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EXHIBIT 10.1

February 19, 2013

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Attention: Board of Directors

Ladies and Gentlemen:
As we have discussed, notwithstanding any provision of the Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, between Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) and me (the “Employment
Agreement”) to the contrary, I hereby consent and agree to the following:

1. Any Annual Equity Award that the Company determines to grant me for 2012
shall be allocated as follows:

(a)twenty percent (20%) of the denominated value of such Annual Equity Award
shall be in the form of Contract Stock/Restricted Units with annual vesting over
three years and deferral provisions consistent with the form of annual Contract
Stock/Restricted Units Agreement attached to the Employment Agreement;
(b)thirty percent (30%) of the denominated value of such Annual Equity Award
shall be in the form of NQSOs ; and
(c)fifty percent (50%) of the denominated value of such Annual Equity Award
shall be in the form of performance stock with a deferral feature and other
terms to be determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company, with performance goals consistent with the terms of the
performance stock grants to be approved by the Compensation Committee for 2013
grants to Company executives.

2. Any Annual Equity award that the Company determines to grant me for 2013 and
subsequent years may be in such form(s) and mix as the Compensation Committee
shall determine in its discretion.
 
3. The amount of any bonus that the Company determines to pay me for 2012 in
excess of $400,000 shall be paid to me in the form of equity awards, as follows:

(a) fifty percent (50%) of the denominated value shall be paid in the form of
performance stock with a three-year performance period, revenue goals and other
terms to be determined by the Compensation Committee, consistent with the terms
of the performance stock grants to be approved by the Compensation Committee for
2013 grants to Company executives; and
(b) fifty percent (50%) of the denominated value shall be paid in the form of
restricted stock with annual vesting over three years.

 
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4. If the Company determines to grant me equity awards in the future, my future
equity award agreements will be in such form and contain such terms as the
Compensation Committee shall determine.

5. I have read and consent to the terms of the Company’s Performance Incentive
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and agree that, unless the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company determines otherwise, my bonus
opportunity for 2013 and future years will be subject to the terms of the Plan.

6. I agree that neither the foregoing nor any action taken by the Company in
connection therewith will constitute a breach of, or Good Reason for purposes
of, the Employment Agreement or any other agreement between me and the Company.

7. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Employment Agreement.

 
Very truly yours,
 
 
 
/s/ Peter J. Arduini
 
 
 
Peter J. Arduini

cc: Richard Gorelick, General Counsel

Acknowledged and Agreed:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
By:              /s/ Stuart M. Essig__________
      Stuart M. Essig
     Chairman of the Board of Directors

 
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