AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among DARWIN PROFESSIONAL UNDERWRITERS, INC., ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY HOLDINGS, LTD and ALLIED WORLD MERGER COMPANY Dated as of June 27, 2008Merger Agreement • June 30th, 2008 • Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 27, 2008, by and among Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd, a Bermuda company (“Parent”), and Allied World Merger Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“MergerCo” and, together with Parent, the “Buyer Parties”).
