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Exhibit 4.2 
 THERMO FISHER
SCIENTIFIC INC., 
 as Issuer 

AND 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., 
 as Trustee 

TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of March 25, 2020 

4.133% Senior Notes due 2025 

4.497% Senior Notes due 2030 












 THIS TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) is
dated as of March 25, 2020 between THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”). 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2009 (the “Base
Indenture” and, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness. 

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.133% Senior Notes due
2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.497% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes” and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”). 

WHEREAS, the entry into this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base
Indenture. 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to
establish the terms of the Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Notes in accordance with Sections 2.01(a)(10) and 2.02 of the Base Indenture. 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement according to its terms have been done.

 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company and the Trustee, mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. 
 (1)
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture. 
 (2)
A term defined anywhere in this Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout. 
 (3) The singular includes the plural and vice
versa. 
 (4) Headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation. 

  
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 (5) As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with
respect to the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture only: 
 “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means, with respect to a
series of Notes, such Notes are downgraded below an Investment Grade Rating by any two of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the
Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period shall be extended so long as the rating of such Notes is under publicly
announced consideration for possible downgrade by at least two of such Rating Agencies on such 60th day, such extension to last with respect to each such Rating Agency until the date on which such Rating Agency considering such possible downgrade
either (x) rates such Notes below an Investment Grade Rating or (y) publicly announces that it is no longer considering such Notes for possible downgrade, provided that no such extension will occur if on such 60th day such Notes have an
Investment Grade Rating from at least two of such Rating Agencies in question and are not subject to review for possible downgrade by such Rating Agencies). 

“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
 “Change of
Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or one of its direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) as a result of which any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates
with, or merges with or into, any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or any “person” or “group” consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares
of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving
person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company (which shall include a parent company) and (b)(i) the holders of the Voting 

  
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Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to that transaction or
(ii) no “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately
following such transaction. 
 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means, with respect to any series of Notes, the
occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the
U.S. Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming that such Notes to be redeemed matured on their applicable Par
Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Optional Redemption Date, (a) the average of the Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Optional Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic
average of those quotations or (c) if the Company obtains only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation. 

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Limited, and any successor to its rating agency business. 

“Independent Investment Banker” means any Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company as Independent Investment Banker
(initially, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC). 
 “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating by Moody’s equal to or higher than
Baa3 (or the equivalent under a successor rating category of Moody’s) or a rating by S&P equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P) or a rating by
Fitch equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch). 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. 

“Optional Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed at the Company’s option, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 “Optional Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed at the Company’s option, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Supplemental Indenture. 

“Par Call Date” means February 25, 2025, in the case of the 2025 Notes; and December 25, 2029, in the case of the
2030 Notes. 
 “Rating Agencies” means (1) Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s,
S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the applicable series of Notes or fails to make a rating of such Notes publicly available for any reason, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62)
of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of its Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA
Securities, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC and their respective affiliates or successors and (ii) one other nationally recognized investment banking firm (or its affiliate) that the Company selects in connection
with the particular redemption, and its successors, provided that if at any time any of the above is not a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute that entity with another nationally recognized investment banking firm
that the Company selects that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations”
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Optional Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed, in each
case, as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Optional Redemption Date. 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the
principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Optional Redemption Date but for such redemption (assuming that such Notes to be redeemed matured on their applicable Par Call Date); provided, however, that, if such
Optional Redemption Date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Optional Redemption Date.

 “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency
business. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, for any Optional Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent
yield to maturity or interpolated yield to maturity, computed as the second Business Day immediately preceding that Optional Redemption Date, of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Optional Redemption Date. 

  
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 Section 1.2 Terms of the Notes. 

