0001193125-05-199095 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of October 9, 2005 among LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, QUARTZ CORPORATION and JEFFERSON-PILOT CORPORATION

Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 11th, 2005 • Lincoln National Corp • Life insurance • Indiana

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  October 11th, 2005
• Company
  Lincoln National Corp
• Industry
  Life insurance
• Jurisdiction
  Indiana

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of October 9, 2005 (this “Agreement”), among LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (“Lincoln”), QUARTZ CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Lincoln (“Merger Sub”), and Jefferson-Pilot CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation (“Jefferson-Pilot”).