AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among VNG ACQUISITION LLC VNG ACQUISITION INC. and VALLEY NATIONAL GASES INCORPORATED Dated as of November 13, 2006Merger Agreement • November 14th, 2006 • Valley National Gases Inc • Wholesale-chemicals & allied products • New York
Contract Type FiledNovember 14th, 2006 Company Industry JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 13, 2006, by and among VNG ACQUISITION LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”), VNG ACQUISITION INC., a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Buyer (the “Transitory Subsidiary”), and VALLEY NATIONAL GASES INCORPORATED, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”).