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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
1540754	P Timothy Mulhere	Ecolab Inc. 370 Wabasha Street North St. Paul MN 55102	Evp & Pres-Global Water	No	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	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-11-29	16,600	$34.50	21,386	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-11-29	14,142	$71.70	7,244	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-11-29	16,600	$0.00	16,600	$34.50

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2005-12-09	2014-12-09	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	1,644	Indirect	By Ecolab Savings Plan

Footnotes

The indicated sale price of $71.6955 represents the weighted average sale price for the range of prices sold of $71.61 to $71.77 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Ecolab Inc., any security holder of Ecolab Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of October 31, 2012. Includes 9.488 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 1,643.586 UNITS are the equivalent of approximtely 3,054 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.)
Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan on December 9, 2004. 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 option shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant.