AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAgreement and Plan of Merger • November 7th, 2005 • Archipelago Holdings Inc • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services
This AMENDMENT NO. 2, dated as of November 2, 2005 (this “Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 20, 2005, as amended as of October 20, 2005 (the “Merger Agreement”), is by and among New York Stock Exchange, Inc., a New York Type A not-for-profit corporation (“NYSE”), Archipelago Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Archipelago”), NYSE Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NYSE Group”), NYSE Merger Sub LLC, a New York limited liability company (“NYSE Merger Sub LLC”), NYSE Merger Corporation Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NYSE Merger Corporation Sub”), and Archipelago Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Archipelago Merger Sub”).