The following terms relate to the Notes: 

(1) The 2025 Notes shall constitute a separate series of Notes having the title “4.133% Senior Notes due 2025” and the 2030 Notes
shall constitute a separate series of Notes having the title “4.497% Senior Notes due 2030.” 
 (2) The aggregate principal amount
of the 2025 Notes (the “Initial 2025 Notes”) and the 2030 Notes (the “Initial 2030 Notes” and, together with the Initial 2025 Notes, the “Initial Notes”) that may be initially authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture shall be $1,100,000,000 and $1,100,000,000, respectively. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of any series of Notes, issue additional Notes (in any such case, “Additional
Notes”) having the same terms (except for the issue date, offering price and, if applicable, the first interest payment date) as the Initial Notes of such series. Any Additional Notes of a series and the Initial Notes of such series shall
constitute a single series under the Indenture; provided that if any Additional Notes of a series are not fungible with the Initial Notes of such series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes of such series shall not have the
same CUSIP or ISIN numbers as the Initial Notes of such series. All references to a series of Notes shall include both the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes of such series, unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate principal amount
of the 2025 Notes and the 2030 Notes shall be unlimited. 
 (3) The entire respective Outstanding principal amount of the 2025 Notes and the
2030 Notes shall be payable on March 25, 2025 and March 25, 2030, respectively. 
 (4) The rate at which the 2025 Notes shall bear
interest shall be 4.133% per annum and the rate at which the 2030 Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.497% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from March 25, 2020. The Interest Payment Dates for each series of Notes shall be March 25 and September 25 of each year, beginning on September 25, 2020, until the principal
is paid or made available for payment. Interest for each series of Notes shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such series of Notes to the holders of record at the close of business on the March 10 and September 10
prior to each such Interest Payment Date (each, a “regular record date”). The basis upon which interest shall be calculated for the Notes shall be that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
 (5) The Notes shall be issuable in whole in the form of one or more registered Global
Securities, and the Depository for such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference.
The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 (6) The Notes may be redeemed
at the option of the Company prior to the maturity date, as provided in Section 1.3 hereof. 

  
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 (7) The Notes shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund. 

(8) Except as provided herein, the Holders shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence
of any particular events. 
 (9) The Notes shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and shall be ranked
equally among themselves. 
 (10) The Notes are not convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company. 

(11) The covenants set forth in Section 1.4 hereof shall be applicable to the Notes. 

(12) The transfer and exchange provisions set forth in Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes. 

Section 1.3 Optional Redemption. 

(a) The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture, as amended by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes
with respect to this Section 1.3. 
 (b) Prior to their applicable Par Call Date, the Notes of any series shall be redeemable, in whole
at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option. Upon redemption of the Notes of any series, the Company shall pay an Optional Redemption Price equal to the greater of: 

 

	 	(i)	 100% of the principal amount of the Notes of such series to be redeemed, and 



 

	 	(ii)	 the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes of such series to be redeemed,
discounted to the Optional Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the
Treasury Rate plus, in each case, 50 basis points; 


 plus, in each case, in addition to such Optional Redemption Price, accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date. 
 On and after their applicable Par Call Date, the Notes
of any series shall be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option, at an Optional Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date. 
 The Company shall calculate the Optional Redemption Price. 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on any series of Notes whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to any Optional
Redemption Date shall be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the applicable regular record date pursuant to the Notes and the Indenture. 

  
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 (d) On and after the applicable Optional Redemption Date for any series of the Notes,
interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Optional Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest, if any. On or before the Business Day prior to
the Optional Redemption Date for any Notes to be redeemed, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent, funds sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price of such Notes on the Optional Redemption Date, and (except if the date
fixed for redemption shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued and unpaid interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes of any series are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, in the case of global securities, in accordance
with applicable Depositary procedures and, in the case of definitive securities, in a manner the trustee deems fair and appropriate, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements. 

(e) Notice of any optional redemption shall be transmitted at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before the applicable Optional Redemption
Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed; provided, however, that the Company shall notify the Trustee of the Optional Redemption Date at least 15 days prior to the date of the giving of such notice (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee). Any notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of one or more conditions precedent. In that case, the notice shall state the nature of such condition precedent. Such notice
shall be provided in accordance with Section 3.02 of the Base Indenture. If the Optional Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Optional Redemption Price applicable to the Notes that are being
redeemed, calculated as described above in clause (b), shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Optional Redemption Date. Notice of
redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall (subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any applicable condition precedent), on the Optional Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Optional
Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date. 
 Section 1.4 Additional Covenant.

 The following additional covenant shall apply with respect to the Notes so long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding: 

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to any series of the Notes, unless the Company shall have redeemed such series
of the Notes in full, as set forth in Section 1.3 of this Supplemental Indenture or the Company shall have defeased such series of the Notes or have satisfied and discharged such series of the Notes, as set forth in Article XI of the Base
Indenture, the Company shall make an offer (each, a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the applicable series of the Notes to repurchase any and all of such Holder’s Notes of such series at a repurchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased (such principal amount to be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be
repurchased up to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). 

