Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

 
 CONNECTURE, INC. 

2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED ON 

AUGUST 3, 2016 
  

 
  

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	1.	  	Establishment, Purpose and Term of Plan	  	 	A-1	  
				
		  	  1.1	  	Establishment	  	 	A-1	  
				
		  	  1.2	  	Purpose	  	 	A-1	  
				
		  	  1.3	  	Term of Plan	  	 	A-1	  
			
	2.	  	Definitions and Construction	  	 	A-1	  
				
		  	  2.1	  	Definitions	  	 	A-1	  
				
		  	  2.2	  	Construction	  	 	A-7	  
			
	3.	  	Administration	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.1	  	Administration by the Committee	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.2	  	Authority of Officers	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.3	  	Administration with Respect to Insiders	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.4	  	Committee Complying with Section 162(m)	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.5	  	Powers of the Committee	  	 	A-7	  
				
		  	  3.6	  	Option or SAR Repricing	  	 	A-8	  
				
		  	  3.7	  	Indemnification	  	 	A-8	  
			
	4.	  	Shares Subject to Plan	  	 	A-9	  
				
		  	  4.1	  	Maximum Number of Shares Issuable	  	 	A-9	  
				
		  	  4.2	  	Annual Increase in Maximum Number of Shares Issuable	  	 	A-9	  
				
		  	  4.3	  	Adjustment for Unissued Predecessor Plan Shares	  	 	A-9	  
				
		  	  4.4	  	Share Counting	  	 	A-9	  
				
		  	  4.5	  	Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure	  	 	A-10	  
				
		  	  4.6	  	Assumption or Substitution of Awards	  	 	A-10	  
			
	5.	  	Eligibility, Participation and Award Limitations	  	 	A-10	  
				
		  	  5.1	  	Persons Eligible for Awards	  	 	A-10	  
				
		  	  5.2	  	Participation in the Plan	  	 	A-10	  
				
		  	  5.3	  	Incentive Stock Option Limitations	  	 	A-10	  
			
	6.	  	Stock Options	  	 	A-11	  
				
		  	  6.1	  	Exercise Price	  	 	A-11	  
				
		  	  6.2	  	Exercisability and Term of Options	  	 	A-11	  
				
		  	  6.3	  	Payment of Exercise Price	  	 	A-12	  
				
		  	  6.4	  	Effect of Termination of Service	  	 	A-12	  
				
		  	  6.5	  	Transferability of Options	  	 	A-13	  

  
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	7.	  	Stock Appreciation Rights	  	 	A-14	  
				
		  	  7.1	  	Types of SARs Authorized	  	 	A-14	  
				
		  	  7.2	  	Exercise Price	  	 	A-14	  
				
		  	  7.3	  	Exercisability and Term of SARs	  	 	A-14	  
				
		  	  7.4	  	Exercise of SARs	  	 	A-14	  
				
		  	  7.5	  	Deemed Exercise of SARs	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  7.6	  	Effect of Termination of Service	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  7.7	  	Transferability of SARs	  	 	A-15	  
			
	8.	  	Restricted Stock Awards	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  8.1	  	Types of Restricted Stock Awards Authorized	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  8.2	  	Purchase Price	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  8.3	  	Purchase Period	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  8.4	  	Payment of Purchase Price	  	 	A-15	  
				
		  	  8.5	  	Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer	  	 	A-16	  
				
		  	  8.6	  	Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions	  	 	A-16	  
				
		  	  8.7	  	Effect of Termination of Service	  	 	A-16	  
				
		  	  8.8	  	Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Award Rights	  	 	A-16	  
			
	9.	  	Restricted Stock Units	  	 	A-17	  
				
		  	  9.1	  	Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards	  	 	A-17	  
				
		  	  9.2	  	Purchase Price	  	 	A-17	  
				
		  	  9.3	  	Vesting	  	 	A-17	  
				
		  	  9.4	  	Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions	  	 	A-17	  
				
		  	  9.5	  	Effect of Termination of Service	  	 	A-18	  
				
		  	  9.6	  	Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards	  	 	A-18	  
				
		  	  9.7	  	Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Unit Awards	  	 	A-18	  
			
	10.	  	Performance Awards	  	 	A-18	  
				
		  	10.1	  	Types of Performance Awards Authorized	  	 	A-18	  
				
		  	10.2	  	Initial Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units	  	 	A-18	  
				
		  	 10.3
	  	 Establishment of Performance Period, Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula
	  	 	A-19	  
				
		  	 10.4
	  	 Measurement of Performance Goals
	  	 	A-19	  
				
		  	 10.5
	  	 Settlement of Performance Awards
	  	 	A-20	  

  
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		  	 10.6
	  	 Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions
	  	 	A-21	  
				
		  	 10.7
	  	 Effect of Termination of Service
	  	 	A-22	  
				
		  	 10.8
	  	 Nontransferability of Performance Awards
	  	 	A-22	  
			
	 11.
	  	 Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.1
	  	 Grant of Cash-Based Awards
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.2
	  	 Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.3
	  	 Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.4
	  	 Payment or Settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.5
	  	 Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions
	  	 	A-23	  
				
		  	 11.6
	  	 Effect of Termination of Service
	  	 	A-24	  
				
		  	 11.7
	  	 Nontransferability of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	 	A-24	  
			
	 12.
	  	 Standard Forms of Award Agreement
	  	 	A-24	  
				
		  	 12.1
	  	 Award Agreements
	  	 	A-24	  
				
		  	 12.2
	  	 Authority to Vary Terms
	  	 	A-24	  
			
	 13.
	  	 Change in Control
	  	 	A-24	  
				
		  	 13.1
	  	 Effect of Change in Control on Awards
	  	 	A-24	  
				
		  	 13.2
	  	 Effect of Change in Control on Nonemployee Director Awards
	  	 	A-25	  
				
		  	 13.3
	  	 Federal Excise Tax Under Section 4999 of the Code
	  	 	A-25	  
			
	 14.
	  	 Compliance with Securities Law
	  	 	A-26	  
			
	 15.
	  	 Compliance with Section 409A
	  	 	A-26	  
				
		  	 15.1
	  	 Awards Subject to Section 409A
	  	 	A-26	  
				
		  	 15.2
	  	 Deferral and/or Distribution Elections
	  	 	A-26	  
				
		  	 15.3
	  	 Subsequent Elections
	  	 	A-27	  
				
		  	 15.4
	  	 Payment of Section 409A Deferred Compensation
	  	 	A-27	  
			
	 16.
	  	 Tax Withholding
	  	 	A-29	  
				
		  	16.1	  	Tax Withholding in General	  	 	A-29	  
				
		  	16.2	  	Withholding in or Directed Sale of Shares	  	 	A-29	  
			
	17.	  	Amendment, Suspension or Termination of Plan	  	 	A-29	  
			
	18.	  	Miscellaneous Provisions	  	 	A-29	  
				
		  	18.1	  	Repurchase Rights	  	 	A-29	  
				
		  	18.2	  	Forfeiture Events	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.3	  	Provision of Information	  	 	A-30	  

  
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		  	18.4	  	Rights as Employee, Consultant or Director	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.5	  	Rights as a Stockholder	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.6	  	Delivery of Title to Shares	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.7	  	Fractional Shares	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.8	  	Retirement and Welfare Plans	  	 	A-30	  
				
		  	18.9	  	Beneficiary Designation	  	 	A-31	  
				
		  	18.10	  	Severability	  	 	A-31	  
				
		  	18.11	  	No Constraint on Corporate Action	  	 	A-31	  
				
		  	18.12	  	Unfunded Obligation	  	 	A-31	  
				
		  	18.13	  	Choice of Law	  	 	A-31	  

  
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 Connecture, Inc. 

2014 Equity Incentive Plan 

1. ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND TERM OF
PLAN. 
 1.1 Establishment. The Connecture, Inc. 2014 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby established effective as of November 21, 2014, the date of its approval by the stockholders of the Company (the “Effective Date”).

 1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Participating Company Group and its
stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group. The
Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for Awards in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.

 1.3 Term of Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect until its termination by the Committee; provided, however, that all Awards
shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the Effective Date. 
 2. DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION. 
 2.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the
following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below: 
 (a) “Affiliate” means
(i) a parent entity, other than a Parent Corporation, that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities, controls the Company or (ii) a subsidiary entity, other than a Subsidiary Corporation, that is controlled by the
Company directly or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities. For this purpose, the terms “parent,” “subsidiary,” “control” and “controlled by” shall have the meanings assigned such terms for the
purposes of registration of securities on Form S-8 under the Securities Act. 
 (b) “Award” means any
Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Purchase Right, Restricted Stock Bonus, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan. 

(c) “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant
setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to an Award. 
 (d) “Board” means the
Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (e) “Cash-Based Award” means an Award denominated in cash and
granted pursuant to Section 11. 
 (f) “Cashless Exercise” means a Cashless Exercise as defined
in Section 6.3(b)(i). 
 (g) “Cause” means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise
defined by the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and a Participating Company applicable to an Award, any of the following: (i) the Participant’s theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of
fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any Participating Company documents or records; (ii) the Participant’s material failure to abide by a Participating Company’s code of conduct or other policies (including,
without limitation, policies relating to confidentiality and reasonable workplace conduct); (iii) the Participant’s unauthorized use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or intangible asset or corporate

  
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opportunity of a Participating Company (including, without limitation, the Participant’s improper use or disclosure of a Participating Company’s confidential or proprietary
information); (iv) any intentional act by the Participant which has a material detrimental effect on a Participating Company’s reputation or business; (v) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform any reasonable assigned
duties after written notice from a Participating Company of, and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure; (vi) any material breach by the Participant of any employment, service, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or other
similar agreement between the Participant and a Participating Company, which breach is not cured pursuant to the terms of such agreement; or (vii) the Participant’s conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of any
criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty, misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs the Participant’s ability to perform his or her duties with a Participating Company. 

(h) “Change in Control” means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined by the
applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and a Participating Company applicable to an Award, the occurrence of any one or a combination of the following: 

(i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total Fair Market
Value or total combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors; provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed
to have occurred if such degree of beneficial ownership results from any of the following: (A) an acquisition by any person who on the Effective Date is the beneficial owner of more than fifty percent (50%) of such voting power,
(B) any acquisition directly from the Company, including, without limitation, pursuant to or in connection with a public offering of securities, (C) any acquisition by the Company, (D) any acquisition by a trustee or other fiduciary
under an employee benefit plan of a Participating Company or (E) any acquisition by an entity owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the voting securities of
the Company; or 
 (ii) an Ownership Change Event or series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, a
“Transaction”) in which the stockholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors or, in the case of an Ownership Change Event described in Section 2.1(ee)(iii), the entity to which the assets
of the Company were transferred (the “Transferee”), as the case may be; or 
 (iii) a date specified
by the Committee following approval by the stockholders of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; 
 provided, however, that a Change
in Control shall be deemed not to include a transaction described in subsections (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.1(h) in which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the continuing, surviving or successor entity, or
parent thereof, immediately after such transaction is comprised of Incumbent Directors. 
 For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect
beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company or the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly
or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities. The Committee shall determine whether multiple events described in subsections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2.1(h) are related and to be treated in the
aggregate as a single Change in Control, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
 (i)
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations and administrative guidelines promulgated thereunder. 

  
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 (j) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee and such
other committee or subcommittee of the Board, if any, duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers in each instance as shall be specified by the Board. If, at any time, there is no committee of the Board then authorized or properly
constituted to administer the Plan, the Board shall exercise all of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any event, the Board may in its discretion exercise any or all of such powers. 

(k) “Company” means Connecture, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation thereto.

 (l) “Consultant” means a person engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than as
an Employee or a Director) to a Participating Company, provided that the identity of such person, the nature of such services or the entity to which such services are provided would not preclude the Company from offering or selling securities to
such person pursuant to the Plan in reliance on registration on Form S-8 under the Securities Act. 

(m) “Covered Employee” means, at any time the Plan is subject to Section 162(m), any Employee who is or
may reasonably be expected to become a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m), or any successor statute, and who, with respect to a Performance Award, is designated, either as an individual Employee or a member of a class of
Employees, by the Committee no later than the earlier of (i) the date that is ninety (90) days after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (ii) the date on which twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance Period has
elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for such applicable Performance Period. 
 (n)
“Director” means a member of the Board. 
 (o) “Disability”
means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined by the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and a Participating Company applicable to an Award, the permanent and total disability of the
Participant, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. 
 (p) “Dividend Equivalent
Right” means the right of a Participant, granted at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise provided by the Plan, to receive a credit for the account of such Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on
one share of Stock for each share of Stock represented by an Award held by such Participant. 
 (q)
“Employee” means any person treated as an employee (including an Officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock
Option granted to such person, who is an employee for purposes of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that neither service as a Director nor payment of a Director’s fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of
the Plan. The Company shall determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the effective date of such individual’s employment or termination of employment, as
the case may be. For purposes of an individual’s rights, if any, under the terms of the Plan as of the time of the Company’s determination of whether or not the individual is an Employee, all such determinations by the Company shall be
final, binding and conclusive as to such rights, if any, notwithstanding that the Company or any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination as to such individual’s status as an Employee. 

(r) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

(s) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as
determined by the Committee, in its discretion, or by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the following: 

(i) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, if, on such date, the Stock is listed or quoted on a national or regional securities
exchange or quotation system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock as quoted on the national or regional securities exchange or 

  
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quotation system constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does not
fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such securities exchange or quotation system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded or quoted prior to the relevant date, or
such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion. 
 (ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee
may, in its discretion, determine the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the basis of the opening, closing, or average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Stock on such date or the preceding trading day, the actual sale price of a
share of Stock received by a Participant, any other reasonable basis using actual transactions in the Stock as reported on a national or regional securities exchange or quotation system, or on any other basis consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A. The Committee may also determine the Fair Market Value upon the average selling price of the Stock during a specified period that is within thirty (30) days before or thirty (30) days after such date, provided that, with
respect to the grant of an Option or SAR, the commitment to grant such Award based on such valuation method must be irrevocable before the beginning of the specified period. The Committee may vary its method of determination of the Fair Market Value
as provided in this Section for different purposes under the Plan to the extent consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. 

(iii) If, on such date, the Stock is not listed or quoted on a national or regional securities exchange or quotation system, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Committee in good faith without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse, and in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A.

 (t) “Full Value Award” means any Award settled in Stock, other than (i) an Option,
(ii) a Stock Appreciation Right, or (iii) a Restricted Stock Purchase Right or an Other Stock-Based Award under which the Company will receive monetary consideration equal to the Fair Market Value (determined on the effective date of
grant) of the shares subject to such Award. 
 (u) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended
to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) and which qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code. 

(v) “Incumbent Director” means a director who either (i) is a member of the Board as of the
Effective Date or (ii) is elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but excluding a director who was elected or
nominated in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors of the Company). 
 (w)
“Insider” means an Officer, a Director or other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 

(x) “Net Exercise” means a Net Exercise as defined in Section 6.3(b)(iii). 

(y) “Nonemployee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee. 

(z) “Nonemployee Director Award” means any Award granted to a Nonemployee Director. 

(aa) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to be (as set forth in the Award
Agreement) or which does not qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code. 
 (bb)
“Officer” means any person designated by the Board as an officer of the Company. 
 (cc)
“Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan. 

  
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 (dd) “Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award denominated
in shares of Stock and granted pursuant to Section 11. 
 (ee) “Ownership Change Event” means
the occurrence of any of the following with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of securities of the Company representing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; or
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (other than a sale, exchange or transfer to one or more subsidiaries of the Company). 

(ff) “Parent Corporation” means any present or future “parent corporation” of the Company, as
defined in Section 424(e) of the Code. 
 (gg) “Participant” means any eligible person who has
been granted one or more Awards. 
 (hh) “Participating Company” means the Company or any Parent
Corporation, Subsidiary Corporation or Affiliate. 
 (ii) “Participating Company Group” means, at any
point in time, the Company and all other entities collectively which are then Participating Companies. 
 (jj)
“Performance Award” means an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units. 
 (kk)
“Performance Award Formula” means, for any Performance Award, a formula or table established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 which provides the basis for computing the value of a Performance Award
at one or more levels of attainment of the applicable Performance Goal(s) measured as of the end of the applicable Performance Period. 

(ll) “Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation under an Award that satisfies the requirements of
Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees. 
 (mm) “Performance
Goal” means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3. 
 (nn)
“Performance Period” means a period established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 at the end of which one or more Performance Goals are to be measured. 

(oo) “Performance Share” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10 to receive
a payment equal to the value of a Performance Share, as determined by the Committee, based upon attainment of applicable Performance Goal(s). 

(pp) “Performance Unit” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10 to receive a
payment equal to the value of a Performance Unit, as determined by the Committee, based upon attainment of applicable Performance Goal(s). 

(qq) “Predecessor Plan” means the Company’s 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. 

(rr) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase
Right. 
 (ss) “Restricted Stock Bonus” means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to
Section 8. 

  
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 (tt) “Restricted Stock Purchase Right” means a right to
purchase Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8. 
 (uu) “Restricted Stock Unit”
means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9 to receive on a future date or occurrence of a future event a share of Stock or cash in lieu thereof, as determined by the Committee. 

(vv) “Rule 16b-3” means
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation. 

(ww) “SAR” or “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted to a Participant
pursuant to Section 7 to receive payment, for each share of Stock subject to such Award, of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the Award over the exercise price
thereof. 
 (xx) “Section 162(m)” means Section 162(m) of the Code. 

(yy) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code. 

