BARD C R INC /NJ/
C.R. BARD, INC. AGREEMENT AND PLANS TRUST AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF 9-29-2004
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10f </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. R. Bard, Inc. Agreement and Plans Trust </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Trust Agreement amended and restated as of the 8th day of February,
1989, by and between C. R. Bard, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (the &#147;Trustee&#148;) and The Andesa Companies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the &#147;Consulting Firm&#148;). This Trust
Agreement provides for the establishment of a trust to be known as the C. R. Bard, Inc. Agreement and Plans Trust (hereinafter called the &#147;Trust&#148;) to provide a source for payments required to be made under the contracts, agreements and
plans listed on Exhibit A as amended from time to time (the &#147;Agreements&#148;) between the Company and certain of its key management personnel or members of its Board of Directors (the &#147;Participants&#148;). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WITNESSETH: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company wishes to establish the Trust and to transfer to the Trust certain assets to be held therein, subject
to the claims of the Company&#146;s creditors in the event of the Company&#146;s insolvency or bankruptcy, until paid to the Participants in such manner and at such time as specified in this Trust Agreement; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Company to make contributions in addition
to the Initial Contribution </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(as defined below) (such additional contributions are referred to herein as the &#147;Additional Contributions&#148; and, together with the Initial
Contributions, collectively known as &#147;Contributions&#148;) to the Trust upon or in anticipation of the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto do hereby establish the Trust and agree that the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 1. Trust Fund</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Subject to the claims of its creditors as set forth in
Section 5, the Company hereby deposits with the Trustee in trust One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) (the &#147;Initial Contribution&#148;) which shall become the initial principal of the Trust to be held, administered and disposed of by the Trustee as
provided in this Trust Agreement. The Trustee shall have no obligation to invest the Initial Contribution in an interest-bearing account. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, within the meaning of Section 671 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
&#147;Code&#148;), and shall be construed accordingly. The purpose of the Trust is to assure that the Company&#146;s obligations to the Participants pursuant to the Agreements are fulfilled. The Trust is not designed to qualify under Section 401(a)
of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon (such principal, together with
any earnings thereon, reduced by any losses and distributions from the Trust and any other reductions thereof, is sometimes referred to herein as the &#147;Trust Assets&#148;), shall be held separate and apart from other funds of the Company and
shall be used exclusively for the uses and purposes herein set forth. The Participants shall not have any preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any of the Trust Assets prior to the time such Trust Assets are paid to the
Participants pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, and all rights created under the Agreements and this Trust Agreement shall be mere unsecured contractual rights of the Participants against the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The Trustee shall have full discretion in and sole
responsibility for investment, management and control of the Trust Assets. The nature of this Trust is such that the Trustee should only make short-term investments with a stated maturity of twelve months or less from the date of purchase by the
Trustee. The Trust Assets shall only be invested in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America in commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard &amp;
Poor&#146;s Corporation or a similar rating service or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">agreements or bankers acceptances (including those of the Trustee) of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1,000,000,000 the securities of which or the
securities of the holding company of which are rated in the highest category by a nationally-recognized credit agency (&#147;Permitted Investments&#148;) or in money-market funds which are invested solely in Permitted Investments. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 2. Contributions </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company may make such Contributions to the Trust as
the Board of Directors of the Company deems appropriate from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) As soon as practicable following a Change of Control (as defined in Section 3(c) hereof), the Consulting Firm (as defined in Section 3(e) hereof) shall calculate the aggregate amount due pursuant to each Agreement
without regard to any reduction required under such Agreements to avoid any such payment being nondeductible to the Company pursuant to Section 280G of the Code (the aggregate of such amounts for all the Agreements, plus an amount sufficient to pay
the estimated expenses of the Trust for its estimated term, is hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Maximum Amount Payable&#148;). The Consulting Firm shall promptly furnish such calculation to the Company (in the case of the calculation regarding
the expenses of the Trust, after consultation with </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the Trustee) and the Company shall have the obligation to make Additional Contributions to the Trust, and shall make Additional Contributions to the Trust,
within three business days of the receipt of such calculation, in an amount equal to the excess (the &#147;Excess&#148;), if any, of the Maximum Amount Payable over the then fair market value of the Trust Assets or shall direct the Trustee to draw
down a letter of credit held by the Trust in such amount. If at any time following a Change of Control a valuation of the Trust Assets occurs pursuant to this Trust Agreement and it is determined by the Consulting Firm that an Excess shall exist,
