AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of September 10, 2006 among IPSCO INC., PI ACQUISITION COMPANY and NS GROUP, INC.Merger Agreement • September 11th, 2006 • Ns Group Inc • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens) • Kentucky
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 10, 2006 among IPSCO Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada (“Parent”), PI Acquisition Company, a Kentucky corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Subsidiary”) and NS Group, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (the “Company”).
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO 1998 RIGHTS AGREEMENTRights Agreement • September 11th, 2006 • Ns Group Inc • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens) • Kentucky
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of September 10, 2006 (this “Amendment”) to the 1998 Rights Agreement, dated November 17, 1998 (the “Rights Agreement”), is made by and between NS Group, Inc., a Kentucky corporation (the “Company”), and Registrar and Transfer Company, a New York corporation (the “Rights Agent”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Rights Agreement.
