AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF APRIL 26, 2006 BY AND AMONG SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. DRESDEN ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS CORPORATIONAgreement and Plan of Merger • May 1st, 2006 • Diagnostic Products Corp • In vitro & in vivo diagnostic substances • California
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 26, 2006, is by and among Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), Dresden Acquisition Corporation, a California corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), and Diagnostic Products Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company” and, together with the Purchaser and Merger Sub, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).
