ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2013

Dec 7, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2013-12-04

Reporting Person: SEIFERT JAMES J (Ex.VP, Gen. Counsel & Secy.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-11-01	Common Stock	G	188	$0.00	Disposed	21678	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-12-04	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$103.265	A	18290	Acquired	2023-12-04	Common Stock (18290)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The option will be exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share), on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant.