Execution Version AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among BRISTOL WEST HOLDINGS, INC., FARMERS GROUP, INC. and BWH ACQUISITION COMPANY Dated as of March 1, 2007Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 7th, 2007 • Bristol West Holdings Inc • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this ”Agreement”), dated as of March 1, 2007, among Bristol West Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Farmers Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”), and BWH Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). The Company and Merger Sub are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Constituent Corporations”.
