting Person: VanDeWeghe Mary M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-31	Common Stock	A	202.13	$0.00	Acquired	8203.99	Direct
2012-03-31	Common Stock	A	444.70	$61.84	Acquired	8648.69	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Form 4 filed by Ms. VanDeWeghe on December 5, 2011, and amended on December 9, 2011, with respect to the shares of Ecolab common stock issued to her as merger consideration pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 19, 2011 between and among Ecolab, Sustainability Partners Corporation and Nalco Holding Company reported in error that she had direct ownership of 7,821 shares of Ecolab common stock following the December 1, 2011 consummation of the merger. As corrected, Ms. VanDeWehge had direct ownership of 7,818 shares of Ecolab common stock. This corrected amount is reflected in column 5 of Table I above.