EXHIBIT 10.9

IMMUCOR, INC.1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN As Amended

1.       
          Purpose. This 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the Plan) has been
          established by Immucor, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the Company),
          to secure for the Company and its shareholders the benefits arising from capital
          stock ownership by those who will contribute to its future growth and continued
          success. The Plan will provide a means whereby such persons may purchase shares
          of the common stock, $0.10 par value, of the Company (Common Stock)
          pursuant to options.

2.       Administration.

(a)       
          The authority to manage and control the operation and administration of the Plan
          shall be vested in a committee (the Committee) of at least three (3)
          members of the Board of Directors to be appointed at the pleasure of the Board
          of Directors of the Company.

(b)       
          The Committee shall be subject in all respects to the supervisory prerogative of
          the Board of Directors of the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable
          law, the powers of the Committee may be exercised by the Board of Directors, in
          which case the references to the Committee shall be construed to apply equally
          to the Board of Directors.

(c)       
          The Committee shall have the power to interpret and apply the Plan and to make
          regulations for carrying out its purpose. Any interpretation of the Plan by the
          Committee and any decision made by the Committee on any other matter relating to
          the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons.

(d)       
          No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made
          in good faith and permitted by the terms of the Plan.

3.       
          Participation. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall
          determine and designate, from time to time, employees and directors of the
          Company or any of its subsidiaries to whom options are to be granted (the Participants), the
          number of shares of Common Stock that shall be subject to options granted to
          each Participant, the terms and conditions of each option, and the voting and
          transfer restrictions, if any, to which the shares of Common Stock obtainable
          upon exercise of each option shall be subject.

4.       
          Shares Subject to the Plan. The shares of stock that may be subject to
          options under the Plan shall be shares of Common Stock, and may consist of
          either unissued shares or shares held in the treasury of the Company. The
          aggregate number of shares of Common Stock for which options may be granted
          under the Plan shall not exceed One Million Shares (1,000,000) shares,
          subject to such adjustments as may take place in accordance with Section 12. If,
          as to any number of shares, any option granted pursuant to the Plan expires or
          terminates while the Plan remains in effect, such number of shares shall again
          be available for grant under the Plan.

5.       
          Option Price. The price at which a share of Common Stock may be purchased
          pursuant to the exercise of an option under the Plan, shall be fixed by the
          Committee on the date the option is granted.

6.       
          Option Expiration Date. The Expiration Date with respect to
          an option granted to a Participant under the Plan means the date established by
          the Committee as the date after which the option is not exercisable.

7.       
          Exercise of Option.

(a)       
          Each option shall be exercisable at such time or times as shall be established
          hereunder. The Committee may, in its discretion, accelerate the exercisability
          of any one or more options at any time and for any reason. A Participant may
          exercise an option by giving written notice (the Exercise Notice)
          thereof prior to the options Expiration Date to the Secretary of the
          Company at the Companys corporate headquarters.

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(b)       
          The full purchase price of the shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an
          option shall be paid in cash or check or by tender of stock certificates in
          proper form for transfer to the Company representing shares of Common Stock
          valued at the last sales price of the Common Stock on the preceding business day
          as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
          Quotation System (NASDAQ) National Market System, or any successor system, or by
          any combination of the foregoing, contemporaneously with the giving of the
          Exercise Notice. The Committee also may accept in payment of all or part of the
          purchase price a promissory note of the Participant, except to the extent prohibited by law. In addition to payment of
          the full price, the Participant shall pay to the Company at the time of
          exercise, or shall otherwise make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee
          regarding payment of, any additional amount that the Committee deems necessary
          to satisfy the Companys liability to withhold federal, state or local
          income or other taxes incurred by reason of exercise of the option.

8.       
          Termination of Employment. The Committee may specify, with respect to the
          options granted to any particular Optionee who is an employee of the Company,
          the effect upon such Optionees right to exercise an option of the
          termination of such Optionees employment under various circumstances,
          which effect may include immediate or deferred termination of such
          Optionees rights under an option, or acceleration of the date at which an
          option may be exercised in full.

