AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., DESERT ACQUISITION, INC. and COLE CREDIT PROPERTY TRUST, INC. Dated as of March 17, 2014Agreement and Plan of Merger • March 21st, 2014 • Cole Credit Property Trust Inc • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of March 17, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Desert Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Cole Credit Property Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”).