the Company shall promptly contribute such amount to the Trust as is necessary to eliminate the Excess or direct the Trustee to draw down a letter of credit held by the Trust in such amount. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Anything in Section 2(b) hereof to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event of a Potential Change of Control (as defined in Section 3(d) hereof), the Company shall have the obligation to make additional contributions to the Trust in an amount equal to the Excess or direct the Trustee to draw
down a letter of credit held by the Trust in such amount. If a Change of Control shall not have occurred within ninety (90) days of a Contribution made pursuant to this Section 2(c) and the Board of Directors adopts a resolution to the effect that,
for purposes of this Trust Agreement, </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a Change of Control is not imminent, any amounts contributed to the Trust pursuant to this Section 2(c), together with any earnings thereon, shall be paid by
the Trustee to the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The Company
shall make all required Contributions to the Trust in cash. Alternatively, the Company may at any time provide the Trustee with an irrevocable and unconditional letter of credit sufficient for the Trustee to draw down an amount equal to all required
Contributions. If at any time the Trust has been provided with a letter of credit by the Company, the Company will direct the Trustee (i) when to draw down on such letter of credit and in what amount and (ii) whether, if necessary, to renew the
Letter of Credit or change its amount or terms. All Contributions so received (including any cash received on the draw down of a Letter of Credit), together with the income therefrom and any increment thereon, shall be held, managed and administered
by the Trustee as a single commingled Trust pursuant to the terms of this Trust without distinction between principal and income. Neither the Trustee nor the Consulting Firm shall have any duty to require any Contributions to be made to the Trust by
the Company or to determine that a Change of Control or Potential Change of Control has occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Anything in Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall return to
the Company as soon as feasible following the close of each calendar quarter within each calendar year the excess, if any, of (i) the then aggregate fair market value of the Trust Assets over (ii) 150% of the Maximum Amount Payable, as determined by
the Consulting Firm at the request of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(f) The Company may at any time or from time to time make additional deposits of cash or other property in Trust with the Trustee to augment the Trust Assets to be held, administered and disposed of by Trustee as provided in this Trust
Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) The Company shall have a duty
to inform the Trustee whenever a Change of Control or Potential Change of Control has occurred. If any two Participants notify the Trustee in writing that a Change of Control has occurred then, unless, in the opinion of nationally recognized counsel
to the Company (which opinion may be based on representations of fact as long as counsel does not know that such representations are untrue) such a Change of Control has not occurred, a Change of Control will be deemed to have occurred for purposes
of this Trust Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed records of
all investments, receipts, disbursements, and all other transactions required to be done, including such specific records as shall be agreed upon in writing between the Company and the Trustee. All such accounts, books and records as well as the
accounts and records of the Consulting Firm maintained pursuant to Section 3(b) shall be opened to inspection and audit at all reasonable times by the Company and on an annual basis, after receipt of the written account described in the next
sentence, by the Participants; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that no Participant shall have access to information about another Participant&#146;s Account (as established pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof) other than in the normal course of
performing his duties as an employee of the Company. Within sixty (60) days following the close of each calendar year and within sixty (60) days after the removal or resignation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company and the
Consulting Firm a written account of its administration of the Trust during such year or during the period from the close of the last preceding year to the date of such removal or resignation, setting forth all investments, receipts, disbursements
and other transactions effected by it, including a description of all securities </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and investments purchased and sold with the cost or net proceeds of such purchases or sales (accrued interest paid or receivable being shown separately),
showing all cash, securities and other property held in the Trust at the end of such year or as of the date of such removal or resignation, as the case may be, and the book and fair market value of any such asset. The Consulting Firm shall send a
copy of such written account to each Participant at the address provided by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) As soon as practicable following a &#147;Change of Control&#148; of the Company (as defined below), the Consulting Firm shall
establish and maintain a memorandum account for each Participant and with respect to each Agreement applicable to the Participant or with respect to which the Participant is a participant (the &#147;Participant&#146;s Account&#148;). The Consulting
Firm shall credit each Participant&#146;s Account in an amount equal to the amount which would be due to the Participant pursuant to each Agreement applicable to such Participant or pursuant to which the Participant is a participant upon
satisfaction of the conditions under such Agreement which give rise to the obligation of the Company to pay such amount to the Participant (the &#147;Agreement Payments&#148;). The Consulting Firm shall calculate the Agreement Payments with respect
to each Participant as soon as practicable following a Change of Control. The Trustee shall notify the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consulting Firm of any payment made from the Trust to the Participant or the Participant&#146;s beneficiaries pursuant to the terms of an Agreement
