AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGERAgreement and Plan of Merger • June 14th, 2010 • Ascend Acquisition Corp. • Semiconductors & related devices • New York
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 14th day of June 2010, by and among Ascend Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Ascend”); Longhorn Mergerco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Mergerco”); The Washington Special Opportunity Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fund”); and Patriot Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Patriot”). Ascend and Mergerco are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Ascend Parties” and the Fund and Patriot are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Patriot Parties”. The Ascend Parties and the Patriot Parties are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
