AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., COBALT ACQUISITION CORP. AND VARIAN, INC. JULY 26, 2009Merger Agreement • July 27th, 2009 • Varian Inc • Laboratory analytical instruments • Delaware
Contract Type FiledJuly 27th, 2009 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 26, 2009 (the “Agreement Date”) by and among Agilent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), Cobalt Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), and Varian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).