0001193125-11-072499 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, NEON ACQUISITION CORP. AND OPTIONSXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. DATED AS OF MARCH 18, 2011

Merger Agreement • March 21st, 2011 • Schwab Charles Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  March 21st, 2011
• Company
  Schwab Charles Corp
• Industry
  Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of March 18, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), NEON ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), and OPTIONSXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).