0001193125-16-511340 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among THE VALSPAR CORPORATION, THE SHERWIN- WILLIAMS COMPANY and VIKING MERGER SUB, INC. Dated as of March 19, 2016

Merger Agreement • March 21st, 2016 • Sherwin Williams Co • Retail-building materials, hardware, garden supply • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  March 21st, 2016
• Company
  Sherwin Williams Co
• Industry
  Retail-building materials, hardware, garden supply
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 19, 2016, is by and among The Valspar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), and Viking Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).