0000897069-07-000442 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among GRIP ACQUISITION CORPORATION, BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS HOLDING, INC. and BANDAG, INCORPORATED Dated as of December 5, 2006

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 14th, 2007 • Bandag Inc • Tires & inner tubes • Iowa

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 14th, 2007
• Company
  Bandag Inc
• Industry
  Tires & inner tubes
• Jurisdiction
  Iowa

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of December 5, 2006, among Grip Acquisition Corporation, an Iowa corporation (“MergerCo”), Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ParentCo”), and Bandag, Incorporated, an Iowa corporation (the “Company”).