AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG BROADCOM LIMITED, BROADCOM CORPORATION, BOBCAT MERGER SUB, INC. AND BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. NOVEMBER 2, 2016Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 2nd, 2016 • Brocade Communications Systems Inc • Computer communications equipment • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 2, 2016, is entered into by and among Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Broadcom Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“Ultimate Parent”), Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation and an indirect subsidiary of Ultimate Parent (“Parent”), and Bobcat Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
