AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC., CONTINENTAL MERGER SUB, INC., CHEDDAR’S RESTAURANT HOLDING CORP. AND SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES LLC, AS AGENT OF THE EQUITYHOLDERS Dated as of March 27, 2017Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 27th, 2017 • Darden Restaurants Inc • Retail-eating places • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is made as of March 27, 2017, by and among Darden Restaurants, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Purchaser”), Continental Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), Cheddar’s Restaurant Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the Equityholders (“Agent”).
