AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Among BASELL AF, BIL ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LIMITED and LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY Dated as of July 16, 2007Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 17th, 2007 • Lyondell Chemical Co • Industrial organic chemicals • Delaware
Contract Type FiledJuly 17th, 2007 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 16, 2007 (this "Agreement"), among Basell AF, a Luxembourg company ("Parent"), BIL Acquisition Holdings Limited, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Lyondell Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company").