(zz) “Section 409A Deferred Compensation” means compensation provided pursuant to an Award that
constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A. 
 (aaa) “Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 (bbb) “Service” means a
Participant’s employment or service with the Participating Company Group, whether as an Employee, a Director or a Consultant. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely
because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders Service or a change in the Participating Company for which the Participant renders Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Service.
Furthermore, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have been interrupted or terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company. However, unless otherwise
provided by the Committee, if any such leave taken by a Participant exceeds ninety (90) days, then on the ninety-first (91st) day following the commencement of such leave the Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated,
unless the Participant’s right to return to Service is guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or required by law, an unpaid leave of absence shall not be treated as Service
for purposes of determining vesting under the Participant’s Award Agreement. A Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the business entity for which the Participant
performs Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participant’s Service has terminated and the effective date of and reason for such termination. 

(ccc) “Stock” means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
Section 4.5. 
 (ddd) “Stock Tender Exercise” means a Stock Tender Exercise as defined in
Section 6.3(b)(ii). 
 (eee) “Subsidiary Corporation” means any present or future
“subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. 
 (fff) “Ten Percent
Owner” means a Participant who, at the time an Option is granted to the Participant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a Participating Company
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 (ggg) “Trading Compliance Policy” means the written policy
of the Company pertaining to the purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition of the Company’s equity securities by Directors, Officers, Employees or other service providers who may possess material, nonpublic information regarding the Company
or its securities. 
 (hhh) “Vesting Conditions” mean those conditions established in accordance with
the Plan prior to the satisfaction of which an Award or shares subject to an Award remain subject to forfeiture or a repurchase option in favor of the Company exercisable for the Participant’s monetary purchase price, if any, for such shares
upon the Participant’s termination of Service or failure of a performance condition to be satisfied. 
 2.2 Construction.
Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall
include the singular. Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. 
 3.
ADMINISTRATION. 
 3.1 Administration by the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by
the Committee. All questions of interpretation of the Plan, of any Award Agreement or of any other form of agreement or other document employed by the Company in the administration of the Plan or of any Award shall be determined by the Committee,
and such determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Award, unless fraudulent or made in bad faith. Any and all actions, decisions and determinations taken or made by the Committee in
the exercise of its discretion pursuant to the Plan or Award Agreement or other agreement thereunder (other than determining questions of interpretation pursuant to the preceding sentence) shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons
having an interest therein. All expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Company. 
 3.2
Authority of Officers. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Company herein,
provided that the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, determination or election. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may, in its discretion, delegate to a committee comprised of one or
more Officers the authority to grant one or more Awards, without further approval of the Committee, to any Employee, other than a person who, at the time of such grant, is an Insider or a Covered Employee, and to exercise such other powers under the
Plan as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that (a) the Committee shall fix the maximum number of shares subject to Awards that may be granted by such Officers, (b) each such Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions
of the appropriate standard form of Award Agreement approved by the Board or the Committee and shall conform to the provisions of the Plan, and (c) each such Award shall conform to such other limits and guidelines as may be established from
time to time by the Committee. 
 3.3 Administration with Respect to Insiders. With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan,
at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of
Rule 16b-3. 
 3.4 Committee Complying with Section 162(m). If the Company is a
“publicly held corporation” within the meaning of Section 162(m), the Board may establish a Committee of “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) to approve the grant of any Award intended to result in
the payment of Performance-Based Compensation. 
 3.5 Powers of the Committee. In addition to any other powers
set forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the full and final power and authority, in its discretion: 

(a) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock, units or
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 (b) to determine the type of Award granted; 

(c) to determine whether an Award granted to a Covered Employee shall be intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation; 

(d) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or other property; 

(e) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired
pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the exercise or purchase price of shares pursuant to any Award, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax
withholding obligation arising in connection with any Award, including by the withholding or delivery of shares of Stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant
thereto, (v) the Performance Measures, Performance Period, Performance Award Formula and Performance Goals applicable to any Award and the extent to which such Performance Goals have been attained, (vi) the time of expiration of any Award,
(vii) the effect of any Participant’s termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and (viii) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any Award or shares acquired pursuant thereto not inconsistent with the terms
of the Plan; 
 (f) to determine whether an Award will be settled in shares of Stock, cash, other property or in any combination thereof;

 (g) to approve one or more forms of Award Agreement; 

(h) to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or any shares
acquired pursuant thereto; 
 (i) to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares
acquired pursuant thereto, including with respect to the period following a Participant’s termination of Service; 
 (j) to prescribe,
amend or rescind rules, guidelines and policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt sub-plans or supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable to comply with the laws
of, or to accommodate the tax policy, accounting principles or custom of, foreign jurisdictions whose residents may be granted Awards; and 

(k) to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make all other
determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any Award as the Committee may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or applicable law. 

3.6 Option or SAR Repricing. The Committee shall have the authority, without additional approval by the stockholders of the Company, to
approve a program providing for either (a) the cancellation of outstanding Options or SARs having exercise prices per share greater than the then Fair Market Value of a share of Stock (“Underwater Awards”)
and the grant in substitution therefore of new Options or SARs covering the same or a different number of shares but with an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value per share on the new grant date, Full Value Awards, or payments in
cash, or (b) the amendment of outstanding Underwater Awards to reduce the exercise price thereof to the Fair Market Value per share on the date of amendment. 

3.7 Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or the Committee or
as officers or employees of the Participating Company Group, to the extent permitted by applicable law, members of the Board or the Committee and any officers or employees of the Participating Company Group to whom authority to act for the Board,
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delegated shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit
or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid
by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which
it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or
proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend the same. 
 4.
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. 
 4.1 Maximum Number of
Shares Issuable. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be equal to 2,050,000 shares and shall consist of authorized but
unissued or reacquired shares of Stock or any combination thereof. 
 4.2 Annual Increase in Maximum Number of Shares Issuable.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan as set forth in Section 4.1 shall be cumulatively increased on January 1, 2015 and on each subsequent January 1
through and including January 1, 2024, by a number of shares (the “Annual Increase”) equal to the smaller of (a) 2% of the number of shares of Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31,
or (b) an amount determined by the Board. 
 4.3 Adjustment for Unissued or Forfeited Predecessor Plan Shares. The maximum
aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan as set forth in Section 4.1 shall be cumulatively increased from time to time by: 

(a) the aggregate number of shares of Stock that remain available for the future grant of awards under the Predecessor Plan immediately prior
to its termination as of the Effective Date; 
 (b) the number of shares of Stock subject to that portion of any option or other award
outstanding pursuant to the Predecessor Plan as of the Effective Date which, on or after the Effective Date, expires or is terminated or canceled for any reason without having been exercised or settled in full; and 

(c) the number of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Predecessor Plan subject to forfeiture or repurchase by the Company for an amount
not greater than the Participant’s purchase price which, on or after the Effective Date, is so forfeited or repurchased; 
 provided, however, that the
aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance under the Predecessor Plan that may become authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall not exceed 1,883,409 shares. 

4.4 Share Counting. If an outstanding Award for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled without having been exercised or
settled in full, or if shares of Stock acquired pursuant to an Award subject to forfeiture or repurchase are forfeited or repurchased by the Company for an amount not greater than the Participant’s purchase price, the shares of Stock allocable
to the terminated portion of such Award or such forfeited or repurchased shares of Stock shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Stock shall not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan with respect to any portion
of an Award that is settled in cash or to the extent that shares are withheld or reacquired by the Company in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 16.2. Upon payment in shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of an
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actually issued in such payment. If the exercise price of an Option is paid by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant, or by means of
a Net Exercise, the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the net number of shares for which the Option is exercised. 

4.5 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company and
the requirements of Sections 409A and 424 of the Code to the extent applicable, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation,
recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of
a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting regular, periodic cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock, appropriate and proportionate adjustments
shall be made in the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and to any outstanding Awards, the Annual Increase, the Award limits set forth in Section 5.3, and in the exercise or purchase price per share under any outstanding Award in
order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by
the Company.” If a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Awards are exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an Ownership Change Event) shares of
another corporation (the “New Shares”), the Committee may unilaterally amend the outstanding Awards to provide that such Awards are for New Shares. In the event of any such amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the
exercise or purchase price per share of, the outstanding Awards shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner as determined by the Committee, in its discretion. Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number and the exercise or purchase price per share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. In no event may the exercise or purchase price, if any, under any Award be decreased to an amount less than the par
value, if any, of the stock subject to such Award. The Committee in its discretion, may also make such adjustments in the terms of any Award to reflect, or related to, such changes in the capital structure of the Company or distributions as it deems
appropriate, including modification of Performance Goals, Performance Award Formulas and Performance Periods. The adjustments determined by the Committee pursuant to this Section shall be final, binding and conclusive. 

4.6 Assumption or Substitution of Awards. The Committee may, without affecting the number of shares of Stock reserved or available
hereunder, authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, subject to
compliance with Section 409A and any other applicable provisions of the Code. 
 5. ELIGIBILITY,
PARTICIPATION AND AWARD LIMITATIONS. 
 5.1 Persons Eligible for
Awards. Awards may be granted only to Employees, Consultants and Directors. 
 5.2 Participation in the Plan. Awards are granted
solely at the discretion of the Committee. Eligible persons may be granted more than one Award. However, eligibility in accordance with this Section shall not entitle any person to be granted an Award, or, having been granted an Award, to be granted
an additional Award. 
 5.3 Incentive Stock Option Limitations. 

(a) Maximum Number of Shares Issuable Pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. Subject to adjustment as provided in
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cumulatively increased on January 1, 2015, and on each subsequent January 1, through and including January 1, 2024, by a number of shares equal to the smaller of the Annual
Increase determined under Section 4.2 or 505,000 shares. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to all Awards other than Incentive Stock Options shall be the number of shares determined in
accordance with Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5. 
 (b) Persons
Eligible. An Incentive Stock Option may be granted only to a person who, on the effective date of grant, is an Employee of the Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary Corporation (each being an “ISO-Qualifying
Corporation”). Any person who is not an Employee of an ISO-Qualifying Corporation on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person may be granted only a Nonstatutory Stock Option. 

(c) Fair Market Value Limitation. To the extent that options designated as Incentive Stock Options (granted under all stock
plans of the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) become exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year for stock having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portion of
such options which exceeds such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair
Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a limitation different from that set forth in this Section, such different limitation shall be deemed
incorporated herein effective as of the date and with respect to such Options as required or permitted by such amendment to the Code. If an Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason
of the limitation set forth in this Section, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option
portion of the Option first. Upon exercise of the Option, shares issued pursuant to each such portion shall be separately identified. 

6. STOCK OPTIONS. 

Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Committee shall
establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: 

6.1 Exercise Price. The exercise price for each Option shall be established in the discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that
(a) the exercise price per share shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option and (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall have an exercise price
per share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option (whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock
Option) may be granted with an exercise price less than the minimum exercise price set forth above if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner that would qualify under the provisions of
Section 409A or Section 424(a) of the Code. 
 6.2 Exercisability and Term of Options. Options shall be exercisable at such
time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option; provided, however, that
(a) no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such Option, (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall be exercisable after the expiration of five
(5) years after the effective date of grant of such Option and (c) no Option granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, shall be first exercisable until at least
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the Worker Economic Opportunity Act). Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee in the grant of an Option, each Option shall terminate ten (10) years after the
effective date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its provisions. 
 6.3 Payment of Exercise Price.

 (a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of
shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or in cash equivalent; (ii) if permitted by the Committee and subject to the limitations contained in Section 6.3(b), by means of (1) a
Cashless Exercise, (2) a Stock Tender Exercise or (3) a Net Exercise; (iii) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (iv) by any combination
thereof. The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.

 (b) Limitations on Forms of Consideration. 

(i) Cashless Exercise. A “Cashless Exercise” means the delivery of a properly executed notice of
exercise together with irrevocable instructions to a broker providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without
limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s
sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise, including with respect to one or more Participants specified by the Company
notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to other Participants. 
 (ii) Stock Tender Exercise. A
“Stock Tender Exercise” means the delivery of a properly executed exercise notice accompanied by a Participant’s tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, in a form acceptable to the Company
of whole shares of Stock owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. A Stock Tender Exercise shall not be permitted if it would
constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock. If required by the Company, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the
ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Participant for a period of time required by the Company (and not used for another option exercise by attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or
indirectly, from the Company. 
 (iii) Net Exercise. A “Net Exercise” means the delivery of a
properly executed exercise notice followed by a procedure pursuant to which (1) the Company will reduce the number of shares otherwise issuable to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option by the largest whole number of shares having a Fair
Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, and (2) the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate exercise price not
satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued. 
 6.4 Effect of Termination of Service. 

(a) Option Exercisability. Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise provided by this Plan and unless otherwise
provided by the Committee, an Option shall terminate immediately upon the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent it
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 (i) Disability. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the Disability of
the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for vested shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative)
at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months (or such longer or shorter period provided by the Award Agreement) after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the date of
expiration of the Option’s term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the “Option Expiration Date”). 

(ii) Death. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent
unexercised and exercisable for vested shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of
the Participant’s death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months (or such longer or shorter period provided by the Award Agreement) after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no
later than the Option Expiration Date. The Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months (or such longer or shorter period provided by the Award Agreement)
after the Participant’s termination of Service. 
 (iii) Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
to the contrary, if the Participant’s Service is terminated for Cause or if, following the Participant’s termination of Service and during any period in which the Option otherwise would remain exercisable, the Participant engages in any
act that would constitute Cause, the Option shall terminate in its entirety and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Service or act. 

(iv) Other Termination of Service. If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, except Disability, death or Cause, the
Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for vested shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three (3) months (or such longer or
shorter period provided by the Award Agreement) after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. 

(b) Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than termination of Service for Cause, if the
exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.4(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 14 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the date
such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions or (ii) the end of the applicable time period under Section 6.4(a), but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. 

6.5 Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the
Participant’s guardian or legal representative. An Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the
Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such
Option, an Option shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any, described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act or, in the case of an
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 7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. 

Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form
as the Committee shall establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: 

7.1 Types of SARs Authorized. SARs may be granted in tandem with all or any portion of a related Option (a “Tandem
SAR”) or may be granted independently of any Option (a “Freestanding SAR”). A Tandem SAR may only be granted concurrently with the grant of the related Option. 

7.2 Exercise Price. The exercise price for each SAR shall be established in the discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that
(a) the exercise price per share subject to a Tandem SAR shall be the exercise price per share under the related Option and (b) the exercise price per share subject to a Freestanding SAR shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a
share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the SAR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an SAR may be granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise price set forth above if such SAR is granted pursuant to an assumption or
substitution for another stock appreciation right in a manner that would qualify under the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. 

7.3 Exercisability and Term of SARs. 

(a) Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs shall be exercisable only at the time and to the extent, and only to the extent, that the related
Option is exercisable, subject to such provisions as the Committee may specify where the Tandem SAR is granted with respect to less than the full number of shares of Stock subject to the related Option. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide
in any Award Agreement evidencing a Tandem SAR that such SAR may not be exercised without the advance approval of the Company and, if such approval is not given, then the Option shall nevertheless remain exercisable in accordance with its terms. A
Tandem SAR shall terminate and cease to be exercisable no later than the date on which the related Option expires or is terminated or canceled. Upon the exercise of a Tandem SAR with respect to some or all of the shares subject to such SAR, the
related Option shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the Tandem SAR was exercised. Upon the exercise of an Option related to a Tandem SAR as to some or all of the shares subject to such Option, the related
Tandem SAR shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the related Option was exercised. 
 (b)
Freestanding SARs. Freestanding SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the
Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such SAR; provided, however, that (i) no Freestanding SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such SAR and (ii) no
Freestanding SAR granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, shall be first exercisable until at least six (6) months following the date of grant of such SAR (except in
the event of such Employee’s death, disability or retirement, upon a Change in Control, or as otherwise permitted by the Worker Economic Opportunity Act). Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee in the grant of a
Freestanding SAR, each Freestanding SAR shall terminate ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of the SAR, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its provisions. 

7.4 Exercise of SARs. Upon the exercise (or deemed exercise pursuant to Section 7.5) of an SAR, the Participant (or the
Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the SAR by reason of the Participant’s death) shall be entitled to receive payment of an amount for each share with respect to which the SAR is exercised
equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price. Payment of such amount shall be made (a) in the case of a Tandem SAR, solely in shares of Stock in a lump sum
upon the date of exercise of the SAR and (b) in the case of a Freestanding SAR, in cash, shares of Stock, or any combination thereof as determined by the Committee, in a lump sum upon the date of exercise of the SAR. When payment is to be made
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shares to be issued shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR. For purposes of Section 7, an SAR shall be deemed
exercised on the date on which the Company receives notice of exercise from the Participant or as otherwise provided in Section 7.5. 

7.5 Deemed Exercise of SARs. If, on the date on which an SAR would otherwise terminate or expire, the SAR by its terms remains
exercisable immediately prior to such termination or expiration and, if so exercised, would result in a payment to the holder of such SAR, then any portion of such SAR which has not previously been exercised shall automatically be deemed to be
exercised as of such date with respect to such portion. 
 7.6 Effect of Termination of Service. Subject to earlier termination of
the SAR as otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an SAR shall be exercisable after a Participant’s termination of Service only to the extent and during the applicable time period determined in accordance with
Section 6.4 (treating the SAR as if it were an Option) and thereafter shall terminate. 
 7.7 Transferability of SARs. During
the lifetime of the Participant, an SAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. An SAR shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the
Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award, a Tandem SAR related to a Nonstatutory Stock Option or a Freestanding SAR shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any,
described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act. 
 8.
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. 
 Restricted Stock Awards shall be evidenced by Award
Agreements specifying whether the Award is a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase Right and the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate all
or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: 
 8.1 Types of
Restricted Stock Awards Authorized. Restricted Stock Awards may be granted in the form of either a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase Right. Restricted Stock Awards may be granted upon such conditions as the Committee shall
determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described in Section 10.4. If either the grant of or satisfaction of Vesting Conditions applicable to a Restricted Stock Award is to be contingent
upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Sections 10.3 through 10.5(a). 