9.       
          Compliance With Applicable Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of
          the Plan, the Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock
          under the Plan unless such issuance is in compliance with all applicable laws
          and any applicable requirements of any securities exchange on which the Common
          Stock is traded. Prior to the issuance of any shares of Common Stock under the
          Plan, the Company may require a written statement from the recipient as evidence
          of such compliance, including, in some cases, an acknowledgment by the recipient
          that the recipient is acquiring the shares for investment and not for the
          purpose or with the intention of distributing the shares.

10.       
          Transferability and Restrictions Upon Transfer and Voting. Other than as
provided in an Option Agreement (as defined under Section 13 below) in a form approved by
the Committee, options under
          the Plan are not transferable except by will or under the laws of descent and
          distribution, and options may be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant
          only by the Participant. Shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of
          options granted under the Plan may be subject to such voting and transfer
          restrictions as the Committee in its sole discretion shall establish at the time
          such options are granted. If the transfer or voting of shares obtained upon
          exercise of an option is restricted, certificates representing such shares may
          bear a legend referring to such restrictions.

11.       
          Employment and Shareholder Status. This Plan, any document describing
          this Plan, the grant of any option hereunder, and any agreement evidencing the
          grant of such option shall not be construed to give any Participant or any other
          person a right to employment or continued employment by the Company or affect
          the right of the Company to terminate the employment of any such person with or
          without cause. The grant of an option under the Plan shall not confer upon the
          holder thereof any right as a shareholder of the Company. No person entitled to
          exercise any option granted under the Plan shall have any of the rights or
          privileges of a shareholder of record with respect to any shares of Common Stock
          issuable upon exercise of such option until such option is exercised and
          certificates representing such shares have been issued and delivered.

12.       
          Adjustments and Ownership Changes.

(a)       
          In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason
          of any stock dividend, stock split, or similar corporate change involving the
          Common Stock, the aggregate number and kind of shares subject to options
          outstanding or to be granted under the Plan shall be proportionately adjusted or
          modified, and the terms of any outstanding option shall be adjusted or modified
          accordingly.

(b)       
          Unless otherwise provided in the Option Agreement (as defined in Section 13
          hereof), in the event of any merger, consolidation, reorganization, division or
          other corporate transaction in which the Common Stock is converted into another
          security or into the right to receive securities or property of the Company or
          of any other entity (an Ownership Change), the Company shall have
          the right, at its discretion, to provide for the assumption or substitution of
          comparable stock options in place of the options theretofore granted hereunder.

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(c)       
          Unless otherwise provided in the Option Agreement (as defined in Section 13
          hereof), in the event such an Ownership Change takes place and provision is not
          made for such assumption or substitution, or in the event that the Company sells
          all or substantially all of its assets, or engages in a liquidation of all or
          substantially all of its assets (a Termination Event), the Committee
          may, in its discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any one or more options
          in accordance with Section 7. It is the policy of the Company that the decision
          whether to accelerate the exercisability of outstanding options take into
          account such factors as the profitability of the transaction giving rise to the
          Termination Event to the shareholders of the Company, the likelihood that the
          business of the Company will substantially continue under the same, different or
          changed ownership following such transaction, the tenure and performance of
          individual Participants, the possibility that some or all of the Participants
          receive or are invited to participate in benefits or benefit plans if they
          continue as employees of the successor to the Companys business or other
          consideration in connection with such transaction, and any other factors that
          may be appropriate within the scope of their business judgment. Whether or not
          such acceleration occurs, all outstanding exercisable and non-exercisable
          options shall be canceled to the extent they remain unexercised at the time such
          transaction is consummated.

(d)       
          In no event shall any fraction of a share of stock be issued upon the exercise
          of an option.

13.       
          Agreement With Company. At the time of a grant of an option, the
          Committee shall require a Participant to enter into a written agreement with the
          Company in a form specified by the Committee (the Option Agreement).
          The Option Agreement shall reflect the Participants agreement to the terms
          and conditions of the Plan and to such additional terms and conditions, not
          inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
          prescribe. No option purported to be granted pursuant to the Plan shall be valid
          or binding on the Company unless evidenced by an Option Agreement approved by
          the Committee.

14.       
          Amendment and Termination of Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company
          may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan. No amendment, suspension
          or termination of the Plan (other than in connection with such actions as are
          expressly authorized in the Plan) shall adversely affect or impair any option
          previously granted under the Plan without the consent of the holder thereof.

