0000950134-07-011839 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG ALADDIN HOLDCO, INC., ALADDIN MERGER SUB, INC. and ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION Dated as of May 17, 2007

Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 17th, 2007 • Alliance Data Systems Corp • Services-business services, nec • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  May 17th, 2007
• Company
  Alliance Data Systems Corp
• Industry
  Services-business services, nec
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 17, 2007, by and among Aladdin Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Aladdin Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Alliance Data Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as “Parties”.