0001035704-07-000025 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among FOREST OIL CORPORATION (PARENT) MJCO CORPORATION (MERGER SUB) and THE HOUSTON EXPLORATION COMPANY (COMPANY) dated as of January 7, 2007

Merger Agreement • January 8th, 2007 • Houston Exploration Co • Oil & gas field exploration services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  January 8th, 2007
• Company
  Houston Exploration Co
• Industry
  Oil & gas field exploration services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) dated January 7, 2007, by and among Forest Oil Corporation, a New York corporation (“Parent”), MJCO Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and The Houston Exploration Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).