AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN PPHC HOLDINGS, LLC, AK STEEL CORPORATION, DRIVE MERGER SUB, LLC and PPHC MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIVE, LLC, AS THE MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIVE Dated as of June 30, 2017Merger Agreement • July 7th, 2017 • Ak Steel Holding Corp • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens) • Delaware
Contract Type FiledJuly 7th, 2017 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is entered into and dated as of June 30, 2017 by and between PPHC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), AK Steel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Drive Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and PPHC Members’ Representative, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the Members’ Representative.