applicable to a Participant or pursuant to which such Participant is a participant and the Company shall notify the Consulting Firm of any other payment pursuant to the terms of an Agreement, in each case, so that the Consulting Firm may debit the
Participant&#146;s Account. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) For purposes
of this Trust Agreement, a &#147;Change of Control&#148; shall occur if a change of control of the nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 1(a) of the Current Report on Form 8-K as in effect on the date hereof pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) occurs, provided that, without limitation, a &#147;Change of Control&#148; shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) the beneficial ownership at any time
hereafter by any person, as defined herein, of capital stock of the Company, constitutes 20 percent or more of the general voting power of all of the Company&#146;s outstanding capital or (b) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the
Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;Board&#148; generally and as of the date hereof the &#147;Incumbent Board&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a Director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the Directors comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of an
individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the Directors of the Company, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the
Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of this Agreement, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board. No sale to underwriters or private placement of its capital stock by the Company, nor any acquisition by the Company,
through merger, purchase of assets or otherwise, effected in whole or in part by issuance or reissuance of shares of its capital stock, shall constitute a Change of Control. For purposes of the definition of &#147;Change of Control&#148;, the
following definitions shall be applicable: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(i) The term &#147;person&#148; shall mean any individual, group, corporation or other entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) Any person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares of capital stock of the Company: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A. which that person owns directly, whether or not of
record, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B. which that person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or understanding
or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed owned through application of clause (B) above), by an
&#147;affiliate&#148; or &#147;associate&#148; (as defined in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of that person, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">D. which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed owned through application
of clause (B) above), by any other person with which that person or his &#147;affiliate&#148; or &#147;associate&#148; (defined as aforesaid) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing
of capital stock of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) The
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company shall include shares deemed owned through application of clauses (ii) (B), (C) and (D), above, but shall not include any other shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise
of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, but which are not actually outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) Shares of capital stock, if any, held by The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. under the
Indenture and the Escrow Agreement dated as of November 1, 1971 between International Paper Company and said bank shall not be deemed owned by International Paper Company or by said bank for purposes of this definition, so long as they are held by
said bank under said Escrow Agreement, but said shares shall be deemed outstanding for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) For purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change of
Control shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any third person commences a tender or exchange offer for 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s outstanding voting securities ordinarily having the right to vote for the
election of directors of the Company; (ii) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change of Control; (iii) any person (including the Company) publicly announces an intention to take or to
consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a Change of Control; or (iv) the Board of Directors adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Trust Agreement, a Change of Control is imminent. </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The Consulting Firm shall be The Andesa Companies, Inc., or such successor firm of
consulting actuaries as the Company shall select prior to a Change of Control, or after a Change of Control, such successor firm of consulting actuaries as the Trustee shall select. It is not intended that the Consulting Firm act in a fiduciary
capacity under the Agreements or the Trust. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(f) The Company shall furnish the Consulting Firm with copies of each Agreement and any and all amendments thereto. The Company will promptly provide the Consulting Firm with a copy of any notice of termination required pursuant to the
terms of any of the Agreements with respect to any Participant and will also promptly provide the Consulting Firm with any and all additional information the Consulting Firm reasonably requests or the Company believes would be useful to the
Consulting Firm in order to enable the Consulting Firm to determine the amount of Agreement Payments with respect to each Participant and will promptly update such information as it changes. The Company will use its best efforts to cause each
Participant to provide the Consulting Firm with all information that it may reasonably request in order to determine the amount of Agreement Payments with respect to the Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) The fair market value of the Trust Assets shall be determined by the Trustee whenever
required pursuant to this Trust Agreement, but in any event not less than quarterly. The Trustee may base such determination upon such sources of information as it may deem reliable including, but not limited to, information reported in (1)
