0001193125-05-130202 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD. INKINE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC. AND METAL ACQUISITION CORP. DATED AS OF JUNE 23, 2005

Merger Agreement • June 24th, 2005 • Salix Pharmaceuticals LTD • Pharmaceutical preparations • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  June 24th, 2005
• Company
  Salix Pharmaceuticals LTD
• Industry
  Pharmaceutical preparations
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of June 23, 2005 (this “Agreement”), among Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Steel”), Metal Acquisition Corp., a New York corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Steel (“Merger Sub”), and InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., a New York corporation (“Iron”).