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

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

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• 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.