newspapers of general circulation, (2) standard financial periodicals or publications, (3) statistical and valuation services, (4) the records of securities exchanges or brokerage firms deemed by the Trustee to be reliable, or any combination
thereof. The Trustee shall promptly inform the Consulting Firm of any such valuation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 4. Payments to the Participants</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee shall make payments to the Participants from the Trust Assets, if and to the extent such Trust Assets are available for
distribution, in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, provided that the Company is not Insolvent (as defined in Section 5(a)) at the time any such payment is required to be made. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Subject to Section 4(a) hereof, upon written demand for
payment by a Participant accompanied with a copy of a &#147;Notice of Qualification&#148; (as defined below) with respect to such Participant (or by the Participant&#146;s beneficiary or beneficiaries), the Consulting Firm shall, within </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">five business days of such demand, direct the Trustee to pay the Participant (or such beneficiary or beneficiaries) an amount equal to the lesser of the
amount so demanded for payment or the then credit balance in the Participant&#146;s Account; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that if the aggregate of the then credit balances in the Participants</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#146; Accounts exceeds the then fair market value of the Trust Assets, then the Consulting Firm shall direct the Trustee to pay to the Participant (or
beneficiary or beneficiaries) the lesser of the amount so demanded or such portion of the credit balance in the Participant&#146;s Account which is equal to (a) the full credit balance in the Participant&#146;s Account multiplied by (b) a fraction
(i) the numerator of which is the then fair market value of the Trust Assets and (ii) the denominator of which is the aggregate of the then credit balances in the Participants&#146; Accounts. The Trustee shall pay the Participant (or beneficiary or
beneficiaries) the amount set forth in the notice from the Consulting Firm within five business days of receiving notice from the Consulting Firm. Whenever the Consulting Firm notifies the Trustee that it has received a Notice of Qualification and a
demand for payment from a Participant or beneficiary, the Trustee shall supply the Consulting Firm with the current fair market value of the Trust Assets within 2 business days so that the Consulting Firm may make the determination required
hereunder. For </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the purposes of this Trust Agreement, a &#147;Notice of Qualification&#148; shall be a written statement by the Participant or the Participant&#146;s
beneficiary or beneficiaries that states that pursuant to the terms of the Agreement applicable to such Participant or pursuant to which the Participant is a participant, the Participant or the Participant&#146;s beneficiary or beneficiaries is
entitled to payment thereunder. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make inquiry as to whether the determination made by Participant or the Participant&#146;s beneficiary or beneficiaries is correct or whether any payment so demanded and
determined is proper and correct. Nothing in this Section 4(b) shall be construed to limit the obligation of the Company to make all contributions to the Trust required by Section 2(b). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments pursuant to this Section
4 may be made without the approval or direction of the Company, shall be made despite any direction to the contrary by the Company and shall be made upon the direction of the Consulting Firm. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If the Trust Assets are not sufficient to make all
payments to the Participants required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Agreements<I>, </I>the Company shall pay to each Participant the balance of each such payment as </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">it falls due. If such payments are not made by the Company, and the Trust later contains sufficient Trust Assets to make such payments, they shall be made
from the Trust Assets, together with interest at the rate determined pursuant to Section 1274(d) of the Code, subject to the requirements of Sections 4(a) and 4(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 5. Trustee Responsibility Regarding Payments to Trust Beneficiary When Company Insolvent</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company shall be considered &#147;Insolvent&#148;
for purposes of this Trust Agreement if (i) the Company is unable to pay its debts as they mature, or (ii) the Company is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar law of any state.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) At all times during the continuance of
this Trust, the principal and income of the Trust shall be subject to claims of general creditors of the Company as hereinafter set forth, and at any time the Trustee has actual knowledge, or has determined, that the Company is Insolvent, the
Trustee shall deliver any undistributed Trust Assets to satisfy such claims as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. The Board and the chief executive officer of the Company shall have the duty to inform the Trustee of the Company&#146;s
Insolvency. If the Company or a person claiming </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to be a creditor of the Company alleges in writing to the Trustee that the Company has become Insolvent, the Trustee shall independently determine, within
thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, whether the Company is Insolvent and, pending such determination, the Trustee shall discontinue payments to the Participants, shall hold the Trust Assets for the potential benefit of the Company&#146;s
general creditors, and shall resume payments to the Participants in accordance with Section 4 of this Trust Agreement only after the Trustee has determined that the Company is not Insolvent (or is no longer Insolvent, if the Trustee initially
determines the Company to be Insolvent). If the Trustee, after the expiration of such thirty (30) days, in good faith and with the advice of such advisors as may be retained pursuant to Section 6 hereof is unable to determine whether the Company is
