0001104659-08-039617 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among INVITROGEN CORPORATION, ATOM ACQUISITION, LLC and APPLERA CORPORATION Dated as of June 11, 2008

Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 12th, 2008 • Applera Corp • Laboratory analytical instruments • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  June 12th, 2008
• Company
  Applera Corp
• Industry
  Laboratory analytical instruments
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 11, 2008 (the “Agreement”), among Invitrogen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Atom Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Applera Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).