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AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT




     This Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of July 10, 2007 (this “Amendment”), is
between New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Rights Agent”).



WITNESSETH:




     WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent constitute all of the parties to that certain Rights
Agreement, dated as of October 31, 1999 (the “Rights Agreement”), and desire to amend the
Rights Agreement as set forth herein.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, and pursuant to the Rights Agreement
and in accordance with Section 27 thereof, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows
(capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Rights Agreement):



1. Amendments to the Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement shall be amended as follows:




     (a) Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence at the
end thereof:




“Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Eppendorf and its Affiliates and
Associates shall not be or become, or be deemed to be, an “Acquiring Person” or deemed to be a
“Beneficial Owner”, either individually or collectively, as the result of (i) the public or other
announcement of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the approval, execution or delivery of the Merger
Agreement or any memorandum of understanding contemplating the execution of the Merger Agreement,
(iii) the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement or (iv) the execution or delivery of the Voting Agreement (each such event, an “Exempt
Event”).”



     (b) The following definitions shall be added to Section 1 of the Rights Agreement in the
appropriate locations and the remaining sections shall be renumbered accordingly:




“Eppendorf” shall mean Eppendorf AG, or any of its subsidiaries, including Eppendorf Incorporated,
a Delaware corporation and Edison Merger Corp., a New Jersey corporation.”




“Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Merger Agreement.”




“Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 10, 2007, by and
among the Company, Eppendorf and Edison Merger Corp.”



 









 






“Voting Agreement” shall mean the voting agreement, dated as of July 10, 2007, by and among
Eppendorf and the shareholders of the Company that are parties thereto.”



     (c) Section 3(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence at
the end thereof:




“Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Distribution Date has not occurred
and shall not be deemed to have occurred as the result of an Exempt Event.”



     (d) Section 3 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following
Section 3(d):




“(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give any holder of Rights or any other Person
any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims under this Agreement by virtue of an Exempt
Event.”



     (e) Section 11(a)(ii) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence
at the end thereof:




“(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 11(a)(ii) shall not
apply to any Exempt Event.”



     (f) The following shall be added to Section 13 of the Rights Agreement as a new clause (e):




“(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing transactions described in this Section 13 (the “Section 13
Transactions”), Eppendorf and its Affiliates and Associates shall not be or become subject to,
either individually or collectively, the Section 13 Transactions as the result of an Exempt Event,
and this Section 13 shall not apply to any Exempt Event.”



     (g) Section 23 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following
Section 23(c):




“(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as of the Effective Time (as defined in the
Merger Agreement), this Agreement shall terminate and shall have no further force and effect and
the Rights shall expire and become null and void, without any payment, liability or obligation on
the part of the Company, the Rights Agent or the holders of any Rights.”



     (h) Section 25(b) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence at
the end thereof:




“Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to
provide any notice pursuant to this Section 25(b) as a result of an Exempt Event.”



 









 





2. Miscellaneous.




     (a) The laws of the State of New Jersey shall govern the validity, interpretation,
construction, performance, and enforcement of this Rights Agreement, excluding the choice of laws
provisions of the State of New Jersey.



     (b) Except as modified herein, all other terms and provisions of the Rights Agreement
(including the Exhibits thereto) are unchanged and remain in full force and effect.



     (c) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment shall
become effective when each party to this Amendment shall have received a counterpart hereof signed
by the other party to this Amendment.



     (d) This Amendment shall be deemed effective (retroactive to the occurrence of any Exempt
Event) as of, and immediately prior to, the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement.



     (e) This Amendment shall be binding upon any permitted assignee, transferee, successor or
assign to any of the parties hereto.



     (f) If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of
the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment, and the Rights Agreement,
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.



     (g) The officer of the Company executing this Amendment on behalf of the Company hereby
certifies on behalf of the Company that this Amendment complies with Section 27 of the Rights
Agreement.



     (h) In all respects not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Amendment, the
Rights Agreement is hereby ratified, adopted, approved and confirmed. In executing and delivering
this Amendment, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities afforded to
the Rights Agent under the terms and conditions of the Rights Agreement.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly
authorized representatives as of the date first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NEW BRUNSWICK SCIENTIFIC CO., INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Thomas Bocchino	 
	 	 	Name:  	Thomas Bocchino	 
	 	 	Title:  	VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer	 
	 
	 	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Michael Garfunkel	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael Garfunkel	 
	 	 	Title: