AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of October 26, 2008, Among Embarq Corporation, CenturyTel, Inc. and Cajun Acquisition CompanyAgreement and Plan of Merger • October 27th, 2008 • Embarq CORP • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware
Contract Type FiledOctober 27th, 2008 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 26, 2008, among Embarq Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Pine”), CenturyTel, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“Cedar”), and Cajun Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cedar (“Pine Merger Sub”).