AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG ABB LTD, BROCK ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 29, 2010Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 30th, 2010 • Baldor Electric Co • Motors & generators • New York
Contract Type FiledNovember 30th, 2010 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (including the exhibits and disclosure schedules attached hereto, this “Agreement”), dated as of November 29, 2010, by and among ABB Ltd, a corporation organized under the Laws of Switzerland (“Parent”), Brock Acquisition Corporation, a Missouri corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Baldor Electric Company, a Missouri corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as “Parties”.