EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THIS EXHIBITAgreement and Plan of Merger • March 2nd, 2016 • Checkpoint Systems Inc • Communications equipment, nec • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of March 1, 2016, by and among CCL Industries Inc., a corporation organized under the Laws of Canada (“Parent”), CCL Industries USA Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned indirect Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are referred to herein as a “Party” and together as the “Parties”. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article VIII or as otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
