AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of April 18, 2010 among COLUMBIA LAKE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC., COLUMBIA LAKE ACQUISITION CORP., and CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.Agreement and Plan of Merger • April 27th, 2010 • Cke Restaurants Inc • Retail-eating places • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 18, 2010 (this “Agreement”), is among Columbia Lake Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Columbia Lake Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and CKE Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 8.13.
