0001193125-05-117962 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among LBW HOLDINGS, INC., LBW ACQUISITION, INC. and SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC. Dated as of May 31, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 1st, 2005 • School Specialty Inc • Wholesale-paper & paper products • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  June 1st, 2005
• Company
  School Specialty Inc
• Industry
  Wholesale-paper & paper products
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 31, 2005 (this “Agreement”), by and among LBW Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), LBW Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Merger Sub”), and School Specialty, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”).