8.2 Purchase Price. The purchase price for shares of Stock issuable under each Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be established by
the Committee in its discretion. No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding) shall be required as a condition of receiving shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Bonus, the consideration for which shall be services actually
rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable state corporate law, the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating
Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares of Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award. 
 8.3
Purchase Period. A Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be exercisable within a period established by the Committee, which shall in no event exceed thirty (30) days from the effective date of the grant of the Restricted Stock Purchase
Right. 
 8.4 Payment of Purchase Price. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the purchase price for the number of shares
of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be made (a) in cash, by check or in cash equivalent, (b) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent
permitted by applicable law, or (c) by any combination thereof. 

  
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 8.5 Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer. Shares issued pursuant to any Restricted Stock
Award may (but need not) be made subject to Vesting Conditions based upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in
Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. During any period in which shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares
may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise disposed of other than pursuant to an Ownership Change Event or as provided in Section 8.8. The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement evidencing
a Restricted Stock Award that, if the satisfaction of Vesting Conditions with respect to any shares subject to such Restricted Stock Award would otherwise occur on a day on which the sale of such shares would violate the provisions of the Trading
Compliance Policy, then satisfaction of the Vesting Conditions automatically shall be determined on the next trading day on which the sale of such shares would not violate the Trading Compliance Policy. Upon request by the Company, each Participant
shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement
on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions. 
 8.6 Voting Rights; Dividends and
Distributions. Except as provided in this Section, Section 8.5 and any Award Agreement, during any period in which shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, the Participant shall have all of
the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding shares of Stock, including the right to vote such shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares; provided, however, that if so determined by the
Committee and provided by the Award Agreement, such dividends and distributions shall be subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which such dividends or distributions were paid, and
otherwise shall be paid no later than the end of the calendar year in which such dividends or distributions are paid to stockholders (or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the date such dividends or distributions are paid to
stockholders). In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.5, any and all new, substituted or
additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of the Participant’s Restricted Stock Award shall be immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the
shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which such dividends or distributions were paid or adjustments were made. 

8.7 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock
Award, if a Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participant’s death or disability), then (a) the Company shall have the option to repurchase for the purchase price paid by
the Participant any shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Purchase Right which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service and (b) the Participant shall
forfeit to the Company any shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Bonus which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service. The Company shall have the right to assign
at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company. 

8.8 Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Award Rights. Rights to acquire shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award shall
not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or the laws of descent
and distribution. All rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. 

  
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 9. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. 

Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award, in
such form as the Committee shall establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: 

9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock Unit Awards may be granted upon such conditions as the Committee shall
determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described in Section 10.4. If either the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award or the Vesting Conditions with respect to such Award is to be
contingent upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Sections 10.3 through 10.5(a). 

9.2 Purchase Price. No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any) shall be required as a condition of receiving a
Restricted Stock Unit Award, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable state corporate law, the Participant shall furnish
consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares of Stock issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit Award. 

9.3 Vesting. Restricted Stock Unit Awards may (but need not) be made subject to Vesting Conditions based upon the satisfaction of such
Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such
Award. The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award that, if the satisfaction of Vesting Conditions with respect to any shares subject to the Award would otherwise occur on a day on
which the sale of such shares would violate the provisions of the Trading Compliance Policy, then the satisfaction of the Vesting Conditions automatically shall be determined on the first to occur of (a) the next trading day on which the sale
of such shares would not violate the Trading Compliance Policy or (b) the last day of the calendar year in which the original vesting date occurred. 

9.4 Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of
Stock represented by Restricted Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). However, the Committee, in its
discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Restricted Stock Unit Award that the Participant shall be entitled to Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the
date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to each share subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated. Dividend Equivalent Rights, if any, shall be paid by crediting the
Participant with a cash amount or with additional whole Restricted Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock, as determined by the Committee. The number of additional Restricted Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole
number), if any, to be credited shall be determined by dividing (a) the amount of cash dividends paid on the dividend payment date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Units previously credited to
the Participant by (b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date. If so determined by the Committee and provided by the Award Agreement, such cash amount or additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions and shall be settled in the same manner and at the same time as the Restricted Stock Units originally subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award. In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any
other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.5, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award so that it represents the right to receive upon
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the Participant would be entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be
immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as are applicable to the Award. 
 9.5 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award, if a Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participant’s death or
disability), then the Participant shall forfeit to the Company any Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Award which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service. 

9.6 Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Company shall issue to a Participant on the date on which Restricted Stock Units
subject to the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award vest or on such other date determined by the Committee in compliance with Section 409A, if applicable, and set forth in the Award Agreement one (1) share of Stock (and/or any
other new, substituted or additional securities or other property pursuant to an adjustment described in Section 9.4) for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the withholding of
applicable taxes, if any. If permitted by the Committee, the Participant may elect, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, to defer receipt of all or any portion of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the
Participant pursuant to this Section, and such deferred issuance date(s) and amount(s) elected by the Participant shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide for settlement
of any Restricted Stock Unit Award by payment to the Participant in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on the payment date of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section. 

9.7 Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The right to receive shares pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not
be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution. All rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. 

10. PERFORMANCE AWARDS. 

Performance Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate
all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions: 
 10.1 Types
of Performance Awards Authorized. Performance Awards may be granted in the form of either Performance Shares or Performance Units. Each Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award shall specify the number of Performance Shares or Performance
Units subject thereto, the Performance Award Formula, the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Period applicable to the Award, and the other terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award. 

10.2 Initial Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in granting a Performance
Award, each Performance Share shall have an initial monetary value equal to the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5, on the effective date of grant of the Performance Share, and
each Performance Unit shall have an initial monetary value established by the Committee at the time of grant. The final value payable to the Participant in settlement of a Performance Award determined on the basis of the applicable Performance Award
Formula will depend on the extent to which Performance Goals established by the Committee are attained within the applicable Performance Period established by the Committee. 

  
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 10.3 Establishment of Performance Period, Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula.
In granting each Performance Award, the Committee shall establish in writing the applicable Performance Period, Performance Award Formula and one or more Performance Goals which, when measured at the end of the Performance Period, shall determine on
the basis of the Performance Award Formula the final value of the Performance Award to be paid to the Participant. Unless otherwise permitted in compliance with the requirements under Section 162(m) with respect to each Performance Award
intended to result in the payment of Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee shall establish the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Award Formula applicable to each Performance Award no later than the earlier of (a) the date ninety
(90) days after the commencement of the applicable Performance Period or (b) the date on which 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed, and, in any event, at a time when the outcome of the Performance Goals remains substantially
uncertain. Once established, the Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula applicable to a Performance Award intended to result in the payment of Performance-Based Compensation to a Covered Employee shall not be changed during the Performance
Period. The Company shall notify each Participant granted a Performance Award of the terms of such Award, including the Performance Period, Performance Goal(s) and Performance Award Formula. 

10.4 Measurement of Performance Goals. Performance Goals shall be established by the Committee on the basis of targets to be attained
(“Performance Targets”) with respect to one or more measures of business or financial performance (each, a “Performance Measure”), subject to the following: 

(a) Performance Measures. Performance Measures shall be calculated in accordance with the Company’s financial statements,
or, if such measures are not reported in the Company’s financial statements, they shall be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, a method used generally in the Company’s industry, or in accordance with a
methodology established by the Committee prior to the grant of the Performance Award. As specified by the Committee, Performance Measures may be calculated with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary Corporation consolidated therewith for
financial reporting purposes, one or more Subsidiary Corporations or such division or other business unit of any of them selected by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee prior to the grant of the Performance Award, the
Performance Measures applicable to the Performance Award shall be calculated prior to the accrual of expense for any Performance Award for the same Performance Period and excluding the effect (whether positive or negative) on the Performance
Measures of any change in accounting standards or any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring item, as determined by the Committee, occurring after the establishment of the Performance Goals applicable to the Performance Award. Each such adjustment,
if any, shall be made solely for the purpose of providing a consistent basis from period to period for the calculation of Performance Measures in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights with respect to a
Performance Award. Performance Measures may be based upon one or more of the following, as determined by the Committee: 
 (i) revenue; 

(ii) sales; 
 (iii) expenses;

 (iv) operating income; 

(v) gross margin; 
 (vi)
operating margin; 
 (vii) earnings before any one or more of: stock-based compensation expense, interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization; 
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 (ix) net operating income; 

(x) net income; 
 (xi)
economic value added; 
 (xii) free cash flow; 

(xiii) operating cash flow; 

(xiv) balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; 

(xv) stock price; 
 (xvi)
earnings per share; 
 (xvii) return on stockholder equity; 

(xviii) return on capital; 

(xix) return on assets; 
 (xx)
return on investment; 
 (xxi) total stockholder return; 

(xxii) employee satisfaction; 

(xxiii) employee retention; 

(xxiv) market share; 
 (xxv)
customer satisfaction; 
 (xxvi) product development; 

(xxvii) research and development expenses; 

(xxviii) completion of an identified special project; and 

(xxix) completion of a joint venture or other corporate transaction. 

(b) Performance Targets. Performance Targets may include a minimum, maximum, target level and intermediate levels of
performance, with the final value of a Performance Award determined under the applicable Performance Award Formula by the Performance Target level attained during the applicable Performance Period. A Performance Target may be stated as an absolute
value, an increase or decrease in a value, or as a value determined relative to an index, budget or other standard selected by the Committee. 

10.5 Settlement of Performance Awards. 

(a) Determination of Final Value. As soon as practicable following the completion of the Performance Period
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which the applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the resulting final value of the Award earned by the Participant and to be paid upon its settlement in accordance with the applicable
Performance Award Formula. 
 (b) Discretionary Adjustment of Award Formula. In its discretion, the Committee
may, either at the time it grants a Performance Award or at any time thereafter, provide for the positive or negative adjustment of the Performance Award Formula applicable to a Performance Award granted to any Participant who is not a Covered
Employee to reflect such Participant’s individual performance in his or her position with the Company or such other factors as the Committee may determine. If permitted under a Covered Employee’s Award Agreement, the Committee shall have
the discretion, on the basis of such criteria as may be established by the Committee, to reduce some or all of the value of the Performance Award that would otherwise be paid to the Covered Employee upon its settlement notwithstanding the attainment
of any Performance Goal and the resulting value of the Performance Award determined in accordance with the Performance Award Formula. No such reduction may result in an increase in the amount payable upon settlement of another Participant’s
Performance Award that is intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation. 
 (c) Effect of Leaves of Absence. Unless
otherwise required by law or a Participant’s Award Agreement, payment of the final value, if any, of a Performance Award held by a Participant who has taken in excess of thirty (30) days in unpaid leaves of absence during a Performance
Period shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days of the Participant’s Service during the Performance Period during which the Participant was not on an unpaid leave of absence. 

(d) Notice to Participants. As soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination and certification in accordance
with Sections 10.5(a) and (b), the Company shall notify each Participant of the determination of the Committee. 
 (e) Payment
in Settlement of Performance Awards. As soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination and certification in accordance with Sections 10.5(a) and (b), but in any event within the Short-Term Deferral Period described in
Section 15.1 (except as otherwise provided below or consistent with the requirements of Section 409A), payment shall be made to each eligible Participant (or such Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the
right to receive such payment by reason of the Participant’s death) of the final value of the Participant’s Performance Award. Payment of such amount shall be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined by the
Committee. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award, payment shall be made in a lump sum. If permitted by the Committee, the Participant may elect, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, to
defer receipt of all or any portion of the payment to be made to the Participant pursuant to this Section, and such deferred payment date(s) elected by the Participant shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. If any payment is to be made on a
deferred basis, the Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, provide for the payment during the deferral period of Dividend Equivalent Rights or interest. 

(f) Provisions Applicable to Payment in Shares. If payment is to be made in shares of Stock, the number of such shares shall be
determined by dividing the final value of the Performance Award by the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock determined by the method specified in the Award Agreement. Shares of Stock issued in payment of any Performance Award may be fully vested
and freely transferable shares or may be shares of Stock subject to Vesting Conditions as provided in Section 8.5. Any shares subject to Vesting Conditions shall be evidenced by an appropriate Award Agreement and shall be subject to the
provisions of Sections 8.5 through 8.8 above. 
 10.6 Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants
shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Performance Share Awards until the date of the issuance of such shares, if any (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company). However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Performance Share Award that the Participant shall be entitled to Dividend

  
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Equivalent Rights with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date the Award is granted and ending, with respect to each share subject to the Award,
on the earlier of the date on which the Performance Shares are settled or the date on which they are forfeited. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights, if any, shall be credited to the Participant either in cash or in the form of additional whole
Performance Shares as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock, as determined by the Committee. The number of additional Performance Shares (rounded to the nearest whole number), if any, to be so credited shall be determined by
dividing (a) the amount of cash dividends paid on the dividend payment date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Performance Shares previously credited to the Participant by (b) the Fair Market Value per share
of Stock on such date. Dividend Equivalent Rights, if any, shall be accumulated and paid to the extent that the related Performance Shares become nonforfeitable. Settlement of Dividend Equivalent Rights may be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a
combination thereof as determined by the Committee, and may be paid on the same basis as settlement of the related Performance Share as provided in Section 10.5. Dividend Equivalent Rights shall not be paid with respect to Performance Units. In
the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.5, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the
Participant’s Performance Share Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends) to which the Participant
would be entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Performance Share Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately subject to the same Performance Goals as are
applicable to the Award. 
 10.7 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the
Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award, the effect of a Participant’s termination of Service on the Performance Award shall be as follows: 

(a) Death or Disability. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death or Disability of the Participant
before the completion of the Performance Period applicable to the Performance Award, the final value of the Participant’s Performance Award shall be determined by the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals have been attained with
respect to the entire Performance Period and shall be prorated based on the number of months of the Participant’s Service during the Performance Period. Payment shall be made following the end of the Performance Period in any manner permitted
by Section 10.5. 
 (b) Other Termination of Service. If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason except
death or Disability before the completion of the Performance Period applicable to the Performance Award, such Award shall be forfeited in its entirety; provided, however, that in the event of an involuntary termination of the Participant’s
Service, the Committee, in its discretion, may waive the automatic forfeiture of all or any portion of any such Award and determine the final value of the Performance Award in the manner provided by Section 10.7(a). Payment of any amount
pursuant to this Section shall be made following the end of the Performance Period in any manner permitted by Section 10.5. 
 10.8
Nontransferability of Performance Awards. Prior to settlement in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, no Performance Award shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to a Performance Award granted to a Participant hereunder
shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. 

  
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 11. CASH-BASED AWARDS AND
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. 
 Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based
Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall establish. Such Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and
conditions: 
 11.1 Grant of Cash-Based Awards. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to
time, may grant Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions, including the achievement of performance criteria, as the Committee may determine. 

11.2 Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise
described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted securities, stock-equivalent units, stock appreciation units, securities or debentures convertible into common stock or other forms determined by the
Committee) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Other Stock-Based Awards may be made available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards or as payment in lieu of compensation to
which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock-Based Awards may involve the transfer of actual shares of Stock to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Stock and may include, without limitation,
Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States. 
 11.3
Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards. Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a monetary payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of shares of Stock or
units based on such shares of Stock, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may require the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as
described in Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish performance criteria, the final value of Cash-Based Awards or
Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance criteria are met. The establishment of performance criteria with respect to the grant or vesting of any Cash-Based Award or Other
Stock-Based Award intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those applicable to Performance Awards set forth in Section 10. 

11.4 Payment or Settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards. Payment or settlement, if any, with respect to a
Cash-Based Award or an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash, shares of Stock or other securities or any combination thereof as the Committee determines. The determination and certification of the
final value with respect to any Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation shall comply with the requirements applicable to Performance Awards set forth in Section 10. To the extent
applicable, payment or settlement with respect to each Cash-Based Award and Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A. 

11.5 Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of
Stock represented by Other Stock-Based Awards until the date of the issuance of such shares of Stock (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), if any, in settlement of
such Award. However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Other Stock-Based Award that the Participant shall be entitled to Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the payment of cash dividends on
Stock during the period beginning on the date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to each share subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights,
if any, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 9.4. Dividend Equivalent Rights shall not be granted with respect to Cash-Based Awards. In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other
property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.5, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Other 

  
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Stock-Based Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other
than regular, periodic cash dividends) to which the Participant would be entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of such Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately
subject to the same Vesting Conditions and performance criteria, if any, as are applicable to the Award. 
 11.6 Effect of Termination of
Service. Each Award Agreement evidencing a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain such Award following termination of the Participant’s Service. Such
provisions shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee, need not be uniform among all Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination, subject to the requirements of
Section 409A, if applicable. 
 11.7 Nontransferability of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards. Prior to the payment
or settlement of a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award, the Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may impose such additional restrictions on any shares of Stock issued in settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based
Awards as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such shares of Stock are
then listed and/or traded, or under any state securities laws or foreign law applicable to such shares of Stock. 
 12.
STANDARD FORMS OF AWARD AGREEMENT. 
 12.1 Award
Agreements. Each Award shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Award Agreement approved by the Committee and as amended from time to time. No Award or purported Award
shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement, which execution may be evidenced by electronic means. 

12.2 Authority to Vary Terms. The Committee shall have the authority from time to time to vary the terms of any
standard form of Award Agreement either in connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Award or in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any such new,
revised or amended standard form or forms of Award Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. 
 13.
CHANGE IN CONTROL. 
 13.1 Effect of Change in Control on Awards. Subject
to the requirements and limitations of Section 409A, if applicable, the Committee may provide for any one or more of the following: 

(a) Accelerated Vesting. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in the grant of any Award or at any other
time may take such action as it deems appropriate to provide for acceleration of the exercisability, vesting and/or settlement in connection with a Change in Control of each or any outstanding Award or portion thereof and shares acquired pursuant
thereto upon such conditions, including termination of the Participant’s Service prior to, upon, or following the Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee determines. 

