AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, HAWK ACQUISITION HOLDING CORPORATION and HAWK ACQUISITION SUB, INC. Dated as of February 13, 2013Merger Agreement • February 15th, 2013 • Heinz H J Co • Canned, frozen & preservd fruit, veg & food specialties • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 13, 2013, is entered into by and among H. J. Heinz Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), Hawk Acquisition Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Hawk Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in Annex A.
