0000950157-11-000517 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG ECOLAB INC., SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS CORPORATION AND NALCO HOLDING COMPANY DATED AS OF JULY 19, 2011

Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 20th, 2011 • Nalco Holding CO • Miscellaneous chemical products • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  July 20th, 2011
• Company
  Nalco Holding CO
• Industry
  Miscellaneous chemical products
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of July 19, 2011 (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into among Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ecolab”), Sustainability Partners Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Ecolab (“Merger Sub”), and Nalco Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“Nalco”). Ecolab, Merger Sub and Nalco are referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”