0000950144-05-010180 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of October 9, 2005 among LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, QUARTZ CORPORATION and JEFFERSON-PILOT CORPORATION

Merger Agreement • October 11th, 2005 • Jefferson Pilot Corp • Life insurance • Indiana

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  October 11th, 2005
• Company
  Jefferson Pilot Corp
• Industry
  Life insurance
• Jurisdiction
  Indiana

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of October 9, 2005 (this “Agreement”), among LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (“Lincoln”), QUARTZ CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln (“Merger Sub”), and JEFFERSON-PILOT CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation (“Jefferson-Pilot “).