AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY COLORADO ACQUISITION CORPORATION and 3COM CORPORATION Dated as of November 11, 2009Merger Agreement • November 12th, 2009 • Hewlett Packard Co • Computer & office equipment • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 11, 2009 by and among Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Colorado Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and 3Com Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Article I.
