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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1997.
Registration No. 33-57197
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ECOLAB INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 41-0231510
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
ECOLAB CENTER
370 N. WABASHA
ST. PAUL, MN 55102
(612) 293-2233
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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WILLIAM R. ROSENGREN, ESQ.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - LAW AND GENERAL COUNSEL
ECOLAB CENTER
370 N. WABASHA
ST. PAUL, MN 55102
(612) 293-2233
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Ecolab Inc. ("Ecolab" or the "Registrant") registered for public sale the
resale of up to 4,455,343 shares (the "Offered Shares") of the common stock, par
value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Ecolab on behalf of certain
selling stockholders pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3, File
No. 33-57197 (including all amendments and supplements thereto, the
"Registration Statement"), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 6, 1995. Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to the Registration Statement, Ecolab hereby deregisters the remaining 2,701,559
Offered Shares that were not sold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Saint Paul and State of Minnesota,
on July 2, 1997.
ECOLAB INC.
By: /s/ Allan L. Schuman
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Allan L. Schuman
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed on July 2, 1997 by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.
/s/ Allan L. Schuman President and Chief Executive Officer
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Allan L. Schuman Director
/s/ Michael E. Shannon Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial
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Michael E. Shannon Financial Officer) and Director
/s/ Arthur E. Henningsen, Jr. Senior Vice President and Controller
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Arthur E. Henningsen, Jr.
/s/ Kenneth A. Iverson Directors
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Kenneth A. Iverson,
as attorney-in-fact for Ruth S.
Block, James J. Howard, Jerry W.
Levin, Reuben F. Richards,
Richard L. Schall, Roland Schulz,
Philip L. Smith, Hugo Uyterhoeven
and Albrecht Woeste
Director not signing:
Joel W. Johnson
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