AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAgreement and Plan of Merger • May 2nd, 2005 • Verizon Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
Contract Type FiledMay 2nd, 2005 Company IndustryThis Amendment, dated as of May 1, 2005 (this “Amendment”), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 14, 2005, among Verizon Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation, Eli Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc., and MCI, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as previously amended by a letter agreement dated as of March 4, 2005 and by an amendment dated as of March 29, 2005 among the parties to the Merger Agreement (as so amended, the “Merger Agreement”), is entered into by the parties to the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Merger Agreement.