AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among TYSON FOODS, INC., HMB HOLDINGS, INC., and THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY Dated as of July 1, 2014Merger Agreement • July 2nd, 2014 • Tyson Foods Inc • Poultry slaughtering and processing • Maryland
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 1, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among Tyson Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), The Hillshire Brands Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and HMB Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
