AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of July 10, 2008 among ASHLAND INC., ASHLAND SUB ONE, INC. and HERCULES INCORPORATEDAgreement and Plan of Merger • July 14th, 2008 • Hercules Inc • Miscellaneous chemical products • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of July 10, 2008 among ASHLAND INC., a Kentucky corporation (“Parent”), ASHLAND SUB ONE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Sub”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and HERCULES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and, together with Parent and Sub, the “parties”).
Executive] Hercules Incorporated Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19894-0001Merger Agreement • July 14th, 2008 • Hercules Inc • Miscellaneous chemical products
Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of July 10, 2008, among Ashland Inc., Ashland Sub One Inc. and Hercules Incorporated (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this letter agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Merger Agreement. I agree as follows:
