0000950135-05-006470 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 14th, 2005 • Enterasys Networks Inc /De/ • Computer communications equipment • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  November 14th, 2005
• Company
  Enterasys Networks Inc /De/
• Industry
  Computer communications equipment
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 11, 2005 is among Gores ENT Holdings, Inc. (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation, ENT Acquisition Corp. (“Sub”), a newly-formed Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and Enterasys Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation.