AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL, CSN HOLDINGS CORP., CSN ACQUISITION CORP. and WHEELING-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION Dated as of October 24, 2006Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 30th, 2006 • Wheeling Pittsburgh Corp /De/ • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling mills (coke ovens) • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of October 24, 2006 (this “Agreement”), is among Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, a Brazilian corporation (“Parent”), CSN Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“CSN Holdings”), CSN Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of CSN Holdings (“Merger Sub”), and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain terms used in this Agreement are used as defined in Section 9.10.