Insolvent, the Trustee (i) shall so notify the Company and the Consulting Firm in writing (and the Consulting Firm shall promptly notify the Participants and their beneficiaries at the address supplied by the Company) and any of the Trustee, the
Company or any of the Participants or any of their beneficiaries may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a determination, for purposes of this Trust, as to whether or not the Company is Insolvent, and (ii) the Trustee shall thereupon
hold the Trust Assets pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement pending the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">determination of such court. Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Company&#146;s Insolvency, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire whether the
Company is Insolvent. The Trustee may in all events rely on such evidence concerning the Company&#146;s solvency as may be furnished to the Trustee as will give the Trustee a reasonable basis for making a determination concerning the Company&#146;s
solvency. For purposes of this Trust Agreement<I>, </I>the Trustee shall be considered to possess any knowledge and information concerning the Company that is in the possession of the Trustee&#146;s Banking Department or other department and can
reasonably be imputed to the Trustee under normal bank procedures. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall in any way diminish any rights of a Participant to pursue his rights as a general creditor of the Company with respect to the Agreements or
otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) If the Trustee discontinues
payments from the Trust to any Participant or beneficiary pursuant to Section 5(b) and subsequently resumes such payments, the first payment following such discontinuance shall, subject to Sections 4(a) and 4(b) hereof, include the aggregate amount
of all payments which would have been made to the Participant or beneficiary (together with interest at the rate determined pursuant to Section 1274 of the Code on the amount delayed) during the period of such discontinuance, </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">less the aggregate amount of payments made to each such Participant or beneficiary by the Company in lieu of the payments provided for hereunder during any
such period of discontinuance, as certified to the Trustee by the Consulting Firm. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 6. Responsibility of Trustee and Consulting Firm</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting
in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone for any action taken pursuant to
a direction, request, or approval given by the Company or any Participant contemplated by and complying with the terms of this Trust Agreement. The Trustee shall discharge its responsibility for the investment, management and control of the Trust
Assets solely in the interest of the Participants and for the exclusive purpose of assuring that, to the extent of available Trust Assets, all Agreement Payments are paid when due to the Participants. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Trustee and the Consulting Firm shall not be
required to undertake or to defend any litigation arising </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in connection with this Trust Agreement, unless it be first indemnified by the Company against its prospective costs, expenses and liability, and the Company
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the Consulting Firm for such costs, expenses, and liability. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Trustee and the Consulting Firm may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for the Trustee and the Consulting Firm,
as the case may be, generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations hereunder, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting in accordance with the advice of such counsel. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The Trustee and the Consulting Firm may each hire
agents, accountants, and financial consultants. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(e) The Trustee is authorized and empowered: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(i) To purchase, hold, sell, invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust, together with income therefrom; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To hold, manage and control all property at any time forming part of the assets of the Trust; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To sell, convey, transfer, exchange and otherwise
dispose of the assets of the Trust from time to time in such manner, for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as it shall determine; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) To make payments from the Trust as provided hereunder; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v) To exercise all the further rights, powers, options and privileges granted, provided for or vested in
trustees generally under applicable Federal or State of </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New Jersey law, as amended from time to time, it being intended that, except as herein otherwise provided, the powers conferred upon the Trustee herein shall
not be construed as being in limitation of any authority conferred by law, but shall be construed as in addition thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The Trustee in any and all events is authorized and empowered to do all other acts necessary or desirable for the proper
administration of the assets of the Trust, as though the absolute owner thereof, including, but not limited to, authorization and power: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To cause any property of the Trust to be issued, held or registered in the individual name of the Trustee, or in the name of its
nominee, or in such form that title will pass by delivery, provided, the records of the Trustee shall indicate the true ownership of such property; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To employ such agents and counsel as may be reasonably necessary in managing and protecting the Trust assets and to pay them
reasonable compensation; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To settle,
compromise or abandon with the consent of the Company all claims and demands from other than the Participants or the Company in favor of or against the assets of the Trust. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 7. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee and Consulting Firm </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee and the Consulting Firm shall each be entitled
