0001104659-05-051484 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among NOVARTIS CORPORATION, NOVARTIS BIOTECH PARTNERSHIP, INC., a subsidiary of Novartis Corporation, CHIRON CORPORATION and, for purposes of Section 10.14 only, NOVARTIS AG Dated as of October 30, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 1st, 2005 • Chiron Corp • Pharmaceutical preparations • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  November 1st, 2005
• Company
  Chiron Corp
• Industry
  Pharmaceutical preparations
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 30, 2005, by and among Novartis Corporation, a New York corporation (“Novartis”) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Novartis AG, a stock corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland (“Parent”), Novartis Biotech Partnership, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Novartis (“Merger Sub”), Chiron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and, for purposes of Section 10.14 only, Parent.