Board of Directors

Douglas M. Baker President and Chief Executive Officer, Ecolab Inc., Director since 2004, Finance Committee Leslie S. Biller Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Wells Fargo & Company (diversified financial services), Director since 1997, Compensation* and Governance Committees Richard U. De Schutter Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont Pharmaceutical Company (drug manufacturer), Director since 2004, Audit and Compensation Committees Jerry A. Grundhofer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Bancorp (financial services holding company), Director since 1999, Compensation and Governance Committees Stefan Hamelmann Member of the Shareholders' Committee, Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives), Director since 2001 James J. Howard Chairman Emeritus, Xcel Energy Inc. (electric and natural gas energy company), Director since 1991, Audit* and Finance Committees Joel W. Johnson Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Hormel Foods Corporation (food products), Director since 1996, Audit and Compensation Committees

Jochen Krautter Executive Vice President-Technologies, Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives), Director since 2002, Finance Committee Ulrich Lehner President and Chief Executive Officer, Henkel KGaA (chemicals, household and personal care products and adhesives), Director since 2001, Finance Committee Jerry W. Levin Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Household, Inc. (household consumer products), Director since 1992, Compensation and Governance* Committees Robert L. Lumpkins Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Cargill, Inc. (agricultural, food, financial and industrial products), Director since 1999, Audit and Finance* Committees Beth M. Pritchard President and Chief Executive Officer of Organized Living, Inc. (national retailer of storage products) Director since 2004, Finance and Governance Committees Allan L. Schuman Chairman of the Board, Ecolab Inc., Director since 1991

* Denotes Committee Chair

Communications with Directors

Stakeholders and other interested parties, including our investors and employees, with substantive matters requiring the attention of our board (e.g., governance issues or potential accounting, control or auditing irregularities) may use the contact information for our board located on our website at www.ecolab.com/investor/governance

In addition to online communications, interested parties may direct correspondence to our board at:
     Ecolab Inc.
     Attn: Corporate Secretary
     370 Wabasha Street North
     St. Paul, MN 55102

Other Communications

Matters not requiring the direct attention of our board – such as employment inquiries, sales solicitations, questions about our products and other such matters – should be submitted to the company's management at our St. Paul headquarters, or online at www.ecolab.com/contact/frmcontact.asp