0000950137-04-008570 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG COVENTRY HEALTH CARE, INC., COVENTRY MERGER SUB INC. and FIRST HEALTH GROUP CORP. Dated as of October 13, 2004

Merger Agreement • October 14th, 2004 • First Health Group Corp • Hospital & medical service plans • New York

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  October 14th, 2004
• Company
  First Health Group Corp
• Industry
  Hospital & medical service plans
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 13, 2004 (this “Agreement”), by and among Coventry Health Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Coventry Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and First Health Group Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).