0001193125-07-121738 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among THE STRIDE RITE CORPORATION, PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC. and SAN JOSE ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of May 22, 2007

Merger Agreement • May 23rd, 2007 • Stride Rite Corp • Footwear, (no rubber) • Massachusetts

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  May 23rd, 2007
• Company
  Stride Rite Corp
• Industry
  Footwear, (no rubber)
• Jurisdiction
  Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2007, among The Stride Rite Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Payless ShoeSource, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and San Jose Acquisition Corp., a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub,” the Company and Merger Sub sometimes being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Constituent Corporations”).