AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among INVESTORS BANK, INVESTORS BANCORP, INC., INVESTORS BANCORP, MHC And GCF BANK, GATEWAY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP. GATEWAY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL, MHC Dated as of April 5, 2013Merger Agreement • April 8th, 2013 • Investors Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 5, 2013, is by and between (i) Investors Bank, a New Jersey savings bank (“Investors Bank”), Investors Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Investors Bancorp”), Investors Bancorp, MHC, a New Jersey mutual holding company (“Investors MHC”), and (ii) GCF Bank, a Federal savings bank (“GCF Bank”), Gateway Community Financial Corp., a Federal corporation (“Gateway Financial”), and Gateway Community Financial, MHC, a Federal mutual holding company (“Gateway MHC”). Each of Investors Bank, Investors Bancorp, Investors MHC, GCF Bank, Gateway Financial and Gateway MHC is sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Party,” and Investors Bank, Investors Bancorp, Investors MHC, GCF Bank, Gateway Financial and Gateway MHC are collectively sometimes referred to as the “Parties.”
