Agreement and Plan of Merger Among Duff & Phelps Corporation, Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC, Dakota Holding Corporation, Dakota Acquisition I, Inc. and Dakota Acquisition II, LLC Dated as of December 30, 2012Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 31st, 2012 • Duff & Phelps Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of December 30, 2012, among Duff & Phelps Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DPA” and, together with the Company, the “Company Parties”), Dakota Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Dakota Acquisition I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub I”), and Dakota Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Merger Sub I (“Merger Sub II,” and together with Parent and Merger Sub I, the “Buyer Parties”).
