Agreement and Plan of Merger among Heartland Financial USA, Inc., Arizona Bank & Trust and Bank of the Southwest as of December 30, 2005Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 10th, 2006 • Heartland Financial Usa Inc • State commercial banks • Iowa
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 30, 2005, (the “Agreement Date”) between Bank of the Southwest, an Arizona state bank (the “Bank”), and Arizona Bank & Trust, an Arizona state bank (“AB&T”), and is joined in by Heartland Financial USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the owner of a majority of the outstanding stock of AB&T (“Acquiror”).
