0001193125-08-138151 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among INVITROGEN CORPORATION, ATOM ACQUISITION, LLC and APPLERA CORPORATION Dated as of June 11, 2008

Agreement and Plan of Merger • June 23rd, 2008 • Invitrogen Corp • Biological products, (no disgnostic substances) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  June 23rd, 2008
• Company
  Invitrogen Corp
• Industry
  Biological products, (no disgnostic substances)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 11, 2008 (the “Agreement”), among Invitrogen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Atom Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Applera Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).