EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTEmployment Agreement • December 3rd, 2003 • Schwab Charles Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New Jersey
Contract Type FiledDecember 3rd, 2003 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT by and among SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (“SoundView”), The Charles Schwab Corporation (the “Company”) and the individual set forth on Exhibit A (the “Executive”) dated as of November 18, 2003 (the “Agreement”) shall be effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below). In the event that the Merger Agreement (as defined below) is terminated, this Agreement shall be void ab initio and of no force and effect, and the Prior Agreement (as defined below), to the extent it has not otherwise expired by its own terms, shall continue to be effective and binding on SoundView as if the same had never been superseded by this Agreement. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, SHAKESPEARE MERGER CORPORATION AND SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 18, 2003Merger Agreement • December 3rd, 2003 • Schwab Charles Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York
Contract Type FiledDecember 3rd, 2003 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“Agreement”), dated as of November 18, 2003, by and among The Charles Schwab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Shakespeare Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and SoundView Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms have the meanings given to such terms in Article IX.