ECOLAB INC. — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 2, 2013

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ECOLAB INC (ECL)
CIK: 0000031462
Period of Report: 2012-12-31

Reporting Person: FRITZE STEVEN L (Former Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-28	Common Stock	G	64403	$0.00	Disposed	101221	Direct
2012-12-31	Common Stock	G	1200	$0.00	Disposed	100021	Direct
2012-12-28	Common Stock	G	64403	$0.00	Acquired	64403	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12783.204	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Gift by reporting person to a trust whose holdings are attributable to the reporting person.

F2: Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan)as of December 31, 2012. Includes 40.501 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 12,783.204 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 23,739 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)