AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP. AND INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2005Merger Agreement • October 27th, 2005 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Delaware
Contract Type FiledOctober 27th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sovereign”), ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Sovereign (“Merger Sub”), and INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ICBC”).
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP. AND INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2005Merger Agreement • October 27th, 2005 • Independence Community Bank Corp • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Delaware
Contract Type FiledOctober 27th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sovereign”), ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Sovereign (“Merger Sub”), and INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ICBC”).