AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES, INC. AHCE, INC. HCE CORPORATION GFI IRREVOCABLE TRUST KEITH D. MIXON GERALD MIXON, JR. AND GREGORY MIXON Dated as of October 11, 2011Merger Agreement • October 14th, 2011 • Dole Food Co Inc • Agricultural production-crops • New York
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 11, 2011 (this “Agreement”), is between Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., a California corporation (the “Acquiror”), AHCE, Inc., a Florida corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Acquiror (“Sub”), HCE Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”) and Keith D. Mixon, Gerald Mixon, Jr. and Gregory Mixon, each a Florida resident, and the GFI Irrevocable Trust, a Florida trust, solely in their capacities as stockholders of the Company.
