Registration No. 333-149606
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NALCO HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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41-3176328
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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370 Wabasha Street North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
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55102
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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J. Erik Fyrwald Employment Letter Agreement
(Full Title of Plan)
James J. Seifert
Director
Nalco Holding Company
370 Wabasha Street North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(651) 293-2981
(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-149606) (the “Registration Statement”) of Nalco Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2008. The Registration Statement registered 390,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance pursuant to the employment letter agreement dated as of February 21, 2008 by and between the Company and J. Erik Fyrwald.
On December 1, 2011 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2011, by and among Ecolab Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Ecolab”), Sustainability Partners Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Ecolab (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, the Company merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecolab (the “Merger”). Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub changed its name to “Nalco Holding Company” (“Nalco”).
As a result of the Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. Nalco is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and remove from registration any and all securities of the Company previously registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the effective time of the Merger, in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Paul, State of Minnesota, on December 2, 2011.
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NALCO HOLDING COMPANY |
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By:
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/s/ Stephen N. Landsman |
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Name: Stephen N. Landsman |
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Title: Vice President and General Counsel |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below as of December 2, 2011.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ J. ERIK FYRWALD
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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J. Erik Fyrwald
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ KATHRYN A. MIKELLS
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Kathryn A. Mikells
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(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ SCOTT J. HINKLE
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Controller
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Scott J. Hinkle
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(Principal Accounting Officer)
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/s/ DOUGLAS M. BAKER, JR.
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Director
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Douglas M. Baker, Jr.
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/s/ STEVEN L. FRITZE
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Director
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Steven L. Fritze
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/s/ JAMES J. SEIFERT
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Director
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James J. Seifert
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