Michael C. McCormick

GRAPHIC

 

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE OFFICER,
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL and
ASSISTANT SECRETARY

 

 

 

 

GRAPHIC  651 293 4142

370 WABASHA STREET NORTH

 

GRAPHIC  651 293 2573

ST. PAUL, MN 55102-1390

 

 

mike.mccormick@ecolab.com

 

26 February 2013

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F. Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:                             Notice of disclosure filed in Exchange Act Annual Report under Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notice is hereby provided that Ecolab Inc. has made disclosure pursuant to those provisions in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2013.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

ECOLAB INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Michael C. McCormick

 

 

Michael C. McCormick

 

 

Corporate Compliance Officer, Associate General

 

 

Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

 

MCM/cl