(b) Assumption, Continuation or Substitution. In the event of a Change in Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or
purchasing corporation or other business entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the “Acquiror”), may, without the consent of any Participant, assume or continue the Company’s rights and obligations
under each or any Award or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control or substitute for each or any such outstanding Award or portion thereof a substantially equivalent award with respect to the Acquiror’s stock, as
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Control, the Award confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, for each share of Stock subject to the Award immediately prior
to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a share of Stock on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled (and if holders were offered a
choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock); provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may, with the consent
of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise or settlement of the Award, for each share of Stock subject to the Award, to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share
consideration received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control. Any Award or portion thereof which is neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised or settled as of the time of
consummation of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control. 

(c) Cash-Out of Outstanding Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion and without the consent of
any Participant, determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each or any Award denominated in shares of Stock or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control and not previously exercised or settled shall be
canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each vested share (and each unvested share, if so determined by the Committee) of Stock subject to such canceled Award in (i) cash, (ii) stock of the Company or of a corporation or other
business entity a party to the Change in Control, or (iii) other property which, in any such case, shall be in an amount having a Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per share of Stock in the Change
in Control, reduced (but not below zero) by the exercise or purchase price per share, if any, under such Award. In the event such determination is made by the Committee, an Award having an exercise or purchase price per share equal to or greater
than the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per share of Stock in the Change in Control may be canceled without payment of consideration to the holder thereof. Payment pursuant to this Section (reduced by applicable withholding taxes,
if any) shall be made to Participants in respect of the vested portions of their canceled Awards as soon as practicable following the date of the Change in Control and in respect of the unvested portions of their canceled Awards in accordance with
the vesting schedules applicable to such Awards. 
 13.2 Effect of Change in Control on Nonemployee Director Awards. Subject to the
requirements and limitations of Section 409A, if applicable, including as provided by Section 15.4(f), in the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding Nonemployee Director Award shall become immediately exercisable and vested in full
and, except to the extent assumed, continued or substituted for pursuant to Section 13.1(b), shall be settled effective immediately prior to the time of consummation of the Change in Control. 

13.3 Federal Excise Tax Under Section 4999 of the Code. 

(a) Excess Parachute Payment. If any acceleration of vesting pursuant to an Award and any other payment or benefit received or
to be received by a Participant would subject the Participant to any excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code due to the characterization of such acceleration of vesting, payment or benefit as an “excess parachute payment”
under Section 280G of the Code, then, provided such election would not subject the Participant to taxation under Section 409A, the Participant may elect to reduce the amount of any acceleration of vesting called for under the Award in
order to avoid such characterization. 
 (b) Determination by Independent Accountants. To aid the Participant in making any
election called for under Section 13.3(a), no later than the date of the occurrence of any event that might reasonably be anticipated to result in an “excess parachute payment” to the Participant as described in Section 13.3(a),
the Company shall request a determination in writing by the professional firm engaged by the Company for general tax purposes, or, if the tax firm so engaged by the Company is serving as accountant or auditor for the Acquiror, the Company will
appoint a nationally recognized tax firm to make the determinations required by this Section (the “Tax Firm”). As soon as practicable thereafter, the Tax Firm shall determine and report to the Company and the Participant the
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reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Participant shall furnish to the Tax Firm such information and
documents as the Tax Firm may reasonably request in order to make its required determination. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses the Tax Firm charge in connection with its services contemplated by this Section. 

14. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW. 

The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock or other property pursuant to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all
applicable requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued
pursuant to an Award unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the Award, or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel
to the Company, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body
having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares under the Plan shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to issuance of any Stock, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence
compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company. 

15. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 409A. 

15.1 Awards Subject to Section 409A. The Company intends that Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall either be exempt from or
comply with Section 409A, and the Plan shall be so construed. The provisions of this Section 15 shall apply to any Award or portion thereof that constitutes or provides for payment of Section 409A Deferred Compensation. Such Awards
may include, without limitation: 
 (a) A Nonstatutory Stock Option or SAR that includes any feature for the deferral of compensation other
than the deferral of recognition of income until the later of (i) the exercise or disposition of the Award or (ii) the time the stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Award first becomes substantially vested. 

(b) Any Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award that either (i) provides by its
terms for settlement of all or any portion of the Award at a time or upon an event that will or may occur later than the end of the Short-Term Deferral Period (as defined below) or (ii) permits the Participant granted the Award to elect one or
more dates or events upon which the Award will be settled after the end of the Short-Term Deferral Period. 
 Subject to the
provisions of Section 409A, the term “Short-Term Deferral Period” means the 2 1⁄2 month period ending on the
later of (i) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Participant’s taxable year in which the right to payment under the applicable portion of the Award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture or
(ii) the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Company’s taxable year in which the right to payment under the applicable portion of the Award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. For this
purpose, the term “substantial risk of forfeiture” shall have the meaning provided by Section 409A. 
 15.2
Deferral and/or Distribution Elections. Except as otherwise permitted or required by Section 409A, the following rules shall apply to any compensation deferral and/or payment elections (each, an “Election”) that
may be permitted or required by the Committee pursuant to an Award providing Section 409A Deferred Compensation: 
 (a) Elections must
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 (b) Elections shall be made by the end of the Participant’s taxable year prior to the year
in which services commence for which an Award may be granted to the Participant. 
 (c) Elections shall continue in effect until a written
revocation or change in Election is received by the Company, except that a written revocation or change in Election must be received by the Company prior to the last day for making the Election determined in accordance with paragraph (b) above
or as permitted by Section 15.3. 
 15.3 Subsequent Elections. Except as otherwise permitted or required by
Section 409A, any Award providing Section 409A Deferred Compensation which permits a subsequent Election to delay the payment or change the form of payment in settlement of such Award shall comply with the following requirements: 

(a) No subsequent Election may take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the subsequent Election is made.

 (b) Each subsequent Election related to a payment in settlement of an Award not described in Section 15.4(a)(ii), 15.4(a)(iii) or
15.4(a)(vi) must result in a delay of the payment for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date on which such payment would otherwise have been made. 

(c) No subsequent Election related to a payment pursuant to Section 15.4(a)(iv) shall be made less than twelve (12) months before
the date on which such payment would otherwise have been made. 
 (d) Subsequent Elections shall continue in effect until a written
revocation or change in the subsequent Election is received by the Company, except that a written revocation or change in a subsequent Election must be received by the Company prior to the last day for making the subsequent Election determined in
accordance the preceding paragraphs of this Section 15.3. 
 15.4 Payment of Section 409A Deferred
Compensation. 
 (a) Permissible Payments. Except as otherwise permitted or required
by Section 409A, an Award providing Section 409A Deferred Compensation must provide for payment in settlement of the Award only upon one or more of the following: 

(i) The Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined by Section 409A); 

(ii) The Participant’s becoming “disabled” (as defined by Section 409A); 

(iii) The Participant’s death; 

(iv) A time or fixed schedule that is either (i) specified by the Committee upon the grant of an Award and set forth in the Award
Agreement evidencing such Award or (ii) specified by the Participant in an Election complying with the requirements of Section 15.2 or 15.3, as applicable; 

(v) A change in the ownership or effective control or the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
determined in accordance with Section 409A; or 
 (vi) The occurrence of an “unforeseeable emergency” (as defined by
Section 409A). 
 (b) Installment Payments. It is the intent of this Plan that any right of a Participant to receive
installment payments (within the meaning of Section 409A) shall, for all purposes of Section 409A, be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. 

(c) Required Delay in Payment to Specified Employee Pursuant to Separation from Service. Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, except as otherwise permitted by Section 409A, no payment pursuant to Section 15.4(a)(i) in settlement of an Award providing for Section 409A Deferred Compensation may be
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by Section 409A) as of the date of the Participant’s separation from service before the date (the “Delayed Payment Date”) that is six (6) months after the
date of such Participant’s separation from service, or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death. All such amounts that would, but for this paragraph, become payable prior to the Delayed Payment Date shall be accumulated and paid on
the Delayed Payment Date. 
 (d) Payment Upon Disability. All distributions of Section 409A Deferred Compensation
payable pursuant to Section 15.4(a)(ii) by reason of a Participant becoming disabled shall be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments as established by the Participant’s Election. If the Participant has made no Election with respect
to distributions of Section 409A Deferred Compensation upon becoming disabled, all such distributions shall be paid in a lump sum upon the determination that the Participant has become disabled. 

(e) Payment Upon Death. If a Participant dies before complete distribution of amounts payable upon
settlement of an Award subject to Section 409A, such undistributed amounts shall be distributed to his or her beneficiary under the distribution method for death established by the Participant’s Election upon receipt by the Committee of
satisfactory notice and confirmation of the Participant’s death. If the Participant has made no Election with respect to distributions of Section 409A Deferred Compensation upon death, all such distributions shall be paid in a lump sum
upon receipt by the Committee of satisfactory notice and confirmation of the Participant’s death. 
 (f) Payment Upon Change in
Control. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any amount constituting Section 409A Deferred Compensation would become payable under this Plan by reason of a Change in
Control, such amount shall become payable only if the event constituting a Change in Control would also constitute a change in ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the
Company within the meaning of Section 409A. Any Award which constitutes Section 409A Deferred Compensation and which would vest and otherwise become payable upon a Change in Control as a result of the failure of the Acquiror to assume,
continue or substitute for such Award in accordance with Section 13.1(b) shall vest to the extent provided by such Award but shall be converted automatically at the effective time of such Change in Control into a right to receive, in cash on
the date or dates such award would have been settled in accordance with its then existing settlement schedule (or as required by Section 15.4(c)), an amount or amounts equal in the aggregate to the intrinsic value of the Award at the time of
the Change in Control. 
 (g) Payment Upon Unforeseeable Emergency. The Committee shall have the authority to provide in the
Award Agreement evidencing any Award providing for Section 409A Deferred Compensation for payment pursuant to Section 15.4(a)(vi) in settlement of all or a portion of such Award in the event that a Participant establishes, to the
satisfaction of the Committee, the occurrence of an unforeseeable emergency. In such event, the amount(s) distributed with respect to such unforeseeable emergency cannot exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need plus
amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of such distribution(s), after taking into account the extent to which such emergency need is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, by
liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship) or by cessation of deferrals under the Award. All distributions with respect to an unforeseeable emergency
shall be made in a lump sum upon the Committee’s determination that an unforeseeable emergency has occurred. The Committee’s decision with respect to whether an unforeseeable emergency has occurred and the manner in which, if at all, the
payment in settlement of an Award shall be altered or modified, shall be final, conclusive, and not subject to approval or appeal. 
 (h)
Prohibition of Acceleration of Payments. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, this Plan does not permit the acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment under an Award providing
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 (i) No Representation Regarding Section 409A Compliance. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, the Company makes no representation that Awards shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A. No Participating Company shall be liable for any tax, penalty or interest imposed on a Participant by Section 409A.

 16. TAX WITHHOLDING. 

16.1 Tax Withholding in General. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any and all payments made under the Plan, or to
require the Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, to make adequate provision for, the federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including social insurance), if any, required by law to be withheld by any Participating
Company with respect to an Award or the shares acquired pursuant thereto. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock, to release shares of Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement, or to make any payment
in cash under the Plan until the Participating Company Group’s tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Participant. 

16.2 Withholding in or Directed Sale of Shares. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of
Stock issuable to a Participant upon the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal to all or any part of the
tax withholding obligations of any Participating Company. The Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable minimum statutory
withholding rates. The Company may require a Participant to direct a broker, upon the vesting, exercise or settlement of an Award, to sell a portion of the shares subject to the Award determined by the Company in its discretion to be sufficient to
cover the tax withholding obligations of any Participating Company and to remit an amount equal to such tax withholding obligations to such Participating Company in cash. 

17. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF
PLAN. 
 The Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. However, without the approval of the
Company’s stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5), (b) no change
in the class of persons eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the Company’s stockholders under any applicable law, regulation or rule, including the rules of any
stock exchange or quotation system upon which the Stock may then be listed or quoted. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Award unless expressly provided by the Committee. Except as provided by the
next sentence, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan may have a materially adverse effect on any then outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to
the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent of any Participant, amend the Plan or any Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as it deems necessary or advisable for the purpose of
conforming the Plan or such Award Agreement to any present or future law, regulation or rule applicable to the Plan, including, but not limited to, Section 409A. 

18. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

18.1 Repurchase Rights. Shares issued under the Plan may be subject to one or more repurchase options, or other
conditions and restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion at the time the Award is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to
one or more persons as may be selected by the Company. Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to
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 18.2 Forfeiture Events. 

(a) The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall
be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to,
termination of Service for Cause or any act by a Participant, whether before or after termination of Service, that would constitute Cause for termination of Service, or any accounting restatement due to material noncompliance of the Company with any
financial reporting requirements of securities laws as a result of which, and to the extent that, such reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment is required by applicable securities laws. 

(b) If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of
misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, any Participant who knowingly or through gross negligence engaged in the misconduct, or who knowingly or through gross negligence failed to prevent the misconduct, and
any Participant who is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, shall reimburse the Company for (i) the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award received by such
Participant during the twelve- (12-) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document embodying such financial reporting
requirement, and (ii) any profits realized by such Participant from the sale of securities of the Company during such twelve- (12-) month period. 

18.3 Provision of Information. Each Participant shall be given access to information concerning the Company equivalent to that
information generally made available to the Company’s common stockholders. 
 18.4 Rights as Employee, Consultant or Director.
No person, even though eligible pursuant to Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant. Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall confer
on any Participant a right to remain an Employee, Consultant or Director or interfere with or limit in any way any right of a Participating Company to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time. To the extent that an Employee of a
Participating Company other than the Company receives an Award under the Plan, that Award shall in no event be understood or interpreted to mean that the Company is the Employee’s employer or that the Employee has an employment relationship
with the Company. 
 18.5 Rights as a Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares
covered by an Award until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or
other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued, except as provided in Section 4.5 or another provision of the Plan. 

18.6 Delivery of Title to Shares. Subject to any governing rules or regulations, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued the
shares of Stock acquired pursuant to an Award and shall deliver such shares to or for the benefit of the Participant by means of one or more of the following: (a) by delivering to the Participant evidence of book entry shares of Stock credited
to the account of the Participant, (b) by depositing such shares of Stock for the benefit of the Participant with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship, or (c) by delivering such shares of Stock to the
Participant in certificate form. 
 18.7 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon the
exercise or settlement of any Award. 
 18.8 Retirement and Welfare Plans. Neither Awards made under this Plan nor shares of Stock or
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payable to any Participant under any Participating Company’s retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such
compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participant’s benefit. 
 18.9 Beneficiary Designation. Subject to local
laws and procedures, each Participant may file with the Company a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any benefit under the Plan to which the Participant is entitled in the event of such Participant’s death before he or she
receives any or all of such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company
during the Participant’s lifetime. If a married Participant designates a beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse, the effectiveness of such designation may be subject to the consent of the Participant’s spouse. If a
Participant dies without an effective designation of a beneficiary who is living at the time of the Participant’s death, the Company will pay any remaining unpaid benefits to the Participant’s legal representative. 

18.10 Severability. If any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) of the Plan shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby. 
 18.11 No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (a) limit,
impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or another Participating Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve,
liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or (b) limit the right or power of the Company or another Participating Company to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate. 

18.12 Unfunded Obligation. Participants shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company. Any amounts payable to
Participants pursuant to the Plan shall be considered unfunded and unsecured obligations for all purposes, including, without limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No Participating Company shall be required
to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create any trusts, or establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations. The Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments,
which the Company may make to fulfill its payment obligations hereunder. Any investments or the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or fiduciary relationship between the Committee or
any Participating Company and a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the Participant’s creditors in any assets of any Participating Company. The Participants shall have no claim against any
Participating Company for any changes in the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan. 

18.13 No Representations or Covenants with respect to Tax Qualification. Although the Company may endeavor to (a) qualify an Award
for favorable tax treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States (e.g., incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code) or (b) avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g., under
Section 409A of the Code), the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment, anything to the contrary in this Plan, including Section 15 hereof,
notwithstanding. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan. 

18.14 Choice of Law. Except to the extent governed by applicable federal law, the validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of the Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules. 

  
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 CONNECTURE, INC. 

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

(For U.S. Participants) 

Connecture, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to the Participant named in the Notice of Grant of Stock
Option (the “Grant Notice”) to which this Stock Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) is attached an option (the “Option”) to
purchase certain shares of Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice and this Option Agreement. The Option has been granted pursuant to and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the Connecture, Inc.
2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended to the Date of Grant, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. By signing the Grant Notice, the Participant: (a) acknowledges receipt
of, and represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with, the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan and a prospectus for the Plan prepared in connection with the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of shares
issuable pursuant to the Option (the “Plan Prospectus”), (b) accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement and the Plan and (c) agrees to
accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement or the Plan. 

1. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION. 

1.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Grant Notice or the Plan. 
 1.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Option Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term
“or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. 
 2. TAX
CONSEQUENCES. 
 2.1 Tax Status of Option. This Option is intended to have the tax status
designated in the Grant Notice. 
 (a) Incentive Stock Option. If the Grant Notice so designates, this
Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code, but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Option qualifies as such. The Participant should consult with the Participant’s
own tax advisor regarding the tax effects of this Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements. (NOTE TO PARTICIPANT: If
the Option is exercised more than three (3) months after the date on which you cease to be an Employee (other than by reason of your death or permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the Option will be
treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option and not as an Incentive Stock Option to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code.) 
 (b)
Nonstatutory Stock Option. If the Grant Notice so designates, this Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code. 

