AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF JUNE 13, 2005 AMONG BANK OF THE WEST, BEAR MERGER CO., INC., AND COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATIONMerger Agreement • June 15th, 2005 • Bancwest Corp/Hi • State commercial banks • California
Contract Type FiledJune 15th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 13th day of June, 2005, by and among BANK OF THE WEST, a California state banking corporation (“Parent”), BEAR MERGER CO., INC., a Nebraska corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”) and COMMERCIAL FEDERAL CORPORATION, a Nebraska corporation (“Company”).