Common use of Stock Retainer Clause in Contracts

Stock Retainer. Instruction: In connection with the minimum shareholder ownership requirements for non-employee directors, your annual stock retainer will be automatically issued in the form of Deferred Stock until your total shareholder ownership (or equivalent) equals or exceeds five times your annual cash retainer. Once you attain the minimum shareholder ownership threshold, the automatic deferral requirement will no longer apply, beginning with the first year following the year in which the minimum threshold is achieved. I elect to receive the following portion of my annual cash retainer in the form of Deferred Stock under the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan: _______% (insert 0%; 25%; 50%; 75%; or 100%)

Stock Retainer. Instruction: In connection with the minimum shareholder ownership requirements for non-employee directors, your annual stock retainer will be automatically issued in the form of Deferred Stock until your total shareholder ownership (or equivalent) equals or exceeds five times your annual cash retainer. Once you attain the minimum shareholder ownership threshold, the automatic deferral requirement will no longer apply, beginning with the first year following the year in which the minimum threshold is achieved. I irrevocably elect to receive the following portion of my annual cash stock retainer in the form of Deferred Stock under the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan: _______% (insert 0%; 25%; 50%; 75%; or 100%)

Stock Retainer. Instruction: In connection with the minimum shareholder ownership requirements for non-employee directors, your annual stock retainer will be automatically issued in the form of Deferred Stock until your total shareholder ownership (or equivalent) equals or exceeds five times your annual cash retainer. Once you attain the minimum shareholder ownership threshold, the automatic deferral requirement will no longer apply, beginning with the first year following the year in which the minimum threshold is achieved. I elect to receive the following portion of my annual cash stock retainer in the form of Deferred Stock under the Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan: _______% (insert 0%; 25%; 50%; 75%; or 100%)) _____________________________________________________________________________________________