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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
31462	Ecolab Inc	ECL	Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840)	410231510

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1198753	Jr M Douglas Baker	Ecolab Inc. 370 Wabasha Street N. St. Paul MN 55102	Chairman And Ceo	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Disposition	2014-08-22	17,623	$0.00	300,037	No	5	G	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2014-08-27	440	$0.00	299,597	No	5	G	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2014-11-18	310,000	$49.42	609,597	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2014-11-18	219,838	$112.70	389,759	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2014-11-20	45,000	$113.39	344,759	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	5	G	Direct
No	5	G	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2014-11-18	310,000	$0.00	310,000	$49.42

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2008-12-05	2017-12-05	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	12,415	Indirect	By wife
Common Stock	69,925	Indirect	By Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012 Irrevocable Trust
Common Stock	5,327	Indirect	By Ecolab Savings Plan

Footnotes

Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and tax liability for a stock option issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3 by delivering or withholding shares of Ecolab common stock.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $113.170 to $113.620. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2014. Includes 13.609 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,327.331 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 9,831 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)
Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 5, 2007. The option became 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.