0000936392-03-000919 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG INVITROGEN CORPORATION, MALLARD ACQUISITION CORPORATION, MOLECULAR PROBES, INC. AND RICHARD P. HAUGLAND, AS THE SHAREHOLDERS’ AGENT JULY 2, 2003

Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 3rd, 2003 • Invitrogen Corp • Biological products, (no disgnostic substances) • Oregon

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  July 3rd, 2003
• Company
  Invitrogen Corp
• Industry
  Biological products, (no disgnostic substances)
• Jurisdiction
  Oregon

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 2, 2003 by and among Invitrogen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), Mallard Acquisition Corporation, an Oregon corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), Molecular Probes, Inc., an Oregon corporation (“Target”), and Richard P. Haugland, as the “Shareholders’ Agent.”