Nestle Political Contribution Breakdown

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Nestlé Political Contribution Breakdown The following tables outline the total contributions given by Nestlé Waters North America and Poland Springs Water Company, plus anyone who lists those companies as their employer. The tables also include contributions made by individuals registered to lobby for Nestlé. 1 Also included are the Principal Officers for many of the PACs that have received money from Nestlé 2 – this data is not available for all PACs, and is not listed for PACs that are not registered to a notable politician. This data is for state races only (i.e. not Congress or Senate) and covers the period from 2001 through 2012. 3 Table 1: Amounts Given by ALL (Nestlé, Employees, and Lobbyists) Recipient Amount PAC Principal Officer Maine Citizens Against Taxing Water $218,182 Fed Up With Taxes $106,681 Mainers for Real and Responsible Property Tax Relief $80,000 Maine Democratic State Committee $27,500 Citizens United to Protect Our Public Safety, Schools and Communities $25,000 Fighting for Maine's Future $25,000 Maine People for Improved School Education $25,000 Citizens to Save Maine's Heritage $19,000 Promote Jobs for Maine Political Action Committee $15,000 Coalition to Lower Maine Taxes $10,000 Dana Connors/Maine Chamber Senate Democratic Campaign Committee $9,500 Maine Republican Party $8,000 Maine Senate Republican Majority $6,000 House Democratic Campaign Committee $5,000 Maine Economic Growth Coalition $5,000 House Republican Fund $3,750 Maine Senate Republican Committee $3,000 1 Registered lobbyists drawn from http://www.followthemoney.org/database/lobbyistclient.phtml?lc=100964&y=0&s =ME#ME 2 Principal officer data drawn from http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/Public/entity_list.asp?TYPE=PAC 3 Campaign finance data drawn from http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/Public/FinancialDataMenu.aspx

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DC-based Food and Water Watch shared this public list of Nestle political contributions in Maine, in response to the Fryeburg, ME water contract.

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Nestlé'Political(Contribution(Breakdown(!The!following!tables!outline!the!total!contributions!given!by!Nestlé!Waters!North!America!and!Poland!Springs!Water!Company,!plus!anyone!who!lists!those!companies!as!their!employer.!The!tables!also!include!contributions!made!by!individuals!registered!to!lobby!for!Nestlé.1!Also!included!are!the!Principal!Officers!for!many!of!the!PACs!that!have!received!money!from!Nestlé!2!–!this!data!is!not!available!for!all!PACs,!and!is!not!listed!for!PACs!that!are!not!registered!to!a!notable!politician.!This!data!is!for!state!races!only!(i.e.!not!Congress!or!Senate)!and!covers!the!period!from!2001!through!2012.3! !

Table(1:(Amounts(Given(by(ALL((Nestlé,'Employees,'and'Lobbyists)(Recipient Amount PAC Principal Officer Maine Citizens Against Taxing Water $218,182 Fed Up With Taxes $106,681 Mainers for Real and Responsible Property Tax Relief $80,000 Maine Democratic State Committee $27,500 Citizens United to Protect Our Public Safety, Schools and Communities $25,000 Fighting for Maine's Future $25,000 Maine People for Improved School Education $25,000 Citizens to Save Maine's Heritage $19,000 Promote Jobs for Maine Political Action Committee $15,000

Coalition to Lower Maine Taxes $10,000 Dana Connors/Maine Chamber

Senate Democratic Campaign Committee $9,500 Maine Republican Party $8,000 Maine Senate Republican Majority $6,000 House Democratic Campaign Committee $5,000 Maine Economic Growth Coalition $5,000 House Republican Fund $3,750 Maine Senate Republican Committee $3,000

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!Registered!lobbyists!drawn!from!http://www.followthemoney.org/database/lobbyistclient.phtml?lc=100964&y=0&s=ME#ME!2!Principal!officer!data!drawn!from!http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/Public/entity_list.asp?TYPE=PAC!3!Campaign!finance!data!drawn!from!http://www.mainecampaignfinance.com/Public/FinancialDataMenu.aspx!

Empowering Maine Leadership PAC $2,600 Barry Hobbins Baldacci, John E. $2,500 Diamond PAC $2,250 Bill Diamond High Hopes PAC $2,250 Phillip Bartlett Strengthening Maine $2,200 Seth Goodall Republican Speakers Fund $2,100 Robert Nutting Alfond Business, Community & Democracy PAC $1,750 Justin Alfond Maine Senate PAC $1,500 Leading to a Balanced Maine PAC $1,500 Benjamin Gilman Cummings Leadership Fund $1,250 Business Minded Democrats $1,250 Cain for Maine $1,250 New Leadership for Maine's Future $1,250 Respect Maine $1,250 Andre Cushing Paving The Way For A Prosperous Maine $1,150 Michael Thibodeau Carey for Maine $1,000 Edmonds For Leadership $1,000 Hayes for ME $1,000 Majority 2004 $1,000 Aroostook PAC $1,000 John Martin Majority 101 $1,000 John Richardson Capital Leadership PAC $1,000 Roger Katz LePage, Paul R. $850 Hayes, Teresea $850 Cutler, Eliot R. $750 Abbott, Steven W. $600 Cushing, Andre E. $600 Damon '08 $500 Diamond, Bill $500 Common Sense Solutions for Maine's Future $500 Connor Leadership PAC $500 Responsible Action Yields Excellence for Maine $500 Republican Majority Fund $500 Alexander Willette Imagine Maine $500 Frederick Rector Leadership for Maine's Future $500 Kenneth Fredette Dion for Maine $500 Mark Dion Action PAC $500 Troy Jackson Sullivan, Nancy B. $400 McGowan, Patrick K. $400

