AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among THE STRIDE RITE CORPORATION, PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC. and SAN JOSE ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of May 22, 2007Merger Agreement • May 23rd, 2007 • Payless Shoesource Inc /De/ • Retail-shoe stores • Massachusetts
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2007, among The Stride Rite Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Payless ShoeSource, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and San Jose Acquisition Corp., a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub,” the Company and Merger Sub sometimes being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Constituent Corporations”).
