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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	370 Wabasha Street North Saint 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	Explanation
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-07-16	8,750	$0.00	341,648	No	5	G	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-07-16	8,750	$0.00	21,165	No	5	G	Indirect	By Wife
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-08-06	2,575	$0.00	339,073	No	5	G	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-08-06	2,575	$0.00	72,500	No	5	G	Indirect	By Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012 Irrevocable Trust
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-08-06	1,950	$0.00	19,215	No	5	G	Indirect	By Wife
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-08-07	430	$0.00	338,643	No	5	G	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2015-11-04	210,500	$35.63	549,143	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-11-04	134,085	$119.08	415,058	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2015-11-06	42,500	$116.97	372,558	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	5	G	Direct
No	5	G	Indirect	By Wife
No	5	G	Direct
No	5	G	Indirect	By Douglas M. Baker, Jr. 2012 Irrevocable Trust
No	5	G	Indirect	By Wife
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	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2015-11-04	210,500	$0.00	210,500	$35.63

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
210,500	2009-12-03	2018-12-03	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	5,390	Indirect	By Ecolab Savings Plan

Footnotes

Reflects the reporting person's payment of the exercise price and withholding taxes 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 $116.80 to $117.19. 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, 2015. Includes 44.533 UNITS acquired since the reporting person's last report. (The 5,390.02 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 9,946 SHARES of the issuer's Common Stock.)
Option granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan on December 3, 2008. 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.