  
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Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, notice shall be delivered to the Holders of Notes of such series describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered (the “Change of Control
Payment Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on any series of Notes whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date shall be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date to the
Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the applicable regular record date pursuant to the Notes and the Indenture. 

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

 

	 	(i)	 accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes of the applicable series properly tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer; 


  

	 	(ii)	 deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Notes or portions of Notes of the applicable series properly tendered; and 


  

	 	(iii)	 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s
Certificate stating (1) the aggregate principal amount of such series of Notes or portions of such series of Notes being repurchased (2) that all conditions precedent contained herein to make a Change of Control Offer have been complied
with and (3) that the Change of Control Offer has been made in compliance with the Indenture. 


 The Company shall
comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable
in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 1.4, the Company shall comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 1.4 by virtue of any such conflict. 

Section 1.5 Events of Default. 
 (a)
The provisions of Article VI of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to each series of the Notes, except that clauses (1) through (7) of Section 6.01(a) shall be modified with respect to Notes of a series as follows: 

(1) default in the payment of the principal or any premium on such series of the Notes when due (whether at maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption or otherwise); 
 (2) default for 30 days in the payment of interest on the Notes of such series
when due; 

  
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 (3) (i) failure by the Company to comply with Section 1.4 of this
Supplemental Indenture with respect to such series of Notes or (ii) failure by the Company to observe or perform any term of the Indenture applicable to such series of Notes (other than those referred to in (1) or (2) above or (3)(i)
above) for a period of 90 days after the Company receives a notice of default stating that the Company is in breach. The notice required under 3(ii) above must be sent by either the Trustee or Holders of 25% of the principal amount of the applicable
series of Notes; 
 (4) (A) failure by the Company to pay indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or for which the
Company has guaranteed the payment, in an aggregate principal amount of at least $150,000,000, at the later of final maturity and the expiration of any related applicable grace period and such defaulted payment shall not have been made, waived or
extended within 30 days or (B) acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or for which the Company has guaranteed the payment, in an aggregate principal amount of at least $150,000,000, if such
indebtedness has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days; provided, however, that, if the default under the instrument is cured by the Company, or waived by the holders of the
indebtedness, in each case as permitted by the governing instrument, then the Event of Default under the Indenture caused by such default will be deemed likewise to be cured or waived; 

(5) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of: 

(A) an order for relief in respect of the Company as debtor in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law
and such order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
 (B) a final and non-appealable order appointing a Custodian of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, and such order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or 
 (6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or the consent
by the Company as debtor to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or the filing by the Company as debtor of a consent to an order for relief in any involuntary proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law, or to the appointment of a Custodian or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors. 
 Section 1.6
Execution and Authentications. 
 (a) Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture shall be modified with respect to the Notes as follows:

 The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or by both (a) its
president, chief financial officer or vice president and (b) its secretary, any assistant secretary, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer. Signatures 

  
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may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. In the case of Definitive Securities of any series, such signatures may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities. The
Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee. 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually or by electronic signature by an authorized signatory of the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent.
Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01 and the preceding paragraph, in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with instructions or such other procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a supplemental indenture or the written order of the
Company delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the
Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the written order of the Company, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate and other documents delivered
pursuant to this Section 2.04 at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such written order, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate or other documents have been superseded or
revoked or expire by their terms. 
 ARTICLE II 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 2.1 Business
Day. 
 If any Interest Payment Date, maturity date or earlier date of redemption for any series of Notes falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment to Holders was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date,
that maturity date or that date of redemption, as the case may be. 
 Section 2.2 [Reserved]. 

  
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 Section 2.3 Confirmation of Indenture. 

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base
Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. 

Section 2.4 Concerning the Trustee. 

In carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under
the Indenture. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof. 

Section 2.5 Governing Law. 
 This
Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. 