2.2 ISO Fair Market Value Limitation. If the Grant Notice designates this Option as an Incentive Stock Option, then to the
extent that the Option (together with all Incentive Stock Options granted to the Participant under all stock option plans of the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) becomes exercisable for the first time during any calendar year for
shares having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portion of such options which exceeds such amount will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 2.2, options designated as
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taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock is determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is
amended to provide for a different limitation from that set forth in this Section 2.2, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date required or permitted by such amendment to the Code. If the Option is
treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section 2.2, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the
absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first. Separate certificates representing each such portion shall be issued upon the exercise of the Option. (NOTE TO
PARTICIPANT: If the aggregate Exercise Price of the Option (that is, the Exercise Price multiplied by the Number of Option Shares) plus the aggregate exercise price of any other Incentive Stock Options you hold (whether granted pursuant to the Plan
or any other stock option plan of the Participating Company Group) is greater than $100,000, you should contact the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to ascertain whether the entire Option qualifies as an Incentive Stock Option.) 

3. ADMINISTRATION. 

All questions of interpretation concerning the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan or any other form of agreement or other document
employed by the Company in the administration of the Plan or the Option shall be determined by the Committee. All such determinations by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Option, unless
fraudulent or made in bad faith. Any and all actions, decisions and determinations taken or made by the Committee in the exercise of its discretion pursuant to the Plan or the Option or other agreement thereunder (other than determining questions of
interpretation pursuant to the preceding sentence) shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Option. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right,
obligation, or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, or election. 

4. EXERCISE OF THE OPTION. 

4.1 Right to Exercise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option shall be exercisable on and after the
Initial Vesting Date and prior to the termination of the Option (as provided in Section 6) in an amount not to exceed the number of Vested Shares less the number of shares previously acquired upon exercise of the Option. In no event shall the
Option be exercisable for more shares than the Number of Option Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Section 9. 
 4.2 Method of
Exercise. Exercise of the Option shall be by means of electronic or written notice (the “Exercise Notice”) in a form authorized by the Company. An electronic Exercise Notice must be
digitally signed or authenticated by the Participant in such manner as required by the notice and transmitted to the Company or an authorized representative of the Company (including a third-party administrator designated by the Company). In the
event that the Participant is not authorized or is unable to provide an electronic Exercise Notice, the Option shall be exercised by a written Exercise Notice addressed to the Company, which shall be signed by the Participant and delivered in
person, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by confirmed facsimile transmission, or by such other means as the Company may permit, to the Company, or an authorized representative of the Company (including a third-party
administrator designated by the Company). Each Exercise Notice, whether electronic or written, must state the Participant’s election to exercise the Option, the number of whole shares of Stock for which the Option is being exercised and such
other representations and agreements as to the Participant’s investment intent with respect to such shares as may be required pursuant to the provisions of this Option Agreement. Further, each Exercise Notice must be received by the Company
prior to the termination of the Option as set forth in Section 6 and must be accompanied by full payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased. The Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt
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 4.3 Payment of Exercise Price. 

(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price for the number of shares of Stock for which the Option is being exercised shall be made (i) in cash, by check or in cash equivalent; (ii) if permitted by the Company and subject to the limitations contained in
Section 4.3(b), by means of (1) a Cashless Exercise, (2) a Net-Exercise, or (3) a Stock Tender Exercise; or (iii) by any combination of the foregoing. 

(b) Limitations on Forms of Consideration. The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s sole
and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedure providing for payment of the Exercise Price through any of the means described below, including with respect to the Participant notwithstanding that such
program or procedures may be available to others. 
 (i) Cashless Exercise. A “Cashless
Exercise” means the delivery of a properly executed Exercise Notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker in a form acceptable to the Company providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or
loan with respect to shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise of the Option in an amount not less than the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of
Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). 
 (ii) Net-Exercise. A
“Net-Exercise” means the delivery of a properly executed Exercise Notice electing a procedure pursuant to which (1) the Company will reduce the number of shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon
the exercise of the Option by the largest whole number of shares having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, and (2) the Participant shall pay to the
Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate Exercise Price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued. Following a Net-Exercise, the number of shares remaining subject to the Option, if any, shall be
reduced by the sum of (1) the net number of shares issued to the Participant upon such exercise, and (2) the number of shares deducted by the Company for payment of the aggregate Exercise Price. 

(iii) Stock Tender Exercise. A “Stock Tender Exercise” means the delivery of a properly executed
Exercise Notice accompanied by (1) the Participant’s tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, in a form acceptable to the Company of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate
Exercise Price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, and (2) the Participant’s payment to the Company in cash of the remaining balance of such aggregate Exercise Price not satisfied by such shares’ Fair Market
Value. A Stock Tender Exercise shall not be permitted if it would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock. If required by the Company, the Option may not be
exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Participant for a period of time required by the Company (and not used for another option exercise by
attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company. 
 4.4 Tax
Withholding. 
 (a) In General. At the time the Option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at any
time thereafter as requested by a Participating Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for (including by means of a
Cashless Exercise to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax (including any social insurance) withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group, if any, which arise in
connection with the Option. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock until the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group have been satisfied by the Participant. 

(b) Withholding in Shares. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the
Participant to satisfy all or any portion of a Participating Company’s tax withholding obligations upon 

  
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exercise of the Option by deducting from the shares of Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant upon such exercise a number of whole shares having a fair market value, as determined by the
Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the amount of such tax withholding obligations determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates. 

4.5 Beneficial Ownership of Shares; Certificate Registration. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company, in
its sole discretion, to deposit for the benefit of the Participant with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship of which the Company has notice any or all shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to the exercise of the
Option. Except as provided by the preceding sentence, a certificate for the shares as to which the Option is exercised shall be registered in the name of the Participant, or, if applicable, in the names of the heirs of the Participant. 

4.6 Restrictions on Grant of the Option and Issuance of Shares. The grant of the Option and the issuance of shares
of Stock upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. The Option may not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise
would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, the Option may not
be exercised unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of exercise of the Option be in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel to
the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT THE OPTION MAY NOT BE
EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTICIPANT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to the Option shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the Option, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence
compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company. 

4.7 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon the exercise of the
Option. 
 5. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF THE OPTION. 

During the lifetime of the Participant, the Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal
representative. The Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except
transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent provided in Section 7, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or by any person empowered to
do so under the deceased Participant’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution. 
 6.
TERMINATION OF THE OPTION. 
 The Option shall terminate and may
no longer be exercised after the first to occur of (a) the close of business on the Option Expiration Date, (b) the close of business on the last date for exercising the Option following termination of the Participant’s Service as
described in Section 7, or (c) a Change in Control to the extent provided in Section 8. 

  
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 7. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF
SERVICE. 
 7.1 Option Exercisability. The Option shall terminate immediately upon the Participant’s
termination of Service to the extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent it is then vested only during the applicable time period as determined below and thereafter
shall terminate. 
 (a) Disability. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the
Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s guardian or legal
representative) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. 

(b) Death. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the
extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by
reason of the Participant’s death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. The
Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months after the Participant’s termination of Service. 

(c) Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Option Agreement to the contrary, if the
Participant’s Service is terminated for Cause or if, following the Participant’s termination of Service and during any period in which the Option otherwise would remain exercisable, the Participant engages in any act that would constitute
Cause, the Option shall terminate in its entirety and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Service or act. 
 (d)
Other Termination of Service. If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, except Disability, death or Cause, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares by the Participant on the date
on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three (3) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than
the Option Expiration Date. 
 7.2 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other
than termination of the Participant’s Service for Cause, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 7.1 is prevented by the provisions of Section 4.6, the Option shall remain exercisable
until the later of (a) thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions, or (b) the end of the applicable time period under Section 7.1, but in any event no later than the Option
Expiration Date. 
 8. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL.

 In the event of a Change in Control, except to the extent that the Committee determines to cash out the Option in accordance with
Section 13.1(c) of the Plan, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the “Acquiror”), may, without the consent of the Participant, assume or
continue in full force and effect the Company’s rights and obligations under all or any portion of the Option or substitute for all or any portion of the Option a substantially equivalent option for the Acquiror’s stock. For purposes of
this Section, the Option or any portion thereof shall be deemed assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Option confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, for each share of Stock
subject to such portion of the Option immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a share of Stock on the effective date of the
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of Stock); provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each share of Stock subject to the Option, to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change
in Control. The Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control to the extent that the Option is neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in
Control nor exercised as of the time of the Change in Control. 
 9. ADJUSTMENTS FOR
CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE. 
 Subject to any required action by the
stockholders of the Company and the requirements of Sections 409A and 424 of the Code to the extent applicable, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation,
reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the
Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting normal cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock, appropriate and
proportionate adjustments shall be made in the number, Exercise Price and kind of shares subject to the Option, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights under the Option. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion
of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.” Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be rounded down to the
nearest whole number and the Exercise Price shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. In no event may the Exercise Price be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to the Option. The Committee in its sole
discretion, may also make such adjustments in the terms of the Option to reflect, or related to, such changes in the capital structure of the Company or distributions as it deems appropriate. All adjustments pursuant to this Section shall be
determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
 10. RIGHTS
AS A STOCKHOLDER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT. 

The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of the
shares for which the Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for
which the record date is prior to the date the shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written
employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is “at will” and is for no specified term. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue
in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Consultant, as the case may be, at any time. 

11. NOTICE OF SALES UPON DISQUALIFYING
DISPOSITION. 
 The Participant shall dispose of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option only in accordance with
the provisions of this Option Agreement. In addition, if the Grant Notice designates this Option as an Incentive Stock Option, the Participant shall (a) promptly notify the Chief Financial Officer of the Company if the Participant
disposes of any of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option within one (1) year after the date the Participant exercises all or part of the Option or within two (2) years after the Date of Grant and (b) provide the Company with a
description of the circumstances of such disposition. Until such time as the Participant disposes of such shares in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Option Agreement, unless otherwise expressly authorized by the Company, the
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of the Option and the two-year period immediately after Date of Grant. At any time during the one-year or two-year periods set forth above, the Company may place a legend on any certificate
representing shares acquired pursuant to the Option requesting the transfer agent for the Company’s stock to notify the Company of any such transfers. The obligation of the Participant to notify the Company of any such transfer shall continue
notwithstanding that a legend has been placed on the certificate pursuant to the preceding sentence. 
 12.
LEGENDS. 
 The Company may at any time place legends referencing any applicable federal, state or foreign
securities law restrictions on all certificates representing shares of stock subject to the provisions of this Option Agreement. The Participant shall, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates
representing shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the possession of the Participant in order to carry out the provisions of this Section. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends placed on such certificates may include, but shall not
be limited to, the following: 
 “THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED BY THE CORPORATION TO THE REGISTERED HOLDER UPON
EXERCISE OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 422 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (“ISO”). IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PREFERENTIAL TAX TREATMENT AFFORDED TO ISOs, THE SHARES SHOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED PRIOR
TO [INSERT DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION DATE HERE]. SHOULD THE REGISTERED HOLDER ELECT TO TRANSFER ANY OF THE SHARES PRIOR TO THIS DATE AND FOREGO ISO TAX TREATMENT, THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE SHARES SHALL NOTIFY THE CORPORATION IMMEDIATELY. THE
REGISTERED HOLDER SHALL HOLD ALL SHARES PURCHASED UNDER THE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION IN THE REGISTERED HOLDER’S NAME (AND NOT IN THE NAME OF ANY NOMINEE) PRIOR TO THIS DATE OR UNTIL TRANSFERRED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.” 

13. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

13.1 Termination or Amendment. The Committee may terminate or amend the Plan or the Option at any time; provided, however, that except
as provided in Section 8 in connection with a Change in Control, no such termination or amendment may have a materially adverse effect on the Option or any unexercised portion hereof without the consent of the Participant unless such
termination or amendment is necessary to comply with any applicable law or government regulation. No amendment or addition to this Option Agreement shall be effective unless in writing. 

13.2 Further Instruments. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may
reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Option Agreement. 
 13.3 Binding Effect. This Option Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

13.4 Delivery of Documents and Notices. Any document relating to participation in the Plan or any notice required or permitted
hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (except to the extent that this Option Agreement provides for effectiveness only upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery, electronic delivery at the e-mail
address, if any, provided for the Participant by a Participating Company, or upon deposit in the U.S. Post Office or foreign postal service, by registered or certified mail, or with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, with postage and
fees prepaid, addressed to the other party at the address of such party set forth in the Grant Notice or at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time to the other party. 

  
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 (a) Description of Electronic Delivery. The Plan documents, which may include but
do not necessarily include: the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan Prospectus, and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s stockholders, may be delivered to the Participant electronically. In
addition, if permitted by the Company, the Participant may deliver electronically the Grant Notice and Exercise Notice called for by Section 4.2 to the Company or to such third party involved in administering the Plan as the Company may
designate from time to time. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include the delivery of a link to a Company intranet or the Internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the
document via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Company. 
 (b) Consent to Electronic
Delivery. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has read Section 13.4(a) of this Option Agreement and consents to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and, if permitted by the Company, the delivery of the Grant
Notice and Exercise Notice, as described in Section 13.4(a). The Participant acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Company
by telephone or in writing. The Participant further acknowledges that the Participant will be provided with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly, the Participant understands that the
Participant must provide the Company or any designated third party administrator with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. The Participant may revoke his or her consent to the electronic
delivery of documents described in Section 13.4(a) or may change the electronic mail address to which such documents are to be delivered (if the Participant has provided an electronic mail address) at any time by notifying the Company of such
revoked consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally, the Participant understands that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13.4(a). 

13.5 Integrated Agreement. The Grant Notice, this Option Agreement and the Plan, together with the Superseding Agreement, if any, shall
constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersede any prior agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations, or
warranties among the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to such subject matter. To the extent contemplated herein, the provisions of the Grant Notice, the Option Agreement and the Plan shall survive any exercise of the
Option and shall remain in full force and effect. 
 13.6 Applicable Law. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware as such laws are applied to agreements between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Delaware. 

13.7 Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

  
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CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
    

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

ECOLAB INC.

(incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)

ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.

(a private limited liability company (société à responsibilité limitée) incorporated for an unlimited duration under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.

(a private limited liability company (société à responsibilité limitée) incorporated for an unlimited duration under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.

(a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands)

as Issuers

 

ECOLAB INC.

(incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware)

(as Guarantor in respect of the notes issued by Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l., Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Ecolab NL 10 B.V.)

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED

as Arranger

 

and

 

CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, UK BRANCH

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED

as Dealers

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED DEALER AGREEMENT

RELATING TO A U.S.$2,000,000,000

EURO COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMME

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
Clause
    	
 
    	
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1.
    	
Interpretation
    	
 
    	
2
    
	
2.
    	
Issue
    	
 
    	
5
    
	
3.
    	
Representations and   Warranties
    	
 
    	
7
    
	
4.
    	
Covenants and   Agreements
    	
 
    	
11
    
	
5.
    	
Conditions Precedent
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
6.
    	
Termination and   Appointment
    	
 
    	
16
    
	
7.
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
17
    
	
8.
    	
Third Party Rights
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
9.
    	
Law and Jurisdiction
    	
 
    	
18
    
	
10.
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
19
    
	
Schedule   1 Condition Precedent Documents
    	
 
    	
20
    
	
Schedule   2 Selling Restrictions
    	
 
    	
22
    
	
Schedule   3 Programme Summary
    	
 
    	
26
    
	
Schedule   4 Increase of Maximum Amount
    	
 
    	
29
    
	
Schedule   5 Appointment of New Dealer
    	
 
    	
31
    
	
Schedule   6 Form of Calculation Agency Agreement
    	
 
    	
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 21 September 2016

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)                                 ECOLAB INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its registered office at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., registered in the State of Delaware under number 0164814;

 

(2)                                 ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B 132.319;

 

(3)                                 ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B 132.318;

 

(4)                                 ECOLAB NL 10 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated and existing under the laws of The Netherlands, having its registered office at Iepenhoeve 7 A, 3438MR Nieuwegein, The Netherlands and registered in The Netherlands under number 56036094,

 

(each of Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l., Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Ecolab NL 10 B.V. is referred to herein as an “Issuer” and together, the “Issuers”);

 

(5)                                 ECOLAB INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its registered office at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., registered in the State of Delaware under number 0164814 (the “Guarantor”, in respect of Notes issued by Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l., Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Ecolab NL 10 B.V.);

 

(6)                                 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED (the “Arranger”); and

 

(7)                                 CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, UK BRANCH and CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED as dealers for the Notes to be issued under the Programme (each a “Dealer” and together, the “Dealers”).

 

WHEREAS

 

(A)                               Ecolab Inc., as Issuer and Guarantor, with certain other issuers and dealers named therein entered into an amended and restated dealer agreement dated 2 December 2005 (the “Original Agreement”) in relation to a euro-commercial paper programme.

 

(B)                               The parties hereto wish to further amend and restate the terms of the Original Agreement as set out hereunder.

 

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IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.                                      INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                               Definitions

 

In this Agreement:

 

“Agency Agreement” means the amended and restated note agency agreement, dated the date hereof, between the Issuers, the Guarantor and the Issue and Paying Agent, providing for the issue of and payment on the Notes, as such agreement may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Agreements” means this Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time), any agreement reached pursuant to Clause 2.1, the Deed of Covenant and the Agency Agreement.

 

“Classic Global Note” means a Note in global form which specifies on its face that it is not a New Global Note, representing an issue of commercial paper of a like maturity.

 

“Dealer(s)” means the institution or institutions specified as a Dealer in the Programme Summary together with any additional institution or institutions appointed pursuant to Clause 6.2 but excluding any institution or institutions whose appointment has been terminated pursuant to Clause 6.1.

 

“Deed of Covenant” means the deed of covenant, dated the date hereof, executed by the Issuers in respect of Global Notes issued pursuant to the Agency Agreement, as such deed may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Definitive Note” means a Note in definitive form.

 

“Disclosure Documents” means, at any particular date, (a) the Information Memorandum, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and (b)  any other document delivered by the Issuers or the Guarantor to the Dealer(s) which the Issuers or the Guarantor have expressly authorised to be distributed to actual or potential purchasers of Notes.

