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Exhibit 10.4




NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION




AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

SUPPLEMENTAL LABORATORY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




     This Amendment No. 2 to the National Dentex Corporation Supplemental Laboratory Executive
Retirement Plan (as amended hereby, the “Plan”) is dated as of the 31st day of December,
2008, is adopted by National Dentex Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and
is binding upon the Company and the Participants. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 2
and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.



     WHEREAS, the Plan was first effective as of January 1, 1996; and



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to make certain changes to the Plan to conform certain defined
terms including “disability” and the timing of certain payments for “specified employees” to the
final rules under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code), as
well as making certain other clarifications under the Plans; and



     WHEREAS, Article XIV of the Plan provides that it may be amended by a written agreement signed
by the Company and the Participants; and



     WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company (the“Board”), upon the recommendation of the
Compensation Committee of the Board, has authorized the Company to make the changes set forth
below; and



     WHEREAS, each of the Participants has adopted this Amendment No. 2 by executing and delivering
to the Company an adoption agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:




	 	1.	 	Amendment to Article 1 Definitions of the Agreement.





     (a) The definition of “cash value” contained in Section 1.15 of the Plan is hereby amended by
deleting the definition of “cash value” in Section 1.15 in its entirety and replacing it with the
following definition of “cash value”:




	 	 	 	“1.15 “CASH VALUE” shall mean the cash surrender value of the Policy acquired by the
Company on a Participant’s life, after reduction of all Company payments of
premiums, whether in cash or by Policy loans used to pay premiums and the After Tax
Cost of interest, as provided herein.”
	 
	 	(b)	 	Article 1 shall be further amended to add the following new sections as
follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“1.18 “EFFECTIVE ELECTION” shall mean an election made by the Participant (1) to
delay the Retirement Date not less twelve (12) months prior to the original
Retirement Date; (2) made not less than twelve (12) months prior to a scheduled
payment, and (3) for a period of not less than five (5) additional years.”
	 
	 	 	 	“1.19 “DISABILITY” or “DISABLED” shall mean (a) the inability of the Participant to
engage in any substantial gainful employment activity on behalf of the Company, with
or without reasonable accommodation as that term is defined under applicable state
or federal law, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment (i) that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous
period of not less than 12 months; or (ii) that can be expected to result in




 









 






	 	 	 	death or to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months and the
Participant is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than
three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering the Company’s employees;
or (b) the Participant shall be determined to be totally disabled by the U.S. Social
Security Administration (“SSA”). A determination of Disability (other than a
determination by the SSA) shall be made by an independent physician selected by the
Board of Directors and whose determination as to disability shall be binding on the
Company and the Participant.”
	 
	 	 	 	“1.20 “SPECIFIED EMPLOYEE” shall mean the Participant if the Company’s stock is
publically traded on an established securities market and the Participant:






	 		 	(a) owns more than 5 percent (5%) of the stock of the Company or
any member of its “controlled group” as that term is defined under §1563 of the
Code:
	 
	 		 	(b) owns more than 1 percent (1%) of the stock of the Company and has
compensation from the Company in excess of $150,000 per year; or
	 
	 		 	(c) is an officer of the Company with compensation in excess of $145,000

per year.”






	 	2.	 	Amendment to Article II of the Plan. Article II part 2 is hereby
amended by deleting Article II part 2in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:






	 	“2) 	 	Upon the date of a Participant’s Retirement, such Participant shall
elect to:
	 
	 		 	(i) Retire and immediately receive benefits due; or
	 
	 		 	(ii) Continue his employment and defer benefits which will accrue
interest at the actual interest rate credited by the insurer.






	 	 	 	     Upon electing to receive benefits, the Participant shall receive 120
equal monthly installments in an aggregate amount equal to the Grossed-Up
Cash Value of the Policy as of the date of Retirement, plus the projected
Grossed-Up Cash Value increase over the next nine consecutive Policy Years
after the date of Retirement.”






	 	3.	 	Amendment to Article III of the Plan. Article III is hereby amended by
deleting Article III in its entirety and replacing it with the following:





“Retirement Date





	 	 	 	The Company agrees that the Participant may terminate his Service because of
Retirement upon the earlier of (i) the first day of the month following his
65th birthday, or (ii) upon such later date as may be acceptable to the
Company, so long as Participant has made an Effective Election to do so.
Distribution to a Specified Employee may not be made before the date that is
six months after the date of separation from service, or, if earlier, the
date of death.”






	 	4.	 	Amendment to Article VI of the Plan. Article VI is hereby amended by
deleting Article VI in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
	 
	 		 	





“Disability




 









 






	 	 	 	      If the Participant becomes Disabled prior to Retirement and prior to
termination of his Service, the Company shall incur no obligation to commence
benefit payments immediately. In such event, the Company’s obligation to pay
benefits hereunder will begin at Participant’s reaching age 65. In the event of
death of a Disabled Participant after commencement of retirement payments, the
provisions of Article V will apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a
Disabled Participant dies prior to Retirement, then the provisions of Article IV
shall apply as though at the time he died he was serving as a Participant who died
prior to Retirement.”
	 
	 	5.	 	Remainder of the Plan Unaffected. In all other respects, the provisions
of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.





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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Plan
 to be signed its corporate name by its duly authorized officer.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:
	 	/s/ David L. Brown
 

David L. Brown
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President & CEO	 	 











 









 











Exhibit A




ADOPTION AGREEMENT FOR AMENDMENT NO. 2




FOR USE BY PARTICIPANTS IN THE




NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL LABORATORY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




     THE UNDERSIGNED, being a Participant under and as defined in the National Dentex Corporation
Supplemental Laboratory Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), hereby adopts and agrees to the
terms and provisions of Amendment No. 2 to the Plan dated as of
the ___ day of December, 2008, in
the form to which this Adoption Agreement has been attached, and agrees that this Adoption
Agreement shall serve as the undersigned’s counterpart signature page to such Amendment No. 2.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

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