AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of September 17, 2006 among SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., KC2 MERGER SUB, INC. and PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC.Merger Agreement • September 20th, 2006 • Smithfield Foods Inc • Meat packing plants • Delaware
Contract Type FiledSeptember 20th, 2006 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 17, 2006, among SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., a Virginia corporation (“Parent”), KC2 MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).