 

“Dollar Equivalent” means, on any day:

 

(a)                                 in relation to any Dollar Note, the nominal amount of such Note; and

 

(b)                                 in relation to any Note denominated or to be denominated in any other currency, the amount in Dollars which would be required to purchase the nominal amount of such Note as expressed in such other currency at the spot rate of exchange for the purchase of such other currency with Dollars quoted by the Issue and Paying Agent at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on such day.

 

“Dollars” and “U.S.$” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America; and “Dollar Note” means a Note denominated in Dollars.

 

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“Euro”, “euro”, “EUR” and “€” denote the lawful currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as amended from time to time; and “Euro Note” means a Note denominated in Euro.

 

“FSMA” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

 

“Global Note” means a New Global Note or a Classic Global Note.

 

“Guarantee” means the deed of guarantee, dated the date hereof, executed by the Guarantor in respect of the obligations of Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l., Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Ecolab NL 10 B.V. under the Notes and the Deed of Covenant and, where the context so requires, the guarantee and indemnity contained in that deed.

 

“ICSDs” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearsteam Banking S.A.

 

“Information Memorandum” means the most recent information memorandum, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, containing information about the Issuers, the Guarantor and the Programme, the text of which has been prepared by or on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor for use by the Dealer(s) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

“Issue and Paying Agent” means Citibank, N.A., London Branch and any successor issue and paying agent appointed in accordance with the Agency Agreement.

 

“Japanese Yen” denotes the lawful currency of Japan.

 

“Loss” means any liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees, costs and expenses and any value added tax thereon).

 

“New Global Note” means a Note in global form which specifies on its face that it is a New Global Note, representing an issue of commercial paper of a like maturity.

 

“Note” means a commercial paper note of an Issuer purchased or to be purchased by a Dealer under this Agreement, in bearer global or definitive form, substantially in the relevant form scheduled to the Agency Agreement or such other form(s) as may be agreed from time to time between the relevant Issuer, the Guarantor, the relevant Dealer(s) and the Issue and Paying Agent and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes the commercial paper notes represented by the Global Notes.

 

“Programme” means the Euro-commercial paper programme established by this Agreement.

 

“Programme Summary” means the summary of the particulars of the Programme as set out in Schedule 3, as such summary may be amended or superseded from time to time.

 

“Related Party” means, in respect of any person, any affiliate of that person or any officer, director, employee or agent of that person or any such affiliate or any person by whom any of them is controlled for the purposes of the Securities Act.

 

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“relevant jurisdiction” means any one or more of The Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, the United States and any jurisdiction from or through which any payment under or in respect of any Note or any Agreement or the Guarantee may be made.

 

“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions or embargoes and/or restrictive measures administered or imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. State Department, any other agency of the U.S. government, the United Nations, the European Union or the United Kingdom.

 

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“STEP Label” has the meaning set out in the STEP Convention.

 

“STEP Convention” means the Market Convention on Short-Term European Paper (STEP) dated 25 October 2010 as the same may be amended from time to time or any substitute paper or convention relating to STEP issued by Euribor ACI and Euribor FBE or by the STEP Secretariat (as such term is defined in the STEP Convention).

 

“Sterling” and “£” denote the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

“Subsidiary” means, in respect of any person (the “first person”) at any particular time, any other person (the “second person”):

 

(a)                                 Control:  whose affairs and policies the first person controls or has the power to control, whether by ownership of share capital, contract, the power to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the governing body of the second person or otherwise; or

 

(b)                                 Consolidation:  whose financial statements are, in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted accounting principles, consolidated with those of the first person.

 

“Swiss Franc” denotes the lawful currency of Switzerland.

 

1.2                               Programme Summary

 

Terms not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings set out in the Programme Summary.

 

1.3                               Legislation

 

Any reference in this Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such legislation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.

 

1.4                               Clauses and Schedules

 

Any reference in this Agreement to a Clause, sub-clause or a Schedule is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause or sub-clause hereof or a schedule hereto.

 

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1.5                               Headings

 

Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

 

1.6                               Amendment and Restatement

 

The Original Agreement shall be amended and restated on the terms of this Agreement.  Any Notes issued on or after the date of this Agreement shall be issued pursuant to this Agreement.  Subject to such amendment and restatement, the Original Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

2.                                      ISSUE

 

2.1                               Basis of agreements to issue; uncommitted facility

 

Subject to the terms hereof, each Issuer may issue Notes to the Dealer(s) from time to time at such prices and upon such terms as the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer may agree, provided that each Issuer has, and shall have, no obligation to issue Notes to the Dealer(s), except as agreed, and each Dealer has, and shall have, no obligation to subscribe Notes from the Issuers, except as agreed.  Each Issuer acknowledges that the Dealer(s) may resell Notes subscribed by such Dealer(s).  The tenor of each Note shall not be less than the Minimum Term nor greater than the Maximum Term specified in the Programme Summary, calculated from the date of issue of such Note to the maturity date thereof.  Each issue of Notes having the same issue date, maturity date, currency of denomination, yield and redemption basis will be represented by a Global Note or by Definitive Notes having the aggregate nominal amount of such issue as may be agreed between the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer.

 

2.2                               Procedures

 

If an Issuer and any Dealer shall agree on the terms of the subscription of any Note by such Dealer (including agreement with respect to the issue date, maturity date, currency, denomination, yield, redemption basis, aggregate nominal amount and purchase price), then:

 

2.2.1                     Instruction to Issue and Paying Agent:  the relevant Issuer shall instruct the Issue and Paying Agent to issue such Note and deliver it in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement;

 

2.2.2                     Payment of purchase price:  the relevant Dealer shall subscribe such Note on the date of issue:

 

(a)                                 Euro Note:  in the case of a Euro Note, by transfer of funds settled through the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) System to such account as the Issue and Paying Agent shall have specified for this purpose; or

 

(b)                                 Other Notes:  in all other cases, by transfer of freely transferable same day funds in the relevant currency to such account of the Issue and Paying Agent at such bank in the principal domestic financial centre

 

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for such currency as the Issue and Paying Agent shall have specified for this purpose,

 

or, in each case, by such other form of transfer as may be agreed between the relevant Dealer and the relevant Issuer; and

 

2.2.3                     Delivery Instructions:  the relevant Dealer shall notify the Issue and Paying Agent and the relevant Issuer of the payment and delivery instructions applicable to such Note or Notes by telephone, fax or email, such notification to be received in sufficient time and in any event no later than 10.00 a.m. (London time) one Business Day prior to the proposed issue date (or such later time or date as may be agreed between the Issue and Paying Agent and the relevant Dealer) to enable the Issue and Paying Agent to deliver such Note or Notes as contemplated in the Agency Agreement (or, in the case of Definitive Notes, make the same available for collection) on its issue date.

 

2.3                               Failure of agreed issuance

 

If for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of the relevant trade) a Note agreed to be subscribed pursuant to Clause 2.1 is not to be issued, the relevant Issuer and the relevant Dealer shall immediately notify the Issue and Paying Agent thereof.

 

2.4                               Issuance currencies

 

The parties acknowledge that Notes issued under the Programme may be denominated in Dollars, Euro, Japanese Yen, Sterling, Swiss Francs, or, subject as provided below, in any other currency.  Any agreement reached pursuant to Clause 2.1 to sell and subscribe a Note denominated in a currency other than Dollars, Euro, Japanese Yen, Sterling and Swiss Francs shall be conditional upon:

 

2.4.1                     Compliance:  it being lawful and in compliance with all requirements of any relevant central bank and any other relevant fiscal, monetary, regulatory or other authority, for deposits to be made in such currency and for such Note to be issued, offered for sale, sold and delivered;

 

2.4.2                     Convertibility:  such other currency being freely transferable and freely convertible into Dollars; and

 

2.4.3                     Amendments:  any appropriate amendments which the relevant Dealer, the relevant Issuer, the Guarantor or the Issue and Paying Agent shall require having been made to this Agreement and/or the Agency Agreement.

 

2.5                               Increase of Maximum Amount

 

The Issuers and the Guarantor may increase the Maximum Amount by giving at least ten days’ notice by letter, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4, to each of the Dealer(s) and the Issue and Paying Agent.  Such increase will not take effect until the Dealer(s) have received from the Issuers the documents listed in such letter or in Schedule 1 (if required by the Dealer(s)), in each case in form and substance acceptable to each Dealer.

 

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2.6                               Calculation Agent

 

If floating rate Notes are to be issued, the relevant Issuer will appoint either the relevant Dealer or the Issue and Paying Agent (subject to the consent of the relevant Dealer or the Issue and Paying Agent, as the case may be, thereto) or some other person (subject to the consent of the relevant Dealer and the Issue and Paying Agent to such person’s appointment) to be the calculation agent in respect of such floating rate Notes and the following provisions shall apply:

 

2.6.1                     Dealer:  if a Dealer is to be the calculation agent, its appointment as such shall be on the terms of the form of agreement set out in Schedule 6, and each Dealer will be deemed to have entered into an agreement in such form for a particular calculation if it is named as calculation agent in the redemption calculation attached to or endorsed on the relevant Note;

 

2.6.2                     Issue and Paying Agent:  if the Issue and Paying Agent is to be the calculation agent, its appointment as such shall be on the terms set out in the Agency Agreement; and

 

2.6.3                     Other Calculation Agent:  if the person nominated by a Dealer or by the Issue and Paying Agent as calculation agent is not a Dealer, that person shall execute (if it has not already done so) an agreement substantially in the form of the agreement set out in Schedule 6 and the appointment of that person shall be on the terms of that agreement.

 

3.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1                               Representations and warranties

 

Each Issuer, in respect of itself and the Guarantor, in respect of itself, Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l., Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and Ecolab NL 10 B.V., represents and warrants to each Dealer at the date of this Agreement, each date upon which the Maximum Amount is increased, each date upon which an agreement for the issue and subscription of Notes is made and each date upon which Notes are, or are to be, issued that:

 

3.1.1                     Authorisation; valid, binding and enforceable:  each of:

 

(a)                                 the update of the Programme and the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuers of the Agreements and the Notes;

 

(b)                                 the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Guarantee;

 

(c)                                  the entering into and performance by the relevant Issuer of any agreement for the sale of Notes reached pursuant to Clause 2.1; and

 

(d)                                 the issue and sale of the Notes by the relevant Issuer under the Agreements,

 

has been duly authorised by all necessary action and the same constitute or, in the case of Notes, will, when issued in accordance with the Agency Agreement, constitute, valid and binding obligations of the relevant Issuer

 

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and/or the Guarantor (as the case may be) enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms (subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity);

 

3.1.2                     Status:  the obligations of each Issuer under each of the Agreements and the Notes and the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Guarantee will rank (other than in the case of obligations preferred by mandatory provisions of law) at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each Issuer and the Guarantor (as the case may be);

 

3.1.3                     Incorporation, capacity:  each Issuer and the Guarantor is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and:

 

(a)                                 the update of the Programme, the execution, delivery and performance by each Issuer of the Agreements and the Notes;

 

(b)                                 the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Guarantee;

 

(c)                                  the entering into and performance by the relevant Issuer of any agreement for the issue and subscription of Notes reached pursuant to Clause 2.1; and

 

(d)                                 the issue and sale of the Notes by the relevant Issuer under the Agreements,

 

will not infringe any of the provisions of the relevant Issuer’s or the Guarantor’s constituting documents and will not contravene any law, regulation, order or judgment to which the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor or any of its assets is subject nor result in the breach of any term of, or cause a default under, any instrument to which the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its assets may be bound except for such breaches or defaults as could not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

3.1.4                     Approvals:  all consents, authorisations, licences or approvals of and registrations and filings with any governmental or regulatory authority required in connection with the issue by each Issuer of Notes under the Agreements and the performance of each Issuer’s obligations under the Agreements and the Notes, the issue by the Guarantor of the Guarantee and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under this Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Guarantee have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and copies thereof have been supplied to the Dealer(s) except for such consents, authorisations, licences, approvals, registrations and filings as could not reasonably be expected to be material in the context of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

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3.1.5                     Disclosure:  in the context of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Documents is true and accurate in all material respects and is not misleading in any material respect and there are no other facts in relation to the Issuers or the Guarantor or any Notes the omission of which makes, in the context of the issue of Notes, the Disclosure Documents as a whole or any such information contained or incorporated by reference therein misleading in any material respect;

 

3.1.6                     Financial Statements:  the audited consolidated financial statements and any interim financial statements (audited or unaudited) published subsequently thereto and any other financial statements of Ecolab Inc. (in its capacity as Issuer and Guarantor) on Form 8-K published subsequently thereto, and in each case filed with the SEC incorporated by reference in the Information Memorandum, present fairly and accurately the consolidated financial position of each Issuer, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries as of the respective dates of such statements and the consolidated results of operations of the Issuers, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries for the periods they cover or to which they relate and such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the relevant laws of the United States, and with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (unless and to the extent otherwise stated therein);

 

3.1.7                     No material adverse change, No litigation:  since the date of the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor supplied to the Dealer(s) and, in relation to any date on which this warranty falls to be made after the date hereof, save as otherwise disclosed by any Disclosure Document subsequently delivered by the Guarantor to the Dealer(s):

 

(a)                                 there has been no adverse change in the business, financial or other condition of the Issuers or the Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries, holding companies or affiliates; and

 

(b)                                 there is no litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuers or the Guarantor, threatened against or affecting the Issuers or the Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries, holding companies or affiliates,

 

which in any case could reasonably be expected to be material in the context of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

3.1.8                     No default:  none of the Issuers nor the Guarantor is in default in respect of payment of (i) any indebtedness under any Notes and (ii) any indebtedness for any other borrowed money or any other obligation having a similar commercial effect, in an aggregate amount greater than U.S.$150,000,000;

 

3.1.9                     No ratings downgrade:  there has been no downgrading, nor any notice to the Issuers or the Guarantor of any intended downgrading, in the rating accorded to the Issuers’ or the Guarantor’s short-term or long-term debt by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.;

 

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3.1.10              Taxation:  subject to compliance with the terms of the Agreements, neither the Issuers nor the Guarantor are required by any law or regulation nor any relevant taxing authority in the United States, The Netherlands or the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in force at the date of this Agreement to make any deduction or withholding from any payment due under the Notes, the Agency Agreement, the Deed of Covenant or the Guarantee for or on account of any income, registration, transfer or turnover taxes, customs or other duties or taxes of any kind;

 

3.1.11              Maximum Amount not exceeded:  the outstanding principal amount of all Notes on the date of issue of any Note does not and will not exceed the Maximum Amount set out in the Programme Summary (as increased from time to time pursuant to Clause 2.5) and for this purpose the nominal amount of any Note denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be taken as the Dollar Equivalent of such nominal amount as at the date of the agreement for the issue of such Note;

 

3.1.12              Investment Company:  each Issuer and the Guarantor is not an investment company as defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940;

 

3.1.13              STEP Label:  the Issuer meets the criteria and requirements that are necessary in order to be eligible to apply for the STEP Label;

 

3.1.14              Anti-Bribery: none of the Issuers, the Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Issuers or the Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuers, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, has taken any action that would result in a material violation of any provision of any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, rule or regulation enacted in any jurisdiction;

 

3.1.15              Sanctions: none of the Issuers, the Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of each Issuer or the Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuers, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is currently the subject of any Sanctions or conducting business with any person, entity or country which is the subject of any Sanctions, except and only as permitted by applicable law; and

 

3.1.16              Money laundering laws: the operations of each Issuer, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements and money laundering statutes in the jurisdiction of the relevant Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor and of all jurisdictions in which the Issuer, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental agency.

 

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3.2                               Notice of inaccuracy

 

If, prior to the time a Note is issued and delivered to or for the account of the relevant Dealer, an event occurs which would render any of the representations and warranties set out in Clause 3.1 immediately, or with the lapse of time, untrue or incorrect in any material respect, the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (where applicable) will inform the relevant Dealer in writing as soon as practicable of the occurrence of such event.  In either case, the relevant Dealer shall inform the relevant Issuer in writing without any undue delay whether it wishes to continue or discontinue the issuance and delivery of the respective Notes.

 

3.3                               Notice of STEP Label withdrawal

 

If at any time and for any reason the STEP Label granted to the Issuer is withdrawn, the Issuer shall promptly inform the Dealers upon becoming aware of such withdrawal.

 

4.                                      COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

 

4.1                               Issuer and Guarantor

 

Each of the Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally covenants and agrees that:

 

4.1.1                     Delivery of published information:  whenever the Guarantor shall publish or make available to its shareholders or to the public (by filing with any regulatory authority, securities exchange or otherwise) any information which could reasonably be expected to be material in the context of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Guarantor shall notify the Dealer(s) as to the nature of such information, shall make a reasonable number of copies of such information available to the Dealer(s) upon request to permit distribution to investors and prospective investors and shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that the representation and warranty contained in sub-clause 3.1.5 is true and accurate in all material respects on the dates contemplated by such sub-clause.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guarantor will satisfy its obligations to notify the Dealer(s) under this sub-clause 4.1.1 by maintaining an e-mail alert system affording the Dealer(s) the opportunity to register via the Guarantor’s web site to receive notification of the Guarantor’s news releases and filings with the SEC, and the Dealers agree to so register.  The Guarantor will notify the Dealer(s) if the e-mail alert system is discontinued and, in such event, notices pursuant to this sub-clause 4.1.1 will be delivered in accordance with Clause 7.1 of this Agreement.  Certain SEC Filings are available via electronic means including the Internet (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar) and Bloomberg Business News.

 

4.1.2                     Indemnity:  each of the Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally undertakes to the Dealers that if the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties incurs any Loss arising out of:

 

(a)                                 the relevant Issuer’s failure (other than, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, for technical reasons) to make due payment under the Notes; or

 

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(b)                                 the Guarantor’s failure to make due payment under the Guarantee; or

 

(c)                                  Notes not being issued for any reason (other than as a result of the failure of any Dealer to pay) after an agreement for the sale of such Notes has been made; or

 

(d)                                 any breach or alleged breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor in this Agreement, or

 

(e)                                  any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Disclosure Documents or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect unless, in the case of an alleged untrue statement or omission, the allegation is being made by any of the Dealer’s Related Parties,

 

the Issuers or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall pay to the Dealer on demand an amount equal to such Loss.  The Dealer shall not have any duty or other obligation, whether as fiduciary or trustee for any of its Related Parties or otherwise, to recover any such payment or to account to any other person for any amounts paid to it under this Clause.