Section 2.6 Separability. 
 In case
any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 2.7 Counterparts. 
 This
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

Section 2.8 No Benefit. 
 Nothing in
this Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors or assigns, and the Holders, any benefit or legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or
the Base Indenture. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Anthony H. Smith
	Name:	 	Anthony H. Smith
	Title:	 	Vice President, Tax and Treasury and Treasurer


  
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	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	/s/ Manjari Purkayastha
	Name:	 	Manjari Purkayastha
	Title:	 	Vice President

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 EXHIBIT A 

[Insert the Global Security legend, if applicable] 

[ ]% SENIOR NOTES DUE 20[ ] 
  

			
	No. [    ]	  	$[            ]

 CUSIP No. [    ] 

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. 
 promises
to pay to [            ] or registered assigns, the principal sum of [            ] Dollars on [    ]. 

Interest Payment Dates: March 25 and September 25 

Record Dates: March 10 and September 10 

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the
Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained
herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions. 
 This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof,
and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04
of the Base Indenture. 
 Date: [                    ]

  

	
	THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
	
	   

	Name:
	Title:
	
	   

	Name:
	Title:



  
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 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the [    ]% Senior Notes due 20[    ] issued by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
 Date:
[                    ] 
  

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 
		 	 Authorized Signatory




  
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 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 

[    ]% Senior Notes due 20[    ] 

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued
or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of November 20, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by and between the
Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2020 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company
and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “Indenture.” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that
may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “Security,” and collectively, the
“Securities”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Securities (the
“Securityholders”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable. 

1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of [ ]%. The Company will
pay interest semi-annually on March 25 and September 25 of each year (each such day, an “Interest Payment Date”) until the principal is paid or made available for payment. If any Interest Payment Date, Optional Redemption Date or
maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, the required payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due,
and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or duly made available for payment or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date
referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be September 25, 2020.
Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name
such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption
pursuant to an optional redemption or there is a Change of Control Offer, and the Optional Redemption Date or the Change of Control Payment Date, as applicable, is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and
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of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. The principal of, and interest on, the Securities shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is
legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture. 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. shall act as paying agent and Security
Registrar. Upon prior notice to the Trustee, the Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity. 

4. Indenture. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and TIA for a statement of such terms. In
the event of a conflict between the terms of the Securities and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall prevail. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face
hereof as the “[ ]% Senior Notes due 20[ ],” initially limited to $1,100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the
Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., 168 Third Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, Attention: Michael A. Boxer. 

5. Redemption. The Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to the maturity date, as provided in Section 1.3
of the Supplemental Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities. 
 6.
Change of Control Triggering Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has redeemed this Security or the Company has defeased this Security or satisfied and discharged this Security, the
Securityholder of this Security shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion (such principal amount to be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof), of this Security at a purchase price equal
to 101% of the aggregate principal amount repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the amount to be repurchased up to, but excluding, the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company
shall deliver a notice to each Securityholder, in accordance with Section 1.4(a) of the Supplemental Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. 

7. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or
with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service
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any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Security
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of delivery of a notice of redemption of less than all of the outstanding Securities and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery; (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Security or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portions of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange of a Security
between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. 
 8. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered
Securityholder may be treated as its owner for all purposes. 
 9. Repayment to the Company. Any funds or Governmental Obligations
deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at
least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust. After return to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors. 

10. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Securityholders of the Securities to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Securityholders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Securityholders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Securityholders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Securityholder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future Securityholders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of
such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
 11. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Securityholders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such Securityholders), may
declare the entire principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, of such Securities due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Securityholders, unless such Securityholders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon
satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Securityholders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
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 12. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities. The Trustee,
subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying
agent or Security Registrar. 
 13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the
Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor
or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it
being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants
or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such
rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the
Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities. 

14. Discharge of Indenture. The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to discharge and defeasance, which provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein. 
 15. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee
signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security. 
 16. Additional Amounts. The Company is
obligated to pay Other Additional Amounts on this Security to the extent provided in Section 10.03 of the Base Indenture. 
 17.
Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 
 18. Governing Law. The Base Indenture, the
Supplemental Indenture and this Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to 

 
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint __________________________________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of
the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
  
  

Date:                      

 

			
	Your Signature:	 	  

	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)


 Signature Guarantee:
                                        
 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

  

	☐	 1.4 Change of Control Triggering Event 



If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1.4 of the Supplemental Indenture,
state the amount: $_________. 
  

			
	Date: ________________________	  	Your Signature:
		  	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Security)
	
	Tax I.D. Number:

  

			
		
	Signature Guarantee:	 	 
		
		 	(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)