0001193125-05-130202 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD. INKINE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC. AND METAL ACQUISITION CORP. DATED AS OF JUNE 23, 2005

Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 24th, 2005 • Salix Pharmaceuticals LTD • Pharmaceutical preparations • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  June 24th, 2005
• Company
  Salix Pharmaceuticals LTD
• Industry
  Pharmaceutical preparations
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of June 23, 2005 (this “Agreement”), among Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (“Steel”), Metal Acquisition Corp., a New York corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Steel (“Merger Sub”), and InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., a New York corporation (“Iron”).