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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, 2013

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 15th, 2013 • Heinz H J Co • Canned, frozen & preservd fruit, veg & food specialties • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 15th, 2013
• Company
  Heinz H J Co
• Industry
  Canned, frozen & preservd fruit, veg & food specialties
• Jurisdiction
  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.