AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of February 23, 2010 among BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., B ACQUISITION SUB INC. and CRYSTAL RIVER CAPITAL, INC.Merger Agreement • February 24th, 2010 • Crystal River Capital, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • New York
Contract Type FiledFebruary 24th, 2010 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 23, 2010, among BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., an Ontario corporation (“Parent”), B ACQUISITION SUB INC., a newly-formed Maryland corporation (“Sub”) and an indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.1(d)) of Parent, and CRYSTAL RIVER CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”).