0001047469-02-007793 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG DHM HOLDING COMPANY, INC., DHM ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC., DAVID H. MURDOCK AND DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. DATED AS OF DECEMBER 18, 2002

Iii Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 20th, 2002 • Dole Food Company Inc • Agricultural production-crops • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Iii Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 20th, 2002
• Company
  Dole Food Company Inc
• Industry
  Agricultural production-crops
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of December 18, 2002 ("Agreement") among DHM Acquisition Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), whose sole stockholder is DHM Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), David H. Murdock, an individual ("Murdock"), and Dole Food Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").