0000930413-07-003623 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED, ACE ACQUISITION SUB, INC. and AMERIPATH GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. Dated as of April 15, 2007

Merger Agreement • April 19th, 2007 • Quest Diagnostics Inc • Services-medical laboratories • New York

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  April 19th, 2007
• Company
  Quest Diagnostics Inc
• Industry
  Services-medical laboratories
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is entered into and dated as of April 15, 2007, by and among Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Ace Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub” and, together with Parent, each a “Buyer Party” and collectively, the “Buyer Parties”), and AMERIPATH GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).