AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of April 23, 2017 among C. R. BARD, INC., BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY and LAMBDA CORP.Agreement and Plan of Merger • April 24th, 2017 • Becton Dickinson & Co • Surgical & medical instruments & apparatus • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 24th, 2017 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 23, 2017, among C. R. Bard, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), Becton, Dickinson and Company, a New Jersey corporation (“Parent”), and Lambda Corp., a New Jersey corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Corp”). Parent, Merger Corp and the Company are referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as “Parties”.