AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG HILLENBRAND, INC., KRUSHER ACQUISITION CORP., AND K-TRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. DATED AS OF JANUARY 8, 2010Agreement and Plan of Merger • January 11th, 2010 • Hillenbrand, Inc. • Miscellaneous manufacturing industries • New York
Contract Type FiledJanuary 11th, 2010 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 8, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into among Hillenbrand, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Parent”), Krusher Acquisition Corp., a New Jersey corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and K-Tron International, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”). Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”