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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND BETWEEN BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC. AND LEGACY BANCORP, INC. DATED AS OF December 21, 2010

Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 22nd, 2010 • Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc • Savings institutions, not federally chartered • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 22nd, 2010
• Company
  Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc
• Industry
  Savings institutions, not federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 21, 2010 by and between Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BHLB”), and Legacy Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy”).