AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of July 5, 2005 by and among ZIONS BANCORPORATION, INDEPENDENCE MERGER COMPANY, INC. and AMEGY BANCORPORATION, INC.Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 8th, 2005 • Zions Bancorporation /Ut/ • National commercial banks • New York
Contract Type FiledJuly 8th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 5, 2005 (this “Agreement”), by and among Zions Bancorporation, a Utah corporation (“Zions”), Independence Merger Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Merger Sub”) and Amegy Bancorporation, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Amegy”).