AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of October 9, 2005 among LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, QUARTZ CORPORATION and JEFFERSON-PILOT CORPORATIONMerger Agreement • October 11th, 2005 • Lincoln National Corp • Life insurance • Indiana
Contract Type FiledOctober 11th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT 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”).