to receive such reasonable compensation for their services as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Trustee or the Consulting Firm, as the case may be. The Trustee and the Consulting Firm shall each also be entitled to receive their reasonable
expenses incurred with respect </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to the administration of the Trust, including counsel fees and fees incurred by the Trustee and the Consulting Firm pursuant to Sections 6(c) and 6(d) of
this Trust Agreement. Prior to a Change of Control such compensation and expenses shall be payable by the Company and if not so paid, shall be paid by the Trustee from the Trust Assets. After a Change of Control such compensation and expenses shall
be paid by the Trustee from the Trust Assets and if not so paid, shall be paid by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 8. Resignation and Replacement of Trustee </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee may resign at any time during the term of this Trust by delivering to the Company a written notice of the proposed
resignation. The Consulting Firm shall deliver a copy of any such notice to each Participant and beneficiary at the address supplied by the Company. Such resignation shall take effect upon the qualification of a successor Trustee and such successor
Trustee commencing to act as such. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In the
event that, prior to a Change of Control, the Trustee notifies the Company of its intention to resign, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall appoint a successor Trustee which shall be a bank or trust
company. The Trustee hereunder shall thereupon deliver to the successor Trustee all </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">property of this Trust, together with such records and documents as may be reasonably required to enable the successor Trustee to properly administer the
Trust, reserving such funds as it reasonably deems necessary to cover its unpaid bills and expenses, and closing costs. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Upon qualification of a successor Trustee, all right, title and interest of the resigning Trustee in the Trust Assets and all rights
and privileges under this Trust Agreement theretofore vested in such resigning Trustee shall vest in the successor Trustee where applicable, and thereupon all future liability of said resigning Trustee shall terminate; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver all documents and written instruments which are necessary to transfer and convey the right, title and interest in the Trust Assets, and all rights and privileges to the successor Trustee. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted as
depriving the Trustee or the Company of the right to have a judicial settlement of the Trustee&#146;s accounts, and upon any proceeding for a judicial settlement of the Trustee&#146;s accounts or for instructions the only necessary parties thereto
will be the Trustee and the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 9. Amendment or Termination </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended any time prior to the time any Additional Contribution is made (or,
after the time any Additional Contribution is made if such Additional Contribution is returned to the Company in accordance with Section 2(c) hereof) and to any extent (including amendments to Exhibit A hereto) by a written instrument executed by
the Trustee, the Consulting Firm and the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(b) This Trust shall be revocable by the Company prior to the time any Additional Contribution is made or required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof by the Company to the Trust and may be terminated by the Company prior thereto (or,
after the time any Additional Contribution is made if such Additional Contribution is returned to the Company in accordance with Section 2(c) hereof). After the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Trust shall remain in effect until the receipt by
the Trustee of a certification from the Consulting Firm that all liabilities under all the Agreements have been satisfied; provided that, if any payment made from the Trust or to be made pursuant to any of the Agreements is being contested or
litigated, the Trust shall remain in effect until such contest, litigation or dispute is resolved. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) At the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9(b), the Trustee shall as soon
as practicable, but in any event within ninety days of the date of such termination, transfer to the Company in cash the value of the Trust Assets as of the termination date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 10. Protection of Trustee and Consulting Firm </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify the Trustee and the
Consulting Firm and hold them harmless from and against any claim or liability that may be asserted against them by reason of their taking or refraining from taking any action under this Trust Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any claim brought against the Trustee or the Consulting Firm by the Company, in any case, otherwise than on account of the Trustee&#146;s or the Consulting Firm&#146;s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon a
certification of an authorized representative of the Company or the Consulting Firm with respect to any instruction, direction or approval of the Company or the Consulting Firm until a subsequent certification is filed with the Trustee. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Trustee and the Consulting Firm shall each be fully protected in acting upon any
instrument, certificate, or paper believed by them to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons, and neither the Trustee nor the Consulting Firm shall be under any duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any
statement contained in any such writing but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the Trust and accuracy of the statements therein contained. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for the proper application of any part of the Trust Fund if distributions are made in accordance with
the terms of this Trust Agreement and information furnished to the Trustee by the Consulting Firm. All persons dealing with the Trustee are released from inquiry into the decision or authority of the Trustee and from seeing to the application of any
monies, securities or other property paid or delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><U>Section 11. Communication </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)
