AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • May 8th, 2012 • DWS Equity Trust • Massachusetts
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION dated as of November 19, 2010 (the “Agreement”), among DWS Equity Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Predecessor Company”), on behalf of DWS Disciplined Market Neutral Fund, a segregated portfolio of assets (“series”) thereof (the “Acquired Fund”), and DWS Market Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Successor Company”), on behalf of DWS Disciplined Market Neutral Fund, a segregated portfolio of assets (“series”) thereof (the “Acquiring Fund”) (the Acquired Fund and the Acquiring Fund are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds”). All agreements, representations, actions and obligations described herein made or to be taken or undertaken by a Fund are made and shall be taken or undertaken by the Predecessor Company on behalf of the Acquired Fund and by the Successor Company on behalf of the Acquiring Fund.
