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

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

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• 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”).