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Exhibit 4.03    
    



        STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT made as of the    day of            , by and between CANTEL MEDICAL CORP.,
a Delaware corporation with principal offices located at 150 Clove Road, Little Falls, New Jersey 07424 (the "Company"),
and                  (the "Optionee"). 









        The Company has adopted the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), permitting the grant of stock options to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries or any parent
corporation of the Company. The Optionee, pursuant to the Plan, is presently employed as an executive officer by the Company or one of its subsidiaries. The Company is desirous of increasing the
incentive of the Optionee to exert his utmost efforts to improve the business and increase the assets of the Company. 


        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Company, pursuant to the Plan, hereby grants the Optionee the option to acquire shares of the common stock of the Company upon the following terms and conditions: 


        1.     GRANT OF OPTION.



        (a)   The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (the "Option") to purchase up to            shares of
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company (the "Shares"), to be issued upon the exercise hereof, fully paid and non-assessable, during the following periods: 



        (i)                may be purchased immediately; 


        (ii)   an additional                        Shares may be purchased
commencing                        ; and
 


        (iii) an additional            Shares may be purchased
commencing                        . 




        (b)   The Option granted hereby shall expire and terminate at 5:00 p.m. local time in New York, New York on
                        (the "Expiration Date") at which time the Optionee shall have no further right to purchase any Shares not
then purchased. 




        2.     EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of the Option shall be $            per Share, and
shall be
payable in cash or by certified check; provided, however, that in lieu of payment in full in cash or by such check, the exercise price (or balance thereof) may be paid in full or in part by the
delivery and transfer to the Company of Shares already owned by the Optionee and having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in its absolute discretion) equal to the cash
exercise price (or balance thereof) for the number of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised. The Company shall pay all original issue or transfer taxes on the exercise of the Option. 


        3.     EXERCISE OF OPTION. The Optionee shall notify the Company by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, addressed to its principal office, as to the number of Shares which he desires to purchase under the Option, which notice shall be accompanied by payment of the Option exercise
price therefore as specified in Paragraph 2 above. As soon as practicable after the receipt of such notice, the Company shall, at its principal office or another mutually convenient location,
tender to the Optionee certificates issued in the Optionee's name evidencing the Shares purchased by the Optionee hereunder. 


        4.     CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE.  



         (a)   The Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option only while he shall be in the full-time employ
of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except that if the Optionee's employment shall be terminated for any reason other than his death, the Option may be exercised 






 

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any time within three (3) months after the date of termination but only to the extent that it was exercisable upon such date of termination and in no event after the Expiration Date. 


        (b)   If the Optionee shall die while in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, this Option may be exercised, to
the extent exercisable on the date of the Optionee's death, by his executor, administrator or other person at the time entitled by law to his rights under this Option, at any time within three
(3) months after such date of death, but in no event after the Expiration Date. 




        5.     NON-ASSIGNABILITY OF OPTION. The Optionee may not give, grant, sell, exchange,
transfer legal title, pledge, assign or otherwise encumber or dispose of the Option herein granted or any interest therein, otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and, except
as provided in Paragraph 4(b) hereof, the Option may be exercisable only by the Optionee. 



        6.     THE SHARES AS INVESTMENT. By accepting the Option, the Optionee agrees for himself, his heirs and
legatees that any and all Shares purchased upon the exercise thereof shall be acquired for investment and not for distribution. Upon the issuance of any or all of the Shares subject to the Option, the
Optionee, or his heirs or legatees receiving such Shares, shall, if so requested by the Company, deliver to the Company a representation in writing that such Shares are being acquired in good faith
for investment and not for distribution and shall make such other or additional representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Company may in its reasonable discretion deem
necessary or desirable to assure compliance by the Company, on terms acceptable to the Company, with provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and any other applicable legal requirements. The Company
may place a "stop transfer" order with respect to such Shares with its transfer agent and may place an appropriate restrictive legend on the certificate(s) evidencing such Shares in substantially the
following form: 



        "The
securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The securities have been acquired for investment and may not be pledged or
hypothecated and may not be sole or transferred in the absence of an effective Registration Statement for the securities under the Securities Act of 1933 or an opinion of counsel to the Company that
registration is not required under said Act. In the event that a Registration Statement becomes effective covering the securities or counsel to the Company delivers a written opinion that registration
is not required under said Act, this certificate may be exchanged for a certificate free from this legend." 




        7.     RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. If at any time the Company shall reasonably determine that the
listing, registration or qualification of the Shares subject to this Option upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory
body, are necessary or desirable in connection with the issuance or purchase of the Shares subject thereto, this Option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration,
qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Optionee shall have no rights against the Company if this Option is
not exercisable by virtue of the foregoing provision. 


        8.     ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION.  



         (a)   In the event of changes in the outstanding Shares by reason of stock dividends, split-ups,
recapitalizations,
mergers, consolidations, combination, exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations, liquidations and the like, the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Option and the exercise price
thereof shall be correspondingly adjusted by the Company. No adjustment shall be made, however, with respect to stock dividends or splits which do not exceed 5% in any fiscal year, cash dividends or
the issuance to the Company's shareholders of rights to subscribe for additional Shares or other securities. 



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        (b)   Any adjustment in the number of Shares shall apply proportionately to only the then unexercised portion of the Option. If
fractional Shares would result from any such adjustment, the adjustment shall be revised to the next higher whole number. 




        9.     NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS. The Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder in respect of the
Shares as to which the Option shall not have been exercised and payment made as herein provided. 



        10.   EFFECT UPON EMPLOYMENT. This Agreement does not give nor shall it be construed as giving the
Optionee any right to continued employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 


        11.   CONFLICT BETWEEN OPTION AGREEMENT AND PLAN. In the event there are any conflicts between this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall control. 



        12.   BINDING EFFECT. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, this Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their legal representatives and assigns. 


        13.   GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within the State of New Jersey. 



        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. 



	 	 	CANTEL MEDICAL CORP.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	


	

 	
 	


	 	 	Employee




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