**Exhibit 10.1**DIONEX CORPORATIONMEDICAL CARE REIMBURSEMENT PLANAs amended October 30, 2007       Dionex Corporation, a corporation organized and existing by virtue of the laws ofthe State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), hereby publishes its Medical CareReimbursement Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain of itsmanagement employees. ARTICLE IPURPOSE     Section 1.1      The purpose of this Plan is to encourage and insure full andcomplete medical care for the welfare of each covered employee, his or her spouse and dependents,and to supplement the benefits provided by the Company’s group medical insurance plan. ARTICLE IIEFFECTIVE DATE AND COVERAGE     Section 2.1      This Plan shall be effective as of April 1, 1980, and shallcontinue in effect until terminated by the Board of Directors of the Company.     Section 2.2      The first Plan Year shall be from January 21, 1980 through December 31,1980. Thereafter, Plan Years shall be from January 1 through December 31 of each year.     Section 2.3      The President (if he or she resides in the United States) and all VicePresidents of the Company that reside in the United States shall be covered by the Plan (“coveredemployee”).
 

 
     Section 2.4      A covered employee shall be entitled to benefits only for medical carerendered during the period commencing with the date as of which he becomes a covered employee andending with the date he ceases to be a covered employee.ARTICLE IIIBENEFITS     Section 3.1      After the effective date of this Plan, the Company willreimburse at least yearly, on or about February 1, any covered employee of the Company for alluninsured expenses incurred by such employee, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter setforth, up to the reimbursement limit set forth in Section 3.3 of this Plan, for the medical care(as defined in Section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or as hereafter amended) ofsuch employee, his spouse and his dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Internal RevenueCode of 1986, or as hereafter amended), during the immediately preceding Plan Year. Expenses formedical care as so defined include all amounts paid for hospital bills, medical, optometric anddental bills, drugs, and premiums on accident or health insurance. Dependents as so definedinclude any member of such covered employee’s family over one-half of whose support is furnished bysuch employee.     Section 3.2      The Company may, in its discretion, pay directly any or all of the abovedefined expenses in lieu of making reimbursement therefor. In such event, the Company shall berelieved of all further responsibility with respect to that particular medical expense.     Section 3.3      The reimbursement to, or the payment on behalf of, any covered employee,including his spouse and his dependents, shall in no event exceed $1,500.00 per Plan Year.
 

 
     Section 3.4      The Company may, in its discretion, satisfy part or all of its obligationsunder this Plan by purchasing medical insurance coverage on behalf of employees through any insureror insurers as the Company may from time to time select.     Section 3.5      Each employee who applies for reimbursement under the Plan shall submit tothe Company all hospitalization, doctor, dental, or other medical bills for which he is seekingreimbursement for verification by the Company prior to payment. A failure to comply herewith may,at the discretion of the Company, terminate the right to reimbursement of such employee to theextent of such unverified expenses. The Company may reject any claim for reimbursement where suchclaim is first submitted to the Company more than eighteen (18) months after the date on which themedical care giving rise to such claim was rendered.     Section 3.6      All payments and reimbursements under the Plan shall be paid from thegeneral assets of the Company.ARTICLE IVOTHER INSURANCE     Section 4.1      Reimbursement or payment provided under this Plan shall be madeby the Company only in the event and to the extent that such reimbursement or payment is notprovided for under any insurance policy or policies, whether owned by the Company or any employees,or under any other health and accident plan. In the event that there is such a policy or plan ineffect, providing for reimbursement or payment in whole or in part, then to the extent of thecoverage under such policy or plan the Company shall be relieved of any and all liabilityhereunder.
 

 
     Section 4.2      In order to receive reimbursement under this Plan, it is required that acovered employee have maintained coverage under each of the Company’s group insurance medical carepolicies for the person with respect to whom such medical expenses was incurred at all times duringthe applicable Plan Year (to the extent such person was eligible for coverage thereunder).Premiums paid by a covered employee for coverage under any of the Company’s group insurance medicalcare policies as required by this Section are not reimburseable under this Plan.ARTICLE VFIDUCIARY AND PLAN ADMINISTRATOR     Section 5.1     The Company shall be the Plan Administrator, and the agent forservice of legal process with respect to any disputes arising under the Plan. The President of theCompany shall be the Named Fiduciary of the Plan (as defined in Section 402(a)(2) of the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act of 1974).     Section 5.2      Pursuant to procedures established by the Company, adequate notice inwriting shall be provided to any employee or beneficiary whose claims for benefits under the Planhas been denied. Such notice shall set forth the specific reason for such denial, written in amanner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and provided review is requested within sixty(60) days after receipt by the claimant of written notification of denial of his claim, shallafford a reasonable opportunity to any claimant whose claim for benefits has been denied to a fulland fair review of decision denying the claim.
 

 
ARTICLE VIMISCELLANEOUS     Section 6.1      A copy of this Plan shall be given all covered employees and to any futureemployees who become covered under it.     Section 6.2      This Plan shall be subject to amendment or termination at any timehereafter by affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, thatsuch amendment or termination shall not affect any right to claim reimbursement for medicalexpenses under the provisions of Article III above, arising prior to said termination. Alladministrative and interpretive decisions shall be made by the Board of Directors in its solediscretion, and shall be binding upon the Company and its employees.