THIRD AMENDMENT TO ACQUISITION AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAcquisition Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 4th, 2005 • Crown Resources Corp • Mineral royalty traders
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO ACQUISITION AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Amendment") is dated as of December 30, 2004, and entered into by and among KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Parent"), CROWN MERGER CORPORATION, a Washington corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"), and CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Washington corporation ("Crown," and together with Purchaser, the "Constituent Corporations").
CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENTStock Purchase Agreement • January 4th, 2005 • Crown Resources Corp • Mineral royalty traders • Washington
This agreement is dated as of December 30, 2004 and is by and between CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, ("Crown") and KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Kinross"). Crown and Kinross are parties to an Acquisition Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 20, 2003, as previously amended April 7, 2004 and September 15, 2004, (the "Merger Agreement") pursuant to which a subsidiary of Kinross will merge with and into Crown and Crown will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kinross (the "Merger"). As a result of delays in the implementation of the Merger, Crown has incurred costs, and expects to continue to incur costs, relating to permitting of its principal property ("Permitting Activities") that it would have incurred as a subsidiary of Kinross had the Merger been consummated on the anticipated schedule. It is currently anticipated that the Merger will be consummated on or before May 31