Communications to the Company shall be addressed to the Company at: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">C. R. BARD, INC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">731 Central Avenue </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attn: General Counsel </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Communications to the Trustee shall be addressed to it at: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1211 Avenue of the Americas </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, New
York 10036 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attn: Trust and Estates Management Division </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Communications to the Consulting Firm shall be addressed to it at: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Andesa Companies, Inc. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1621 North Cedar Crest Boulevard </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Suite 102
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Allentown, PA 18104 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attn:
John E. Walker </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 12. Severability and Alienation
</U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Any provision of this Trust Agreement
prohibited by law shall be ineffective to the extent of any such prohibition without invalidating or in any other way limiting the remaining provisions hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The rights, benefits and payments of a Participant payable from the Trust Assets may not be anticipated, assigned (either at law or
in equity), alienated or subject to attachment, garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or equitable process except as required by law. Any attempt by a Participant to anticipate, alienate, assign, sell, transfer, pledge, encumber or charge the
same shall be void. The Trust Assets shall not in any manner be subject </FONT>
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any Participant and payments hereunder shall not be considered an asset of the Participant in
the event of his insolvency or bankruptcy. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 13.
Governing Law </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Trust Agreement shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflicts of law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Section 14. Miscellaneous </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Trustee shall not be either individually or severally liable for any taxes of any kind levied or assessed under the existing or
future laws against the Trust Assets. The Trustee shall withhold from each payment to any Participant or beneficiary any Federal, state or local withholding taxes which is from time to time required to be deducted under applicable laws, as directed
by the Consulting Firm, and shall pay such amount to the Company promptly. The Company shall pay over such withheld amount to the appropriate government authority. To the extent that any taxes levied or assessed upon the Trust are not paid by the
Company, the Trustee shall pay such taxes out of the Trust Assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Expenses and fees of the Company for the administration of this Trust and services in
relation thereto for actuarial, legal and accounting and other similar expenses, including any costs with respect to the creation of the Trust, shall be paid in accordance with Section 7 hereof. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Participation in this Trust shall not give any
Participant any right to be retained as an employee of the Company nor any rights other than those specifically enumerated herein or in any Agreement applicable to any Participant or pursuant to which such Participant is a participant. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Any payment to any Participant or his beneficiary in
accordance with the provisions of this Trust shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Trustee and the Company under the Agreements. Nothing in this Trust shall relieve the Company of its liability to pay
benefits under the Agreements except to the extent such liabilities are met through the use of the Trust Assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Headings in this Trust Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of
the provisions hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) This Trust Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, and said counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by any one counterpart. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) This Trust Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) As used in this Trust Agreement, the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Any action of the Company pursuant to this Trust Agreement, including all orders, requests, data, directions, instructions and other related information shall be in writing signed on behalf of the Company by an
officer or named designee of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j)
In the event that a Participant and his beneficiary shall both be deceased prior to the time payment is due the Participant or his beneficiary, then payment shall be made if due to the estate of the deceased Participant. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Trustee and the Consulting Firm have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. R. BARD, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard A. Flink</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard A. Flink</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Secretary</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John P. McVey</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John P. McVey</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE ANDESA COMPANIES, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John E. Walker</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John E. Walker</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive V.P.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXHIBIT A </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>C. R. BARD, INC. </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS AND PLANS </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Retirement Plan for Outside </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Directors of C. R. Bard, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred
