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• Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for June 14, 2013
• Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 06, 2013
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 01, 2013

• ACWV 0% Rate It
• CL 88% Rate It
• ECL 0% Rate It
• PG 100% Rate It
• VAW 0% Rate It

Ecolab Inc. ( ECL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 01, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.23 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased ECL stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 15% increase over the same period a year ago.

The previous trading day's last sale of ECL was $75.84, representing a -0.18% decrease from the 52 week high of $75.98 and a 29.09% increase over the 52 week low of $58.75.

ECL is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Procter & Gamble Company ( PG ) and Colgate-Palmolive Company ( CL ). ECL's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.36.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ECL Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to ECL through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have ECL as a top-10 holding:

• Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries ( XLB )
• Vanguard Materials ETF ( VAW )
• iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility Index Fund ( ACWV ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is XLB with an increase of 2.58% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of ECL at 4.15%.

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