 

(f)                                   In case any allegation as described in sub-paragraphs (4.1.2)(d) or (4.1.2)(e) above is made or any action is brought against any Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties in respect of which recovery may be sought from the Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Clause 4.1, the relevant Dealer shall promptly notify the Issuer and/or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in writing but failure to do so will not relieve the Issuer or the Guarantor from any liability under this Agreement.  If any such allegation is made, the parties agree to consult in good faith with respect to the nature of the allegation.  Subject to paragraph (g) below, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor may participate at its own expense in the defence of any action.

 

(g)                                  If it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of the notice referred to in paragraph (f) above, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor may, subject as provided below, assume the defence of the action with legal advisers chosen by it and approved by the relevant Dealer (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  Notwithstanding any such election a Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties may employ separate legal advisers reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Guarantor, and the Issuer or the Guarantor shall not be entitled to assume such defence and shall bear the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate legal advisers if:

 

(i)                                     the use of the legal advisers chosen by the Issuer or the Guarantor to represent the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties would present such legal advisers with a conflict of interest;

 

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(ii)                                  the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties and the Issuer or the Guarantor and the Dealer concludes that there may be legal defences available to it and/or other Relevant Parties which are different from or additional to those available to the Issuer or the Guarantor; or

 

(iii)                               the Issuer or the Guarantor has not employed legal advisers reasonably satisfactory to the Dealer to represent the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action.

 

(h)                                 If the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor assumes the defence of the action, the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Guarantor shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of legal advisers of the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties incurred thereafter in connection with the action, except as stated in paragraph (g) above.

 

(i)                                     Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be liable in respect of any settlement of any action effected without its written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Dealer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim or action in respect of which recovery may be sought (whether or not the Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties is an actual or potential party to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each Dealer and any of the Dealer’s Related Parties from all liability arising out of such claim or action and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of a Dealer or any of the Dealer’s Related Parties.

 

4.1.3                     Expenses, stamp duties, amendments:  each of the Issuers and the Guarantor will:

 

(a)                                 Arranger’s expenses:  pay, or reimburse the Arranger for, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including (i) an amount equal to any United Kingdom value added tax but only to the extent the Arranger, or any other member of the group to which the Arranger belongs for value added tax purposes, reasonably determines that it is not entitled to recover (whether by credit or repayment) such value added tax and (ii) fees and disbursements of counsel to such Arranger) incurred by the Arranger in connection with the preparation, negotiation, printing, execution and delivery of this Agreement and all documents contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 Dealers’ expenses:  pay, or reimburse each Dealer for, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including (i) an amount equal to any United Kingdom value added tax but only to the extent the relevant

 

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Dealer, or any other member of the group to which that Dealer belongs for value added tax purposes, reasonably determines that it is not entitled to recover (whether by credit or repayment) such value added tax and (ii) fees and disbursements of counsel to such Dealer) incurred by such Dealer in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under this Agreement;

 

(c)                                  Stamp duties:  pay all stamp, registration and other similar taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which may be payable upon or in connection with the creation and issue of the Notes and the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements and the Guarantee, except for any taxes payable regarding Luxembourg registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) due to a registration, submission or filing of the Agreements and the Guarantee where such registration, submission or filing is or was not required to maintain or preserve the rights of the Dealers under the Agreements and the Guarantee, and the Issuers shall jointly and severally indemnify each Dealer against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including (i) an amount equal to any United Kingdom value added tax but only to the extent the relevant Dealer, or any other member of the group to which that Dealer belongs for value added tax purposes, reasonably determines that it is not entitled to recover (whether by credit or repayment) such value added tax and (ii) fees and disbursements of counsel to such Dealer)  which it may incur as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same;

 

(d)                                 Amendments:  notify each Dealer of any change in the identity of or the offices of the Issue and Paying Agent and any material change or amendment to or termination of the Agency Agreement or the Deed of Covenant or the Guarantee not later than five days prior to the making of any such change or amendment or such termination; and it will not permit to become effective any such change, amendment or termination which could reasonably be expected to affect adversely the interests of any Dealer or the holder of any Notes then outstanding;

 

4.1.4                     No deposit-taking:  the relevant Issuer will issue the Notes only if the following conditions apply (or the Notes can otherwise be issued without contravention of section 19 of the FSMA):

 

(a)                                 Selling restrictions:  each relevant Dealer represents, warrants and agrees in the terms set out in Clause 3.1 of Schedule 2; and

 

(b)                                 Redemption value:  the redemption value of each Note is not less than £100,000 (or an amount of equivalent value denominated wholly or partly in a currency other than Sterling), and no part of any Note may be transferred unless the redemption value of that part is not less than £100,000 (or such an equivalent amount); and

 

4.1.5                     Sanctions: the Issuers and the Guarantor will each ensure that proceeds raised in connection with the issue of any Notes will not directly or indirectly be lent,

 

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contributed or otherwise made available to any person or entity (whether or not related to any Issuer or the Guarantor) for the purpose of financing the activities of any person or entity or for the benefit of any country currently the subject of any Sanctions, except and only as permitted by applicable law.

 

4.2                               Compliance

 

The Issuers and the Guarantor shall take such steps (in conjunction with the Dealer(s), where appropriate) to ensure that any laws and regulations or requirements of any governmental agency, authority or institution which may from time to time be applicable to any Note shall be fully observed and complied with and in particular (but without limitation):

 

4.2.1                     Regulation S:  that neither the Issuers, the Guarantor, nor any of their affiliates nor any person acting on their or their affiliates behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Notes, and they and their affiliates have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.  Terms used in this sub-clause have the meanings given to them by Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

4.3                               Selling restrictions

 

Each Dealer represents, covenants and agrees that it has complied with and will comply with the selling restrictions set out in Schedule 2, and that the representations contained therein are true and correct.  Subject to compliance with those restrictions, each Dealer is hereby authorised by each of the Issuers and the Guarantor to circulate the Disclosure Documents to purchasers or potential purchasers of the Notes.

 

4.4                               Dealers’ obligations several

 

The obligations of each Dealer contained in this Agreement are several.

 

4.5                               Status of Arranger

 

Each of the Dealers agrees that the Arranger has only acted in an administrative capacity to facilitate the establishment and/or maintenance of the Programme and has no responsibility to it for (a) the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of any representation, warranty, undertaking, agreement, statement or information in the Information Memorandum, this Agreement or any information provided in connection with the Programme or (b) the nature and suitability to it of all legal, tax and accounting matters and all documentation in connection with the Programme or any issue of Notes thereunder.

 

4.6                               Issuers’ compliance

 

The Guarantor shall procure that the Issuers shall comply with and discharge their respective obligations under each of the Agreements and the Notes.

 

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4.7                               STEP Label

 

The Issuers, failing which the Guarantor, will take all reasonable steps as may be necessary to apply for and maintain the STEP Label, including, for the avoidance of doubt:

 

4.7.1                     submitting such application form and declaration of adherence to the STEP Market Convention as may be required from time to time by the STEP Convention;

 

4.7.2                     authorising the eligible data provider (as defined in the STEP Convention) and the STEP Secretariat to receive, process and transmit to the to the European Central Bank (“ECB”) all data required from time to time under the STEP Convention;

 

4.7.3                     ensuring that the eligible data provider (as defined in the STEP Convention) receives all such necessary information to be communicated to the ECB regarding the trades transacted under the Programme; and

 

4.7.4                     ensuring that the Information Memorandum contains all such information as may be required from time to time by the STEP Convention and updating the Information Memorandum at least every 3 years or at such other times as may be specified by the STEP Convention and re-submitting it to the STEP Secretariat.

 

5.                                      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1                               Conditions precedent to first issue

 

The relevant Issuer and the Guarantor agrees to deliver to each Dealer, prior to the first issue of Notes to that Dealer, each of the documents set out in Schedule 1 in form, substance and number reasonably requested by the relevant Dealer.

 

5.2                               Conditions precedent to each issue

 

In relation to each issue of Notes, it shall be a condition precedent to the purchase thereof by any Dealer that (a) the representations and warranties in Clause 3.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects on each date upon which an agreement for the sale of Notes is made hereunder and on the date on which such Notes are issued and that (b) there is no other material breach of any of the obligations of the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor or either of them under any of the Agreements, the Notes or the Guarantee and that (c) the Dealer having received (in a form satisfactory to the Dealer) a duly executed or a conformed copy of the agreement between the relevant Issuer and the ICSDs with respect to the settlement in the ICSDs of New Global Notes.

 

6.                                      TERMINATION AND APPOINTMENT

 

6.1                               Termination

 

The Issuers may terminate the appointment of any Dealer, and any Dealer may resign, on not less than ten days’ written notice to the relevant Dealer or the Issuers, as the

 

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case may be.  The Issuers shall promptly inform the other Dealer(s), the Guarantor and the Issue and Paying Agent of any such termination or resignation.  The rights and obligations of each party hereto shall not terminate in respect of any rights or obligations accrued or incurred before the date on which such termination takes effect and the provisions of sub-clause 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 shall survive termination of this Agreement and delivery against payment for any of the Notes.

 

6.2                               Additional Dealers

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Issuers from appointing one or more additional Dealers upon the terms of this Agreement provided that any additional Dealer shall have first confirmed acceptance of its appointment upon such terms in writing to the Issuers in substantially the form of the letter set out in Schedule 5, whereupon it shall become a party to this Agreement vested with all the authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations as if originally named as a Dealer hereunder.  The Issuers shall promptly inform the other Dealer(s), the Guarantor and the Issue and Paying Agent of any such appointment.  The Issuers and the Guarantor hereby agrees to supply to such additional Dealer, upon such appointment, such legal opinions as are specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, if requested, or reliance letters in respect thereof.

 

7.                                      NOTICES

 

7.1                               Addressee for notices

 

All notices and other communications hereunder shall, save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be made in writing and in English (by letter, fax or email) and shall be sent to the intended recipient at the address, fax number or email address and marked for the attention of the person (if any) from time to time designated by that party to the other parties hereto for such purpose.  The initial address, fax number and email address so designated by each party are set out in the Programme Summary.

 

7.2                               Effectiveness

 

Any communication from any party to any other under this Agreement shall be effective upon receipt by the addressee, provided that any such notice or other communication which would otherwise take effect after 4.00 p.m. on any particular day shall not take effect until 10.00 a.m. on the immediately succeeding business day in the place of the addressee.

 

7.3                               Assignment

 

If, at any time, any Dealer shall transfer all or substantially all of its euro-commercial paper business to any affiliate then, on the date such transfer becomes effective, such affiliate shall become the successor to the relevant Dealer under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto so that the Issuers and the Guarantor and such affiliate shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form (the relevant changes having been made) of this Agreement.  After the said effective date all references in this Agreement to the relevant Dealer shall be deemed to be references to such affiliate.  The relevant Dealer

 

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shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give notice of any such transfer to the Issuers.  In this Clause 7.3, “affiliate” means, in relation to any person, any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person, any entity that controls, directly or indirectly, such person, or any entity under common control with such person.  For this purpose “control” of any entity or person means ownership of a majority of the voting power of the entity or person.

 

8.                                      THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

 

9.                                      LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

9.1                               Governing law

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

9.2                               English courts

 

The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a “Dispute”), arising from or connected with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) or the consequences of its nullity.

 

9.3                               Appropriate forum

 

The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary.

 

9.4                               Rights of the Dealers to take proceedings outside England

 

Clause 9.2 (English courts) is for the benefit of the Dealers only.  As a result, nothing in this Clause 9 (Law and jurisdiction) prevents the Dealers from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute (“Proceedings”) in any other courts with jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by law, the Dealers may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

9.5                               Process agent

 

Each Issuer and the Guarantor agrees that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to Ecolab Limited at P.O Box 11, Winnington Avenue, Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom CW8 4DX or, if different, its registered office for the time being or at any address of the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor in Great Britain at which process may be served on it in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.  If such person is not or ceases to be effectively appointed to accept service of process on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor, the Issuers and the Guarantor shall, on the written demand of any Dealer addressed and delivered to

 

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the Issuers and the Guarantor appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf and, failing such appointment within 15 days, any Dealer shall be entitled to appoint such a person by written notice addressed to the Issuers and the Guarantor and delivered to the Issuers and the Guarantor.  Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of any Dealer to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  This clause applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.

 

9.6                               Ecolab NL 10 B.V.

 

If Ecolab NL 10 B.V. is represented by an attorney or attorneys in connection with the signing and/or execution and/or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or document referred to herein or made pursuant hereto and the relevant power or powers of attorney is or are expressed to be governed by the laws of The Netherlands, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties hereto that such laws shall govern the existence and extent of such attorney’s or attorneys’ authority and the effects of the exercise thereof.

 

10.                               COUNTERPARTS

 

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement.

 

AS WITNESS the hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day and year first before written.

 

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SCHEDULE 1
 CONDITION PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS

 

1.                                      Certified copies of the Issuers’ and the Guarantor’s constituting documents, together with English translations, where required.

 

2.                                      Certified copies of all documents evidencing the internal authorisations and approvals required to be granted by the Issuers and the Guarantor in connection with the Programme, together with English translations, where required.

 

3.                                      Certified copies of any governmental or other consents and any filings required in connection with the Programme, together with English translations, where required.

 

4.                                      Duly executed copies of:

 

(a)                                 the Dealer Agreement;

 

(b)                                 the Agency Agreement;

 

(c)                                  the Deed of Covenant; and

 

(d)                                 the Guarantee.

 

5.                                      Copies of:

 

(a)                                 the confirmation of acceptance of appointment from the agent for service of process; and

 

(b)                                 confirmation that the Deed of Covenant and the Deed of Guarantee have been delivered to the Issue and Paying Agent.

 

6.                                      Legal opinions from:

 

(a)                                 the Senior SEC Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Ecolab Inc. as to its due incorporation and the due authorisation and execution of the Agreements in its capacities as both Issuer and Guarantor;

 

(b)                                 Clifford Chance LLP as to the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in respect of Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l. and Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l. and The Netherlands in respect of Ecolab NL 10 B.V. respectively; and

 

(c)                                  Clifford Chance LLP as to the laws of England.

 

7.                                      The Information Memorandum.

 

8.                                      A list of the names, titles and specimen signatures of the persons authorised:

 

(a)                                 to sign on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor this Agreement, the Deed of Covenant, the Agency Agreement, the Notes and the Guarantee (as applicable);

 

(b)                                 to sign on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor all notices and other documents to be delivered in connection therewith; and

 

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(c)                                  to take any other action on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor in relation to the Programme.

 

9.                                      Confirmation from the Issuers or the Issue and Paying Agent that the relevant forms of Global Note have been prepared and the same delivered to the Issue and Paying Agent.

 

10.                               Confirmation that the Programme was granted the STEP Label.

 

11.                               A duly executed copy of the authorisation from the Issuer to each ICSD, to effectuate any New Global Notes issued under the Programme and delivered by, or on behalf of, the Issuer to that ICSD.

 

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SCHEDULE 2
 SELLING RESTRICTIONS

 

1.                                      General

 

By its purchase and acceptance of Notes issued under this Agreement, each Dealer represents, warrants and agrees that it will observe all applicable laws and regulations in any jurisdiction in which it may offer, sell or deliver Notes; and that it will not directly or indirectly offer, sell, resell, re-offer or deliver Notes or distribute any Disclosure Document, circular, advertisement or other offering material in any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

 

2.                                      The United States of America

 

The Notes and the Guarantee have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S. Each Dealer has represented and agreed (and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree) that it has not offered, sold or delivered, and will not offer, sell or deliver, any Notes and the Guarantee constituting part of its allotment within the United States except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Each Dealer has also represented and agreed (and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree) that it has offered, sold or delivered the Notes, and will offer, sell or deliver the Notes and the Guarantee (i) as part of their distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the closing date (the “distribution compliance period”), only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

Each Dealer has also agreed (and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to agree) that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of Notes and the Guarantee, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Notes and the Guarantee from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

 

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”

 

Each Dealer has represented and agreed (and each further Dealer appointed under the Programme will be required to represent and agree) that neither it, nor its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Notes and the Guarantee, and that it and they have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

 

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Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

 

3.                                      The United Kingdom

 

3.1                               In relation to each issue of Notes, the Dealer purchasing such Notes represents, warrants and undertakes to the relevant Issuer and the Guarantor (where appropriate) that:

 

3.1.1                     it is a person whose ordinary activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business; and

 

3.1.2                     it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Notes other than to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or who it is reasonable to expect will acquire, hold, manage or dispose of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses where the issue of the Notes would otherwise constitute a contravention of section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) by the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor;

 

3.2                               it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Notes in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the relevant Issuer or the Guarantor; and

 

3.3                               it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

 

4.                                      Japan

 

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended; the “FIEA”). Accordingly, each Dealer represents and agrees that it has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Notes in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organised under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, a resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FIEA and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

 

5.                                      Switzerland

 

Each Dealer acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Notes may not be publicly offered, sold or advertised, directly or indirectly, in or from Switzerland, (ii) neither the Information Memorandum nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the Notes constitutes a prospectus as such term is understood pursuant to article 652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations and (iii) neither the Information

 

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Memorandum nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the Notes may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

 

6.                                      The Netherlands

 

Zero Coupon Notes in definitive form may only be transferred and accepted, directly or indirectly, within, from or into The Netherlands through the mediation of either the Issuer or a member firm of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. admitted in a function on one or more of the markets or systems operated by Euronext Amsterdam N.V. (toegelaten instelling) in full compliance with the Dutch Savings Certificates Act (Wet inzake spaarbewijzen) of 21 May 1985 (as amended) and its implementing regulations and must either be:

 

(a)                                 between individuals or legal entities who or which trade or invest in securities in the conduct of a profession or trade (which includes banks, dealers, insurance companies, pension funds, other institutional investors and commercial enterprises which regularly, as an ancillary activity, invest in securities); or, in any other case

 

(b)                                 recorded in a transaction note which includes the name and address of each party to the transaction, the nature of the transaction and the details and serial number of such Note.

