0000950103-12-000432 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among ABB LTD, EDISON ACQUISITION CORPORATION and THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION Dated as of January 29, 2012

Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 30th, 2012 • Thomas & Betts Corp • Electric lighting & wiring equipment • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  January 30th, 2012
• Company
  Thomas & Betts Corp
• Industry
  Electric lighting & wiring equipment
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 29, 2012, by and among ABB Ltd, a corporation organized under the Laws of Switzerland (“Parent”), Edison Acquisition Corporation, a Tennessee corporation and a wholly-owned indirect Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Thomas & Betts Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as “Parties.”