0000950135-05-001395 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Among INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, IRONBRIDGE ACQUISITION CORP. and ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE CORPORATION Dated as of March 13, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 14th, 2005 • Ascential Software Corp • Services-prepackaged software • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  March 14th, 2005
• Company
  Ascential Software Corp
• Industry
  Services-prepackaged software
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of March 13, 2005 (this “Agreement”), by and among INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, a New York corporation (“Parent”), IRONBRIDGE ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Sub”), and ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).