0001104659-12-085929 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., PNK HOLDINGS, INC., PNK DEVELOPMENT 32, INC., and AMERISTAR CASINOS, INC. Dated as of December 20, 2012

Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 21st, 2012 • Ameristar Casinos Inc • Hotels & motels • Nevada

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 21st, 2012
• Company
  Ameristar Casinos Inc
• Industry
  Hotels & motels
• Jurisdiction
  Nevada

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 20, 2012, between PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), PNK HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“HoldCo”), PNK DEVELOPMENT 32, INC., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of HoldCo (“Merger Sub”) and AMERISTAR CASINOS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).