0001193125-15-259872 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG INTERLINE BRANDS, INC., THE HOME DEPOT, INC., CHARIOT MERGER SUB, INC., AND GS CAPITAL PARTNERS VI, L.P. (solely in its capacity as the Representative under this Agreement) Dated as of July 21, 2015

Agreement and Plan of Merger • July 22nd, 2015 • Interline Brands, Inc./De • Wholesale-hardware & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  July 22nd, 2015
• Company
  Interline Brands, Inc./De
• Industry
  Wholesale-hardware & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 21, 2015, is by and among (i) The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), (ii) Chariot Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), (iii) Interline Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and (iv) GS Capital Partners VI, L.P., solely as representative for the Stockholders and the Optionholders (the “Representative”).