Beaulieu, Michael G. $350 Knight, L. Gary $350 Libby, Aaron F. $350 Summers, Ruth A. $350 Tyll, Christopher M. $350 Maine PAC $300 Richardson, John G. $300 Working People's PAC $250 Berry for Maine $250 Mitchell Leadership Fund $250 Nutting, John M. $250 Cebra, Richard M. $250 Cleary Business and Leadership PAC $250 Snowe-Mello, Lois A. $250 Sullivan, Nancy $250 Mitchell, Elizabeth H. $200 Protect Maine Votes PAC $200 Faircloth Blue Ribbon PAC $150 John Tuttle For Leadership $150 Strang Burgess, Meredith N. $100 Dill, James F. $100 Fredette, Kenneth W. $100 Hamper, James M. $100 Legg, Edward P. $100 Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund $100 Poliquin, Bruce L. $100 Rowe, G. Steven $100 Saviello, Thomas $100 TABOR Now PAC $100 Willette, Alexander R. $100 Chenette, Justin M. $75 Total $640,338

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Table(2:(Amounts(Given(by(Nestlé'and(Poland(Springs(Directly(Recipient Amount PAC Principal Officer Maine Citizens Against Taxing Water $218,182 Fed Up With Taxes $106,681 Mainers for Real and Responsible Property Tax Relief $80,000 Maine Democratic State Committee $27,500 Citizens United to Protect Our Public Safety, Schools and Communities $25,000 Fighting for Maine's Future $25,000 Maine People for Improved School Education $25,000 Citizens to Save Maine's Heritage $19,000 Promote Jobs for Maine Political Action Committee $15,000

Coalition to Lower Maine Taxes $10,000 Dana Connors/Maine Chamber

Senate Democratic Campaign Committee $9,500 Maine Republican Party $8,000 Maine Senate Republican Majority $6,000 Maine Economic Growth Coalition $5,000 House Democratic Campaign Committee $4,500 House Republican Fund $3,750 Maine Senate Republican Committee $3,000 Empowering Maine Leadership PAC $2,500 Barry Hobbins Diamond PAC $2,250 Bill Diamond High Hopes PAC $2,250 Phillip Bartlett Republican Speakers Fund $2,000 Robert Nutting Strengthening Maine $2,000 Seth Goodall Alfond Business, Community & Democracy PAC $1,750 Justin Alfond Maine Senate PAC $1,500 Leading to a Balanced Maine PAC $1,500 Benjamin Gilman Cummings Leadership Fund $1,250 Business Minded Democrats $1,250 Cain for Maine $1,250 New Leadership for Maine's Future $1,250 Respect Maine $1,250 Andre Cushing Majority 2004 $1,000 Baldacci, John E. $1,000 Edmonds For Leadership $1,000 Hayes for ME $1,000 Carey for Maine $1,000

Aroostook PAC $1,000 John Martin Majority 101 $1,000 John Richardson Paving The Way For A Prosperous Maine $1,000 Michael Thibodeau Capital Leadership PAC $1,000 Roger Katz Cutler, Eliot R. $750 LePage, Paul R. $750 Diamond, Bill $500 Damon '08 $500 Common Sense Solutions for Maine's Future $500 Connor Leadership PAC $500 Responsible Action Yields Excellence for Maine $500 Republican Majority Fund $500 Alexander Willette Imagine Maine $500 Frederick Rector Leadership for Maine's Future $500 Kenneth Fredette Dion for Maine $500 Mark Dion Action PAC $500 Troy Jackson Beaulieu, Michael G. $350 Hayes, Teresea $350 Knight, L. Gary $350 Libby, Aaron F. $350 Snowe-Mello, Lois A. $250 Sullivan, Nancy B. $250 Mitchell Leadership Fund $250 Cebra, Richard M. $250 Working People's PAC $250 Cleary Business and Leadership PAC $250 Nutting, John M. $250 Berry for Maine $250 Sullivan, Nancy $250 Faircloth Blue Ribbon PAC $150 John Tuttle For Leadership $150 Cushing, Andre E. $100 Strang Burgess, Meredith N. $100 Legg, Edward P. $100 Total $632,863

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Table(3:(Amounts(Given(by(Nestlé’s'Employees(and(Lobbyists(Recipient Amount PAC Principal Officer Baldacci, John E. $1,500 Abbott, Steven W. $600 House Democratic Campaign Committee $500 Cushing, Andre E. $500 Hayes, Teresea $500 McGowan, Patrick K. $400 Summers, Ruth A. $350 Tyll, Christopher M. $350 Richardson, John G. $300 Maine PAC $300 Protect Maine Votes PAC $200 Mitchell, Elizabeth H. $200 Strengthening Maine $200 Seth Goodall Sullivan, Nancy B. $150 Paving The Way For A Prosperous Maine $150 Michael Thibodeau LePage, Paul R. $100 TABOR Now PAC $100 Poliquin, Bruce L. $100 Saviello, Thomas $100 Rowe, G. Steven $100 Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund $100 Hamper, James M. $100 Willette, Alexander R. $100 Dill, James F. $100 Fredette, Kenneth W. $100 Empowering Maine Leadership PAC $100 Barry Hobbins Republican Speakers Fund $100 Robert Nutting Chenette, Justin M. $75 Total $7,475 !