0000903423-08-000583 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC, DAILY DOUBLE ACQUISITION, INC. AND ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. Dated as of July 15, 2008

Merger Agreement • July 17th, 2008 • Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  July 17th, 2008
• Company
  Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
• Industry
  Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 15, 2008, by and among Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), Daily Double Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).