0001193125-11-070517 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED, SPARK ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND CELERA CORPORATION DATED AS OF MARCH 17, 2011

Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 18th, 2011 • Celera CORP • Services-commercial physical & biological research • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  March 18th, 2011
• Company
  Celera CORP
• Industry
  Services-commercial physical & biological research
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of March 17, 2011 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Spark Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (the “Purchaser”) and Celera Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent, the Purchaser and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as “Parties.”