AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION by and among ECOLAB INC., CHAMPIONX HOLDING INC., APERGY CORPORATION, and ATHENA MERGER SUB, INC. Dated as of December 18, 2019Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization • December 20th, 2019 • Apergy Corp • Construction, mining & materials handling machinery & equip • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December 18, 2019, by and among: (i) Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Everest”); (ii) ChampionX Holding Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Everest (“Newco”); (iii) Apergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Athena”); and (iv) Athena Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Athena (“Merger Sub”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.
