Ecolab Director Nominees Elected

Ecolab Inc. stockholders elected the slate of director nominees including Arthur J. Higgins and current directors Joel W. Johnson and C. Scott O’Hara to the Board for a term ending in 2013. The size of Ecolab’s Board was reduced from 12 to 11, following the retirements of Beth M. Pritchard and Richard U. De Schutter, both of whom served on the Board since 2004.

In other news, the company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ecolab’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010; approved the company’s 2010 Stock Incentive Plan; amended the company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate classification of terms of the Board of Directors as of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and approved the compensation of executives disclosed in the proxy statement.