The Ecolab Inc. Board of Directors is divided into three classes. The members of each class are elected to serve a three-year term with the terms of office of each class ending in successive years. Following shareholder approval at the 2010 Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors amended Ecolab's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the classified board structure over time so that, from and after the 2013 Annual Meeting, all directors will be subject to annual election.

The Board of Directors has appointed Jerry W. Levin as Lead Director.

Below find a summary of the Board's current committee assignments, including "independence" status under rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The Board of Directors has determined that each of the current directors, with the exception of the directors identified below, is "independent," and meets the independence and other requirements of Section 303A.02 of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, the regulations of the SEC and applicable law. The Board's Independence policy can be found at Director Independence Standards. 

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Director	Independent	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Finance Committee	Governance Committee	Safety, Health and Environment Committee
Douglas M. Baker, Jr.
Barbara J.Beck	x			x		x
Leslie S. Biller	x		x	Chair
Jerry A. Grundhofer	x		Chair	Vice-Chair
Arthur J. Higgins	x	x			x
Joel W. Johnson	x	Chair			x
Jerry W. Levin	x		Vice-Chair		Vice-Chair
Robert L. Lumpkins	x	Vice-Chair				Chair
Paul J Norris	x		x			Vice-Chair
C. Scott O'Hara	x			x		x
Victoria J. Reich	x	x				x
Daniel S. Sanders	x	x			Chair
Mary M. VanDeWeghe	x	x		x
John J. Zillmer	x		x		x