AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among Nippon Steel North America, Inc., 2023 MERGER SUBSIDIARY, INC., solely as provided in Section 9.13 of this Agreement, Nippon Steel Corporation and United States Steel Corporation Dated as of December 18, 2023Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 18th, 2023 • United States Steel Corp • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens) • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of December 18, 2023 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Nippon Steel North America, Inc., a New York corporation (“Parent”), 2023 Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), solely as provided in Section 9.13, Nippon Steel Corporation, a Japanese corporation (“Guarantor”), and United States Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company are referred to herein as the “Parties” and each, a “Party.”
