AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERMerger Agreement • January 14th, 2008 • Blackboard Inc • Services-prepackaged software • New York
Contract Type FiledJanuary 14th, 2008 Company Industry JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January 11, 2008 by and among Blackboard Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Bookstore Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), The NTI Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Pace Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Pace”) solely for purposes of Articles III, VI, X and XI.