1 EXHIBIT 2.9 SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER ("this Amendment") is made and entered into October 17, 1997, among THE JOSEPH STEVENS...Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 6th, 1997 • 800 Travel Systems Inc • Transportation services • Delaware
2 3 to February 28, 1999 (the "New Maturity Date") and change the rate of interest due thereunder to twelve percent (12.0%). The principal under the Promissory Notes shall be paid in equal monthly installments, along with interest thereon. In...Agreement • November 6th, 1997 • 800 Travel Systems Inc • Transportation services
2 3 (i) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby does or will violate or result in the breach of any agreement or any federal or state law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or...Release and Redemption Agreement • November 6th, 1997 • 800 Travel Systems Inc • Transportation services • New York
