AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 18, 2014, among VantaCore Partners LP, as the Partnership, VantaCore LLC, as the General Partner VantaCore LLC; TCP VantaCore SPV, LLC; Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company; Corridor Private...Merger Agreement • August 20th, 2014 • Natural Resource Partners Lp • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 18, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among VantaCore Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”); VantaCore LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”); TCP VantaCore SPV, LLC (“TCP”), Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (“Kayne”), Corridor Private Holdings, Inc.. (“Corridor”), and Hartz Alternative Investments, LLC (“Hartz,” and together with the General Partner, TCP, Kayne, and Corridor, the “LP Holders”); TCP (as a member in the General Partner, the “GP Holder”, and the LP Holders, and GP Holder together being the “Holders”); Natural Resource Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“NRP”); NRP (Operating) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of NRP (“Parent”); Rubble Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Subsidiary”); and TCP, in its capacity as Holder Representa
