0001193125-07-046523 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Between BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. and CHARTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION Dated as of March 3, 2007

Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 5th, 2007 • Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc • State commercial banks • Washington

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  March 5th, 2007
• Company
  Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc
• Industry
  State commercial banks
• Jurisdiction
  Washington

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 3, 2007, by and between BOSTON PRIVATE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Buyer”), and CHARTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Washington corporation (the “Seller”). The capitalized terms used in this Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein, are defined in Section 9.11.