AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among Georgia-Pacific LLC, GP Cellulose Group LLC and Buckeye Technologies Inc. Dated as of April 23, 2013Merger Agreement • April 24th, 2013 • Buckeye Technologies Inc • Pulp mills • Delaware
Contract Type FiledApril 24th, 2013 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 23, 2013 (this “Agreement”), by and among Georgia-Pacific LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Parent”), GP Cellulose Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent (the “Purchaser”), and Buckeye Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 8.4 or as otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.