AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG ARCHSTONE-SMITH TRUST, ARCHSTONE-SMITH OPERATING TRUST, RIVER HOLDING, LP, RIVER ACQUISITION (MD), LP AND RIVER TRUST ACQUISITION (MD), LLC Dated as of August 5, 2007Agreement and Plan of Merger • August 6th, 2007 • Archstone Smith Operating Trust • Real estate investment trusts
AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of August 5, 2007 (this "Amendment") to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 28, 2007 (the "Merger Agreement"), is made and entered into by and among Archstone-Smith Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the Laws of the State of Maryland (the "Company"), Archstone-Smith Operating Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under the Laws of the State of Maryland (the "Operating Trust" and, together with the Company, the "Company Parties"), River Holding, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Parent"), River Acquisition (MD), LP, a Maryland limited partnership and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("MergerCo"), and River Trust Acquisition (MD), LLC, a Maryland limited liability company ("Operating Trust MergerSub" and, together with Parent and MergerCo, the "Buyer Parties").
