0000950157-16-001518 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among ABBOTT LABORATORIES and ALERE INC. Dated as of January 30, 2016

Merger Agreement • February 1st, 2016 • Alere Inc. • In vitro & in vivo diagnostic substances • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  February 1st, 2016
• Company
  Alere Inc.
• Industry
  In vitro & in vivo diagnostic substances
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 30, 2016 (this “Agreement”), is by and among Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation (“Parent”), and Alere Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 8.12.