AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC., WBG - PSS HOLDINGS LLC, WBG - PSS MERGER SUB INC., and solely for purposes of Sections 6.5, 6.8, 6.9 (other than 6.9(e)), 6.13, 6.14(a), 6.17 and ARTICLE IX, WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC. Dated...Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 2nd, 2012 • Collective Brands, Inc. • Retail-shoe stores • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of May 1, 2012, among Collective Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), WBG - PSS Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), WBG - PSS Merger Sub Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub” or “Constituent Corporation”), and, solely for purposes of Sections 6.5, 6.8, 6.9 (other than 6.9(e)), 6.13, 6.14(a), 6.17 and ARTICLE IX, Wolverine World Wide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Wolverine” or the “Carveout Purchaser”).