 

No such mediation is required: (a) in respect of the transfer and acceptance of rights representing an interest in a Zero Coupon Note in global form, or (b) in respect of the initial issue of Zero Coupon Notes in definitive form to the first holders thereof, or (c) in respect of the transfer and acceptance of Zero Coupon Notes in definitive form between individuals not acting in the conduct of a business or profession, or (d) in respect of the transfer and acceptance of such Zero Coupon Notes within, from or into The Netherlands if all Zero Coupon Notes (either in definitive form or as rights representing an interest in a Zero Coupon Note in global form) of any particular Series or Tranche are issued outside The Netherlands and are not distributed into The Netherlands in the course of initial distribution or immediately thereafter.

 

In the event that the Savings Certificates Act applies, certain identification requirements in relation to the issue and transfer of, and payments on, Zero Coupon Notes have to be complied with.

 

As used herein, “Zero Coupon Notes” has the meaning given to it in Section 1(a) of the Dutch Savings Certificates Act (Wet inzake spaarbewijzen) of 21 May 1985 (as amended), being Notes that are in bearer form and that constitute a claim for a fixed sum against the Issuer and on which interest does not become due during their tenor or on which no interest is due whatsoever.

 

7.                                      Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

The Notes may not be offered or sold to the public within the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg unless:

 

(a)                                 a prospectus has been duly approved by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) pursuant to part II or, as the case may be, part

 

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III of the Luxembourg law dated 10  July 2005 on prospectuses for securities, as amended (the “Luxembourg Prospectus Law”), implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading, as amended through Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010, as amended (the “Prospectus Directive”), if Luxembourg is the home Member State as defined under the Luxembourg Prospectus Law; or

 

(b)                                 if Luxembourg is not the home Member State, the CSSF and the European Securities and Markets Authority have been provided by the competent authority in the home Member State with a certificate of approval attesting that a prospectus in relation to the Notes has been drawn up in accordance with the Prospectus Directive and with a copy of the said prospectus; or

 

(c)                                  the offer of the Notes benefits from an exemption from or constitutes a transaction not subject to, the requirements to publish a prospectus pursuant to the Luxembourg Prospectus Law.

 

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SCHEDULE 3
 PROGRAMME SUMMARY

 

	
Issuer/Guarantor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Issuer 2
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Ecolab Inc.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Ecolab Lux 1 S.à r.l.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address (until 20 February 2017):
    	
 
    	
370 Wabasha Street

North, St. Paul,
    	
 
    	
Address:
    	
 
    	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert,

L-2453 Luxembourg,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
MN 55102,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
U.S.A.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address (from 20 February 2017):
    	
 
    	
1 Ecolab Place,

St. Paul,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
MN 55102,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
U.S.A.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+ 1 800 232 6522
    	
 
    	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+ 352 26 449 379
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+ 1 651 250 2573
    	
 
    	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+ 352 26 449 167
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
General Counsel
    	
 
    	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(cc. Ecolab Inc. as specified above)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Issuer 3
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Issuer 4
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Ecolab Lux 2 S.à r.l.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Ecolab NL 10 B.V.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert,
    	
 
    	
Address:
    	
 
    	
Iepenhoeve 7 A
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
L-2453 Luxembourg,
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
3438MR Nieuwegein
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
The Netherlands
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+ 352 26 449 379
    	
 
    	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+31 30 6082372
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+ 352 26 449 167
    	
 
    	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+31 30 6082228
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
Manager
    	
 
    	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(cc. Ecolab Inc. as specified above)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(cc. Ecolab Inc. as specified above)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dealer   and Arranger
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
One Cabot Square
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
London E14 4QJ
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+ 44 20 7888 9968
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+ 44 20 7905 6132
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
Commercial Paper Desk
    
								

 

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Dealer
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
Citigroup Centre
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Canada Square
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Canary Wharf
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
London E14 5LB
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+ 44 20 7986 9070
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+ 44 20 7986 6837
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
Short Term Fixed Income Desk
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Issue and Paying Agent
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
Citigroup Centre
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Canada Square
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Canary Wharf
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
London E14 5LB
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
+353 1 622 2238
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+353 1 622 4029
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
ECP Issuance Desk
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Maximum Amount:
    	
 
    	
Denominations:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
U.S.$2,000,000,000
    	
 
    	
EUR 100,000
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(provided that the aggregate borrowing under Ecolab   Inc.’s U.S.$ Commercial paper programme and the Programme may not exceed   U.S.$2,000,000,000)
    	
 
    	
(or other conventionally accepted Denominations in   other currencies, provided that   the Euro Equivalent of any Note must be at least EUR 100,000 on the issue   date).
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Governing   Law:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Form of   Notes:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Agreements:
    	
 
    	
English
    	
 
    	
The Notes will be in bearer form.    The Notes will initially be in global form (“Global Notes”).  A Global Note will be exchangeable into   definitive notes (“Definitive Notes”)   only in the circumstances set out in that Global Note (and as summarised   below).
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
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A Global Note will be exchangeable, in whole but not in part, for   Definitive Notes after surrender of the Global Note to the Issue and Paying   Agent only (i) if the clearing system(s) in which the Global Note   is held at the relevant time is closed for a continuous period of 14 days or   more (other than by reason of weekends or public holidays, statutory or   otherwise) or if any such clearing system announces an intention to, or does   in fact, permanently cease to do business, or (ii) if default 
    

 

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is made in the payment of any amount payable in respect of the Global   Note.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Notes may be issued at a discount or premium to face value or may bear   fixed or floating rate interest.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Minimum   Term:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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One day
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
183 days
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Clearing   Systems:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Selling   Restrictions:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”),   Clearstream Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream,   Luxembourg”) or any other clearing system as may be agreed between   the relevant Issuer and the Issue and Paying Agent and in which Notes may   from time to time be held
    	
 
    	
U.S.A.

United Kingdom

Japan

Switzerland

The Netherlands

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Agent   for Service of Process:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Ecolab   Limited
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
P.O. Box 11
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Winnington Avenue
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Northwich, Cheshire
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
United Kingdom CW8 4DX
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
+44 1 606 744 88
    
	
Contact:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Company Secretary
    

 

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SCHEDULE 4
 INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT

 

[Letterhead of Ecolab]

 

[Date]

 

To:                             [List Dealers]

 

Citibank, N.A., London Branch (as Issue and Paying Agent])

 

Dear Sirs

 

U.S.$2,000,000,000 Euro-commercial paper programme

 

We refer to an amended and restated dealer agreement dated [·] 2016 (the “Dealer Agreement”) between ourselves as Issuers, the Guarantor, the Arranger and the Dealers party thereto relating to a U.S.$2,000,000,000 Euro-commercial paper programme (the “Programme”).  Terms used in the Dealer Agreement shall have the same meaning in this letter.

 

In accordance with clause 2.5 of the Dealer Agreement, we hereby notify each of the addressees listed above that the Maximum Amount of the Programme is to be increased from U.S.$[ ],000,000 to U.S.$[ ],000,000 with effect from [date], subject to delivery of the following documents:

 

(a)                                 an updated or supplemental Information Memorandum reflecting the increase in the Maximum Amount of the Programme;

 

(b)                                 certified copies of all documents evidencing the internal authorisations and approvals required to be granted by the Issuers and the Guarantor for such increase in the Maximum Amount;

 

(c)                                  certified copies of [specify any governmental or other consents required by the Issuers and the Guarantor] for such increase;

 

(d)                                 legal opinions from (i) the Senior SEC Counsel and Assistant Secretary (or an employee of similar standing) of Ecolab Inc. and (ii) Clifford Chance LLP as to the laws of The Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the United Kingdom relating to such increase; and

 

(e)                                  a list of names, titles and specimen signatures of the persons authorised to sign on behalf of the Issuers and the Guarantor all notices and other documents to be delivered in connection with such an increase in the Maximum Amount.

 

From the date on which such increase in the Maximum Amount becomes effective, all references in the Dealer Agreement to the Maximum Amount or the amount of the Programme shall be construed as references to the increased Maximum Amount as specified herein.

 

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Yours faithfully
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Issuer)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
société à responsabilité limitée
    	
 
    
	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert
    	
 
    
	
L-2453 Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 132319
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
société à responsabilité   limitée
    	
 
    
	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert
    	
 
    
	
L-2453 Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 132318
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Guarantor)
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 5
 APPOINTMENT OF NEW DEALER

 

[Letterhead of Ecolab]

 

[Date]

 

To:          [Name of new Dealer]

 

Dear Sirs

 

U.S.$[·]00,000,000 Euro-commercial paper programme

 

We refer to an amended and restated dealer agreement dated [·] 2016 (the “Dealer Agreement”) between ourselves as Issuers, the Arranger and the Dealers party thereto relating to a U.S.$[·]00,000,000 Euro-commercial paper programme (the “Programme”).  Terms used in the Dealer Agreement shall have the same meaning in this letter.

 

In accordance with Clause 6.2 of the Dealer Agreement, we hereby appoint you as an additional dealer for the Programme upon the terms of the Dealer Agreement with [immediate effect/effect from [date]].  Please confirm acceptance of your appointment upon such terms by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter, whereupon you will, in accordance with Clause 6.2 of the Dealer Agreement, become a party to the Dealer Agreement vested with all the authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations as if originally named as a Dealer thereunder.

 

	
Yours faithfully
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Issuer)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
société à responsabilité   limitée
    	
 
    
	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert
    	
 
    
	
L-2453 Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 132319
    	
 
    

 

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for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
société à responsabilité   limitée
    	
 
    
	
6, rue Eugène Ruppert
    	
 
    
	
L-2453 Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
    	
 
    
	
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 132318
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf of
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Guarantor)
    	
 
    

 

[On copy]

 

We hereby confirm acceptance of our appointment as a Dealer upon the terms of the Dealer Agreement referred to above.  For the purposes of Clause 7 (Notices), our contact details are as follows:

 

 

	
[Name of Dealer]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
[
    	
]
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
[
    	
]
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
[
    	
]
    	
 
    
	
Email:
    	
[
    	
]
    	
 
    
	
Contact:
    	
[
    	
]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signed:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
for [Name of new Dealer]
    	
 
    
					

 

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SCHEDULE 6
 FORM OF CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is made on [date]

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)                                 [ECOLAB INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its registered office at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., registered in the State of Delaware under number 0164814 / ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B 132.319; / ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (societé à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453 Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B 132.318 /ECOLAB NL 10 B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated and existing under the laws of The Netherlands, having its registered office at Iepenhoeve 7 A, 3438MR Nieuwegein, The Netherlands and registered in The Netherlands under number 56036094] (delete as appropriate)(the “Issuer”); [and]

 

(2)                                 [ECOLAB INC., a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its registered office at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., registered in the State of Delaware under number 0164814 (the “Guarantor”); and] (delete where Ecolab Inc. is the Issuer)

 

(3)                                 [CALCULATION AGENT], as the calculation agent appointed pursuant to Clause 2 hereof (the “Calculation Agent”, which expression shall include any successor thereto).

 

WHEREAS:

 

(A)                               Under an amended and restated dealer agreement (as amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time, the “Dealer Agreement”) dated [·] 2016 and made between the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Arranger and the Dealer(s) referred to therein, and an amended and restated note agency agreement (as amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time, the “Agency Agreement”) dated [·] 2016 and made between the Issuers, the Guarantor and the agents referred to therein, the Issuers established a Euro-commercial paper programme (the “Programme”).

 

(B)                               The Dealer Agreement contemplates, among other things, the issue under the Programme of floating rate notes and provides for the appointment of calculation agents in relation thereto.  Each such calculation agent’s appointment shall be on substantially the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

 

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IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.                                      INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                               Definitions

 

Terms not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Dealer Agreement or the Agency Agreement.

 

1.2                               Legislation

 

Any reference in this Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such legislation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.

 

1.3                               Floating rate Notes

 

“Relevant Notes” means such floating rate Notes in respect of which the Calculation Agent is appointed.

 

2.                                      APPOINTMENT OF CALCULATION AGENT

 

The Issuer appoints the Calculation Agent as its agent for the purpose of calculating the redemption amount and/or, if applicable, the amount of interest in respect of the Relevant Notes upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.  The Calculation Agent accepts such appointment.

 

3.                                      DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION

 

3.1                               Determination

 

The Calculation Agent shall determine the redemption amount of, and/or, if applicable, the amount of interest payable on, each Relevant Note in accordance with the redemption calculation applicable thereto.

 

3.2                               Notification

 

The Calculation Agent shall as soon as it has made its determination as provided for in Clause 3.1 above (and, in any event, no later than the close of business on the date on which the determination is made) notify the Issuer and the Issue and Paying Agent (if other than the Calculation Agent) of the redemption amount and/or, if applicable, the amount of interest so payable.

 

4.                                      STAMP DUTIES

 

The Issuer will pay all stamp, registration and other similar taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) payable in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, except for any taxes payable regarding Luxembourg registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) due to a registration, submission or filing of this Agreement where

 

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such registration, submission or filing is or was not required to maintain or preserve the rights of the Calculation Agent under this Agreement.

 

5.                                      INDEMNITY AND LIABILITY

 

5.1                               Indemnity

 

The Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless on demand the Calculation Agent against any claim, demand, action, liability, damages, cost, loss or expense (including, without limitation, legal fees and any applicable value added tax) which it may incur arising out of the exercise of its powers and duties as Calculation Agent under this Agreement, except such as may result from its own negligence or bad faith or that of its officers, employees or agents.

 

5.2                               Liability

 

The Calculation Agent may consult as to legal matters with lawyers selected by it, who may be employees of, or lawyers to, the Issuer.  If such consultation is made, the Calculation Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for action taken or not taken by it as Calculation Agent or suffered to be taken with respect to such matters in good faith, without negligence and in accordance with the opinion of such lawyers.

 

6.                                      CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT

 

The Calculation Agent and the Issuer agree that its appointment will be subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)                                 No obligations:  in acting under this Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall act as an independent expert and shall not assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust with the Issuer or the owner or holder of any of the Relevant Notes or any interest therein;

 

(b)                                 Notices:  unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, any order, certificate, notice, request, direction or other communication from the Issuer made or given under any provision of this Agreement shall be sufficient if signed or purported to be signed by a duly authorised employee of the Issuer;

 

(c)                                  Duties:  the Calculation Agent shall be obliged to perform only those duties which are set out in this Agreement and in the redemption calculation relating to the Relevant Notes;

 

(d)                                 Ownership, interest:  the Calculation Agent and its officers and employees, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Relevant Notes with the same rights that the Calculation Agent would have if it were not the Calculation Agent hereunder; and

 

(e)                                  Calculations and determinations:  all calculations and determinations made pursuant to this Agreement by the Calculation Agent shall (save in the case of manifest error) be binding on the Issuer, the Calculation Agent and (if other than the Calculation Agent) the holder(s) of the Relevant Notes and no liability to such holder(s) shall attach to the Calculation Agent in connection with the exercise by the Calculation Agent of its powers, duties or discretion

 

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under or in respect of the Relevant Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, except such as may result from its own gross negligence or bad faith or that of its officers, employees or agents.

 

7.                                      ALTERNATIVE APPOINTMENT

 

If, for any reason, the Calculation Agent ceases to act as such or fails to comply with its obligations under Clause 3, the Issuer shall appoint [the Issue and Paying Agent] as calculation agent in respect of the Relevant Notes.

 

8.                                      THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

 

A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

 

9.                                      LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

9.1                               Governing law

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

9.2                               Jurisdiction

 

The Issuer agrees for the benefit of the Calculation Agent that the courts of England shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) or the consequences of its nullity (respectively, “Proceedings” and “Disputes”) and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.

 

9.3                               Appropriate forum

 

The Issuer irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts of England being nominated as the forum to hear and determine any Proceedings and to settle any Disputes, and agrees not to claim that any such court is not a convenient or appropriate forum.

 

9.4                               Process agent

 

The Issuer agrees that the process by which any Proceedings in England are begun may be served on it by being delivered to Ecolab Limited at P.O Box 11, Winnington Avenue, Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom CW8 4DX or, if different, its registered office for the time being.  If such person is not or ceases to be effectively appointed to accept service of process on behalf of the Issuer, the Issuer shall, on the written demand of the Calculation Agent addressed to the Issuer and delivered to the Issuer appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf and, failing such appointment within 15 days, the Calculation Agent shall be entitled to appoint such a person by written notice addressed to the Issuer and delivered to the

 

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Issuer.  Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of the Calculation Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

9.5                               Non exclusivity

 

The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts of England shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the right of the Calculation Agent to take Proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not) if and to the extent permitted by law.

 

10.                               COUNTERPARTS

 

This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement.

 

AS WITNESS the hands of the duly authorised representatives of the parties hereto the day and year first before written.

 

 

	
[ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Issuer)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB   NL 10 B.V.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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ECOLAB INC. (in its   capacity as Guarantor)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
]*
    
			

 

(*Delete as appropriate)

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

 

	
The Issuers
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Ching-Meng Chew.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Ching-Meng Chew.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Ching-Meng Chew.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Ching-Meng Chew.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The Guarantor
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ECOLAB INC.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Ching-Meng Chew.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
The Arranger
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES   (EUROPE) LIMITED
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Richard Johnson
    	
 
    	
/s/ Scott Roose
    

 

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The Dealers
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, UK   BRANCH
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES   (EUROPE) LIMITED
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Richard Johnson
    	
 
    	
/s/ Scott Roose
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(duly authorised   attorney)
    	
 
    	
 
    
				

 

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