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: BAKER DOUGLAS M JR (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-21	Common Stock	G	28000	$0.00	Disposed	277079.519	Direct
2012-12-24	Common Stock	G	69925	$0.00	Disposed	208138.419	Direct
2012-12-21	Common Stock	G	70900	$0.00	Disposed	25500	Indirect
2012-12-24	Common Stock	G	69925	$0.00	Acquired	69925	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5216.822	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Includes 983.9 shares acquired on January 3, 2013 by dividend reinvestment under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan for shareholders of Ecolab sponsored by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.