AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, MARGAUX ACQUISITION CORP., LATOUR ACQUISITION, LLC AND PHARMACOPEIA, INC. Dated as of September 24, 2008Merger Agreement • September 25th, 2008 • Pharmacopeia Inc • Services-commercial physical & biological research • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 24, 2008, by and among Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Margaux Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub 1”), Latour Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub 2,” and together with Parent and Merger Sub 1, the “Parent Parties”), and Pharmacopeia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
