AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF APRIL 18, 2007, BY AND AMONG ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SOMANTA ACQUISITION CORPORATION, SOMANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SOMANTA INCORPORATED AND SOMANTA LIMITEDMerger Agreement • April 20th, 2007 • Somanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. • Pharmaceutical preparations • New York
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement"), dated as of April 18, 2007, by and among Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Somanta Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Somanta Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, and Somanta Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Somanta Incorporated. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 8.04.
