BECKMAN COULTER INC
AMENDMENT 2006-1 TO THE BECKMAN COULTER INC. DEFERRED DIRECTORS' FEE PROGRAM
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.4 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDMENT 2006-I </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>BECKMAN COULTER, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DEFERRED DIRECTORS&#146; FEE PROGRAM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">WHEREAS, Beckman Coulter, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), a Delaware corporation, maintains the Beckman Coulter, Inc. Deferred Directors&#146; Fee Program (the &#147;Plan&#148;); and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the Company has the right to amend the Plan in accordance with Section&nbsp;13.1 of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of the date of adoption of this Amendment 2006-I: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Article 6,
&#147;Distribution of Accounts&#148; is hereby amended by adding a new Section&nbsp;6.4 to read as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Inability to Locate Participant</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event
that Beckman Coulter (or the Administrator) is unable to locate a participant or beneficiary within two years following the date the participant was to commence receiving payment or delivery pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.1 the entire amount allocated
to the participant&#146;s accounts shall be forfeited. Furthermore, if any benefit payment (by check or other form or payment) to a participant or beneficiary remains uncashed or unclaimed for two years following its delivery to the last known
address of the participant or beneficiary, the amount of such benefit payment shall be forfeited. Any forfeited amount shall immediately become the property of the Company. If, after such forfeiture, the participant or beneficiary later claims such
benefit, such benefit shall be reinstated without interest, earnings or further crediting of dividends, from the date of the forfeiture. The distribution of such benefits shall thereafter be made in the manner determined by Beckman Coulter (or the
Administrator).&#148; </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, this Amendment 2006-I is hereby adopted this <U>29th</U> day of <U>December</U>,
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>BECKMAN COULTER, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/James Robert Hurley</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James Robert Hurley</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President, Human Resources</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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