0001193125-14-047575 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of February 11, 2014 by and among IMERYS SA, IMERYS MINERALS DELAWARE, INC. and AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Merger Agreement • February 12th, 2014 • Amcol International Corp • Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  February 12th, 2014
• Company
  Amcol International Corp
• Industry
  Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (no fuels)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 11, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Imerys SA, a corporation organized under the Laws of France (“Parent”), Imerys Minerals Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), and AMCOL International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Defined terms used herein have the meanings set forth in Section 9.13.