AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN FIRST NIAGARA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AND GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC. SEPTEMBER 9, 2007Merger Agreement • September 10th, 2007 • Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc. • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 9, 2007, by and between First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FNFG”), and Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GLB”).
EXHIBIT A FORM OF VOTING AGREEMENT September __, 2007Voting Agreement • September 10th, 2007 • Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc. • Savings institutions, not federally chartered
