Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Schedule of Nalco assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of merger date

			2012
	Initial		Adjustments			September 30
(millions)	Valuation		to Fair Value			2012
Current assets	$	1,869.6	$	(0.1	)	$	1,869.5
Property, plant and equipment	1,069.2		(1.2		)	1,068.0
Other assets	97.3		(3.3		)	94.0
Identifiable intangible assets
Customer relationships	2,160.0		—			2,160.0
Patents	321.0		—			321.0
Trade names	1,230.0		—			1,230.0
Trademarks	79.0		—			79.0
Other technology	91.0		—			91.0
Total assets acquired	6,917.1		(4.6		)	6,912.5
Current liabilities	1,105.5		19.7			1,125.2
Long-term debt	2,858.4		—			2,858.4
Pension and postretirement benefits	505.7		5.7			511.4
Net deferred tax liability	1,188.7		(8.6		)	1,180.1
Noncontrolling interest and other liabilities	167.7		31.1			198.8
Total liabilities and noncontrolling interests assumed	5,826.0		47.9			5,873.9
Goodwill	4,403.9		54.6			4,458.5
Total consideration transferred	$	5,495.0	$	2.1		$	5,497.1

Schedule of pro forma amounts

	Third Quarter Ended		Nine Months Ended
(millions)	September 30, 2011		September 30, 2011
Net sales	$	2,967.3	$	8,419.6
Net income attributable to Ecolab	189.2		548.5
Earnings attributable to Ecolab per common share
Basic	$	0.63	$	1.82
Diluted	$	0.61	$	1.78

Schedule of components of the aggregate purchase prices of acquisitions

	Third Quarter Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30				September 30
(millions)	2012		2011		2012			2011
Net tangible assets acquired	$	0.3	$	—	$	(1.0	)	$	57.4
Identifiable intangible assets
Customer relationships	—		0.2		8.4			144.9
Trademarks	—		—		0.5			11.2
Patents	—		—		2.8			0.3
Other technology	—		—		0.3			8.4
Total intangible assets	—		0.2		12.0			164.8
Goodwill	0.1		0.6		23.3			92.5
Total aggregate purchase price	0.4		0.8		34.3			314.7
Contingent consideration	—		—		(2.6		)	(4.7		)
Liability for indemnification	15.2		—		16.0			(28.1		)
Net cash paid for acquisitions	$	15.6	$	0.8	$	47.7		$	281.9