AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of February 26, 2010 among WESTERN ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC., WESTERN ACQUISITION CORP., and CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 2nd, 2010 • Cke Restaurants Inc • Retail-eating places • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 26, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is among Western Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Western Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and CKE Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 8.13.
