FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAgreement and Plan of Merger • September 5th, 2006 • Michaels Stores Inc • Retail-hobby, toy & game shops • Delaware
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Amendment”) is made as of this 1st day of September, 2006, among Bain Paste Mergerco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bain MergerCo”), Blackstone Paste Mergerco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Blackstone MergerCo” and, together with Bain MergerCo, “MergerCos”), Bain Paste Finco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Bain FinCo”), Blackstone Paste Finco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blackstone FinCo” and, together with Bain Finco, “FinCos”; MergerCos and Fincos, collectively, the “Sponsor Entities”), and Michaels Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
