AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP. AND INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP. DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2005Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 27th, 2005 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Sovereign”), ICELAND ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Sovereign (“Merger Sub”), and INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ICBC”).
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT dated as of October 24, 2005 between BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A. and SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC.Investment Agreement • October 27th, 2005 • Sovereign Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 24, 2005 between Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A., a Spanish sociedad anónima (“Buyer”), and Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”).