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IMMUCOR, INC.
OPTION AGREEMENT 1998 PLAN

THIS
OPTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of Month, Day, 199X, is by
and between IMMUCOR, INC., a Georgia corporation (the Company), and
 (the Optionee).

WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Optionee is to be granted
under the Companys 1998 Stock Option Plan (the Plan), on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, an option (the Option) to purchase a specified
number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company (the
Common Stock).

NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and the Optionee hereby agree as follows:

1.       
          Grant of Option:   Number of Shares and Option Price. The Option is for up
          to ______ shares of Common Stock (the Option
          Shares) at a price of $x.xx per share (the Option
          Price). The Option is granted pursuant to the Plan and is subject to the
          terms and conditions thereof, which are incorporated herein by this reference.
          To the extent any provision in this Agreement is inconsistent with the Plan, the
          provisions of the Plan shall govern. The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt
          of, or access to, a copy of the Plan.

2.       
          Period of Option and Conditions of Exercise.

(a)       
          The Option shall be considered granted as of the date hereof (the Option
          Date). The Option shall expire on Month, Day, 200X (the
          Expiration Date). Upon the Expiration Date, the Optionee shall no
          longer be entitled to exercise the Option.

(b)       
          The Option may be exercised with respect to the number of Option Shares, at the
          times and under the conditions, if any, set forth on Exhibit A hereto. Once the Option is
          exercisable with respect to a number of Option Shares, the Optionee may exercise
          the Option at any time from time to time with respect to all or part of those
          Option Shares. If requested by the Company,
          the Optionee shall deliver this Agreement to the Secretary of the Company at the
          time of exercise of the Option so that a notation may be made in this Agreement
          as to such exercise. After such notation has been made, this Agreement shall
          then be returned to the Optionee.

(c)       
          To exercise the Option, the Participant must deliver to the Secretary of the
          Company at its corporate headquarters the Notice of Exercise attached as Exhibit
          B to this Agreement together with payment of the aggregate exercise price in the
          manner permitted by the Plan.

(d)       
          The Optionee shall not be deemed to be a holder of any Option Shares following
          the exercise of the Option until the full exercise price for such shares has
          been paid and a stock certificate has been issued and delivered for such shares.

3.       
          Adjustment in Number of Shares. The number of Option Shares shall be
          subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, or similar corporate
          change involving the Common Stock to the extent set forth in Section 12 of the
          Plan.

4.       
          Termination of Employment.

(a)       
          Except as provided in this Section 4, the Option may not be exercised after the Optionee has ceased
to be employed by the Company.  If the Optionee ceases to be employed by the Company by reason of

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death;
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| | (2) |  | Optionees
disability; or
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| | (3) |  | Termination
of employment by the Company other than for cause; or
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| | (4) |  | Termination
of employment by the Optionee for any reason;
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the Option may be exercised at any
time during the remaining term of the Option.

(b)        For
purposes of this Section 4:

| | (1) |  | Retirement
of the Optionee at the normal retirement date prescribed from time to time by the Company
shall be deemed to be a termination of employment other than for cause; and
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| | (2) |  | If
the Optionee is employed by a subsidiary of the Company, these provisions shall be
applicable to a termination of employment by such subsidiary.
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(c)        For
purposes of this Section 4  Cause shall mean theft or destruction of property of the
Company or a subsidiary, refusal or continuing inability to perform reasonably assigned
duties, disregard of Company rules or policies, conduct evidencing willful or reckless
disregard of the interests of the Company, or the breach of a material provision of this
Agreement.  Such determination shall be made by the Committee and shall be final and
binding on all parties hereto.

5.       
          Ownership Change. In the event of any merger, consolidation,
          reorganization, division or other corporate transaction in which the common
          stock of the Company is converted into another security or into the right to
          receive securities or property of the Company or of any other entity (an
          Ownership Change), the Company shall provide for the assumption or
          substitution of comparable stock options in place of the Option.