Compensation Contract </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferral of Directors&#146; Fees </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Insurance/Retirement Plan <I>- </I>Officers </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred Compensation Contract </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferral of Discretionary Bonus </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred Compensation Contract </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferral of Salary </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Long Term Performance Incentive Plan </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Excess
Benefit Plan </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Trustee and the Consulting Firm have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. R. BARD, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard A. Flink</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard A. Flink</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Secretary</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John P. McVey</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John P. McVey</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE ANDESA COMPANIES, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John E. Walker</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John E. Walker</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive V.P.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDMENT TO C. R. BARD,
INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>AGREEMENT AND PLANS TRUST </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIS AMENDMENT dated as o<I></I>f September 29, <U></U>2004, to the C. R. Bard, Inc. Agreement and Plans Trust amended and restated as of February 8,
1989, and further amended and restated as of January 18, 2000, and further amended and restated as of September 13, 2000, and further amended and restated as of December 10, 2001, and further amended and restated as of April 15, 2002, and further
amended and restated as of June 1, 2003, and further amended and restated as of January 20, 2004, by and between C. R. Bard, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), JP Morgan Chase Bank (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A.) (the
&#147;Trustee&#148;) and The Andesa Companies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the &#147;Consulting Firm&#148;) (the &#147;Trust Agreement&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WITNESSETH: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company, the Trustee and the Consulting Firm entered into the Trust Agreement, and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the parties now desire to amend Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement to
simplify the presentation of Exhibit A thereto, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement including the schedule thereto are hereby superceded and replaced in their entirety with the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as amended by section 1 hereinabove, the Trust Agreement including without limitation Exhibit A thereto remains in full force and effect, without modification.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trust Agreement as amended by this Amendment is hereby restated in its entirety and the replacement Exhibit A to the Trust Agreement is incorporated in and attached to the Trust
Agreement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Amendment and initialed the new Exhibit A thereto as of the date first above written. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. R. BARD, INC.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">JP MORGAN CHASE BANK</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T<SMALL>IMOTHY</SMALL> M. R<SMALL>ING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S<SMALL>USAN</SMALL> G<SMALL>REENWALD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Timothy M. Ring, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[signature]</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Susan Greenwald</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE ANDESA COMPANIES, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>ODMAN</SMALL> D. Y<SMALL>OUNG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[signature]</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rodman D. Young</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Treasurer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exhibit A to C. R. Bard, Inc.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agreement and Plans Trust&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>C. R. Bard, Inc. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>Contracts, Agreements and Plans </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(each as amended and/or restated, if applicable) </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Retirement Plan for Outside Directors of C. R. Bard, Inc. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred Compensation Contract - Deferral of Directors&#146; Fees </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Insurance/Retirement Plan - Officers </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred Compensation Contract - Deferral of Discretionary Bonus </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deferred Compensation Contract - Deferral of Salary </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Long Term Performance Incentive Plan </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Excess Benefit Plan </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreement with William H. Longfield </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Stock Equivalent Plan for Outside Directors of C. R. Bard, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Change of Control Agreements (exclusive of payments, benefits and other compensation and support required to be made or provided to the Executive pursuant to section 4
thereof as compensation for or in connection with Executive&#146;s employment, if any, by the Company during the Employment Period, as therein defined). Change of Control Agreements entered prior to October 11, 1999 are as clarified by letters dated
October 11, 1999 with respect to the calculation of &#147;Gross Up Payment.&#148; Change of Control Agreements entered prior to June 1, 2003 are also as clarified by letters dated May 5, 2003 with respect to the definition of the term
&#147;Accounting Firm&#148; as used in Section 9, &#147;Gross-up.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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