AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among BF BOLTHOUSE HOLDCO LLC, CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY (solely for purposes of Section 12.19), CAMPBELL INVESTMENT COMPANY, BOLT ACQUISITION SUB LLC, and MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, L.P., as the...Merger Agreement • July 13th, 2012 • Campbell Soup Co • Food and kindred products • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 9, 2012, is made by and among BF Bolthouse Holdco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Campbell Investment Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), Bolt Acquisition Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Merger Sub”), Campbell Soup Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “ Parent”), solely for purposes of Section 12.19, and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, solely in its capacity as representative for the Unitholders (the “Representative”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in Article 11 below.
