0001193125-07-121738 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among THE STRIDE RITE CORPORATION, PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC. and SAN JOSE ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of May 22, 2007

Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 23rd, 2007 • Stride Rite Corp • Footwear, (no rubber) • Massachusetts

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  May 23rd, 2007
• Company
  Stride Rite Corp
• Industry
  Footwear, (no rubber)
• Jurisdiction
  Massachusetts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2007, among The Stride Rite Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Payless ShoeSource, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and San Jose Acquisition Corp., a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub,” the Company and Merger Sub sometimes being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Constituent Corporations”).