SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among PROQUEST COMPANY, PROQUEST INFORMATION AND LEARNING COMPANY, PROQUEST CANADA/U.K. HOLDINGS, LLC, and I&L HOLDINGS, INC., I&L OPERATING LLC, CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP...Subscription Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 20th, 2006 • Proquest Co • Miscellaneous publishing • Delaware
Contract Type FiledDecember 20th, 2006 Company Industry JurisdictionSUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of December 14, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is by and among ProQuest Information and Learning Company, a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Company”); I&L Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer Parent”); I&L Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer Parent (“Buyer Sub,” and with Buyer Parent, the “Buying Parties”); ProQuest Company (“Parent”), a Delaware Corporation; ProQuest Canada/U.K. Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Canada/U.K. LLC”); and, solely for purposes of Article V and Section 12.1, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (“Guarantor”). Parent, the Buying Parties and Guarantor may be referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Party” or collectively as “Parties.” Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in Article I unless otherwise defined herein