0001104659-05-031971 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC., MT. HOOD CORPORATION AND HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 11th, 2005 • Helix Technology Corp • Special industry machinery, nec • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  July 11th, 2005
• Company
  Helix Technology Corp
• Industry
  Special industry machinery, nec
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of July 11, 2005 is among Brooks Automation, Inc. (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation, Mt. Hood Corporation, a newly formed Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Sub”), and Helix Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).