STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENTStockholder Agreement • May 7th, 2012 • Ecolab Inc • Soap, detergents, cleang preparations, perfumes, cosmetics • Delaware
This Stockholder Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2012 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Cascade Investment, L.L.C., an entity wholly owned by William H. Gates III (“Cascade”), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, of which William H. Gates III (“Gates”) and Melinda French Gates are co-trustees (the “Trust” and together with Cascade, the “Cascade Parties” and each, a “Cascade Party”), and Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). This Agreement is intended to establish a means for a long-term investment in the Company by Gates, through Cascade, and the Trust, for the mutual benefit of the parties hereto.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTRegistration Rights Agreement • May 7th, 2012 • Ecolab Inc • Soap, detergents, cleang preparations, perfumes, cosmetics • Delaware
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2012 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Cascade Investment, L.L.C. and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (each, a “Holder” and together, the “Holders”).
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENTRights Agreement • May 7th, 2012 • Ecolab Inc • Soap, detergents, cleang preparations, perfumes, cosmetics • Delaware
This Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement (this “Amendment”) is dated as of May 4, 2012 (the “Effective Date”) and amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2006 (the “Rights Agreement”), between Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., successor Rights Agent to Computershare Investor Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement.
