AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, IRON ACQUISITION CORPORATION and ENGELHARD CORPORATION Dated as of May 30, 2006Merger Agreement • May 30th, 2006 • Engelhard Corp • Industrial inorganic chemicals • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 30, 2006, is made by and among BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, a stock corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Parent”), IRON ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and ENGELHARD CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such terms in Section 9.03.
