0001193125-07-238620 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC., PINNACLE MERGER CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE, INC., and CITADEL DERIVATIVES GROUP LLC Dated as of November 6, 2007

Merger Agreement • November 7th, 2007 • Nasdaq Stock Market Inc • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  November 7th, 2007
• Company
  Nasdaq Stock Market Inc
• Industry
  Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 6, 2007, among The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Pinnacle Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Citadel Derivatives Group LLC, as representative of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Representative”).