6.       
          Option Not Transferable. Except as provided below, the Option is not
          transferable other than by will or under the laws of descent and distribution,
          and during the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option may be exercised only by the
          Optionee. In the case of Non-Incentive Stock Options, options may be transferred
          pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. In addition, in connection
          with the Participants estate plan, a Non-Incentive Stock Option may be
          assigned in whole or in part during the Optionees lifetime to one or more
          members of the Optionees immediate family or to a partnership, trust,
          limited liability company, or other entity established for the exclusive benefit
          of one or more such family members. The assigned portion shall be exercisable
          only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the Option
          pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall
          be the same as those in effect for this Option immediately prior to such
          assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as
          the Committee may deem appropriate.

7.       
          Investment Representations.

(a)       
          The Optionee acknowledges that, unless and until the Company notifies the
          Optionee otherwise, the Option and the Option Shares obtainable upon exercise of
          the Option have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
          (the Securities Act), or under applicable state securities laws.

(b)       
          The Optionee acknowledges that, prior to the issuance of the Option Shares, the
          Company may delay the delivery of certificates for the Option Shares for such
          time as the Company deems necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply
          with (i) the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934, as amended, or any rules or regulations of the Securities and
          Exchange Commission or any stock exchange promulgated thereunder; or
          (ii) the requirements of applicable state laws relating to authorization,
          issuance or sale of such securities. The Optionee shall provide such information
          as the Company deems necessary or desirable to secure such compliance.

8.       
          Legends. The share certificates evidencing the Option Shares may contain
          such legends as may be required in keeping with applicable state corporation and
          securities laws.

9.       
          Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be
          given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
          delivered by personal delivery, by facsimile transmission or by mail, to the
          following address:

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or at such other address or facsimile
number as the parties hereto shall have last designated by notice to the other party. Any
notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be deemed to have been delivered on the
date of receipt of such delivery at such address; and any notice given by facsimile
transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of transmission if
received during business hours on a business day, or the next business day after
transmission if received after business hours on a business day or at any time on a
on-business day.

10.       
          Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver. The failure of the Company or the
          Optionee to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way
          be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or of any other provision hereof.

11.       
          Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by an
          instrument in writing signed by the Optionee and an authorized representative of
          the Company. Except as provided in Section 13, no third party shall be entitled
          to claim the benefit of or enforce this Agreement.

12.       
          Governing Law. This Agreement has been entered into, and shall be
          governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Georgia, without
          regard to the conflicts of law rules thereof.

13.       
          Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and
          be binding on, the successors and assigns of the Company, and such persons as
          may be permitted to succeed to the rights of the Optionee hereunder with respect
          to the Option and the Option Shares. The parties shall take such steps as
          reasonably may be necessary, including but not limited to the execution and
          delivery of an agreement or replace this Agreement, to give effect to the
          provisions of this Section 13 in a way that the relative benefits and
          obligations of the parties (and their successors and assigns) under this
          Agreement are preserved as closely as possible.

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

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EXHIBIT A

To Option Agreement
Dated As of Month, Day, 199X

Number of Option Shares and
Terms and Conditions of Exercise:

_____________ shares exercisable after Month, Day, 199X,
provided employee is still employed by Immucor, Inc. on a full-time basis on this date.

50% of the total granted exercisable
after

25% of the total granted exercisable after

25% of the total granted exercisable
after

Notwithstanding the foregoing
schedule, all options shall be immediately exercisable on an accelerated basis in the
event of an Ownership Change as defined in Section 5 of this Option Agreement, a Termination Event
as defined in Section 12 of the 1998 Plan or a Termination of Employment under Sections 4(a)(1),
4(a)(2), 4(a)(3) or 4(a)(4) of this Option Agreement.

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EXHIBIT B 
NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF
STOCK OPTIONS  1998 PLAN

To Immucor, Inc.

I
hereby elect to purchase _________________________ shares of common stock, par value $0.10
per share (Common Stock), of Immucor, Inc. (the Company) in
accordance with the option (Option) granted to me on Month, Day, 199X,
under the Option Agreement between the Company and me, dated as of that date (the
Option Agreement). Enclosed is payment in full of the exercise price for such
shares, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Companys 1998 Stock Option
Plan, consisting of a check in the amount of $___________.

I
hereby represent and warrant that my exercise of the Option is in compliance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the Option Agreement. I further acknowledge and agree
that the shares so purchased shall remain subject to the applicable terms and conditions
set forth in the Option Agreement.

Date:_________________________________________      ____________________________________________