0001214659-15-000551 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION and RBC USA HOLDCO CORPORATION Dated as of January 22, 2015

Merger Agreement • January 23rd, 2015 • Royal Bank of Canada • Commercial banks, nec • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  January 23rd, 2015
• Company
  Royal Bank of Canada
• Industry
  Commercial banks, nec
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 22, 2015 (this “Agreement”), by and among Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank (“Parent”), City National Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and RBC USA Holdco Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Holdco”).