0001193125-06-052381 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER between THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY and KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. Dated as of March 12, 2006

Merger Agreement • March 13th, 2006 • McClatchy Co • Newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  March 13th, 2006
• Company
  McClatchy Co
• Industry
  Newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of March 12, 2006 (the “Agreement”), between The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Knight-Ridder, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”).