0000950124-05-003753 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and between WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. and PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Dated as of June 5, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 9th, 2005 • Washington Mutual Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Washington

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  June 9th, 2005
• Company
  Washington Mutual Inc
• Industry
  Savings institution, federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Washington

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 5, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC., a Washington corporation (“Washington Mutual”), and PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Providian”).