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Form of Change of Control Agreement

 Exhibit 10ca 
 AGREEMENT 
 This agreement (the “Agreement”), by and between C.
R. BARD, INC., a domestic corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey (the “Corporation”), and              (the “Executive”), is
hereby effective as of             , 20    . 
 WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its
shareholders, wishes to assure that the Corporation will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Corporation. The Board of Directors of
the Corporation (the “Board”) believes it is imperative to diminish the inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control, to encourage his
attention and dedication to his assigned duties currently and in the event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with competitive compensation arrangements; therefore, the Board has caused the Corporation to
enter into this Agreement (i) to ensure the Executive of individual financial security in the event of a Change of Control, and (ii) to provide such protection in a manner which is competitive with that of other corporations. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
 1. Certain Definitions. 
 (a) The “Effective Date” shall be the
first date during the “Change of Control Period” (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive’s employment with the Corporation is
terminated prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and the Executive can reasonably demonstrate that such termination (1) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control
or (2) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination. 

(b) The “Change of Control Period” is the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of
(i) the third anniversary of such date or (ii) the first day of the month next following the Executive’s normal retirement date (“Normal Retirement Date”) under the Corporation’s retirement plan; provided,
however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof is hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), the Change of Control
Period shall be automatically extended so as to terminate on the earlier of (x) two years from such Renewal Date or (y) the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date, unless at
least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date the Corporation shall give notice that the Change of Control Period shall not be so extended. 
 2.
Change of Control. 
 (a) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have
occurred if a change of control of the nature that would be required to be reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) occurs, provided that,
without limitation, a “Change of Control” shall be 

 
deemed to have occurred if (i) the beneficial ownership at any time hereafter by any person, as defined herein, of capital stock of the Corporation, constitutes 20 percent or more of the
general voting power of all of the Corporation’s outstanding capital or (ii) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (as of the date hereof, the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least
a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the Directors
comprising the Incumbent Board (other than an election or nomination of an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the Directors of the Corporation, as
such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) shall be, for purposes of this Agreement, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board. No sale to underwriters or private placement of
its capital stock by the Corporation, nor any acquisition initiated by the Corporation, through merger, purchase of assets or otherwise, effected in whole or in part by issuance or reissuance of shares of its capital stock, shall constitute a Change
of Control. 
 (b) For purposes of the definition of “Change of Control,” the following definitions shall be
applicable: 
 (i) The term “person” shall mean any individual, corporation or other entity and any group as such term
is used in Section 13 (d) (3) or 14 (d) (2) of the Exchange Act. 
 (ii) Any person shall be deemed to
be the beneficial owner of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation: 
 A. which that person owns directly, whether or
not of record, or 
 B. which that person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or understanding or upon exercise
of conversion rights, warrants, or options, or otherwise, or 
 C. which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly
(including shares deemed owned through application of clause (B) above), by an “affiliate” or “associate” (as defined in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of
that person, or 
 D. which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed owned through application
of clause (B) above), by any other person with which that person or his “affiliate” or “associate” (defined as aforesaid) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or
disposing of capital stock of the Corporation. 
 (iii) The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall include
shares deemed owned through application of clauses (ii) (B), (C) and (D), above, but shall not include any other shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or
otherwise, but which are not actually outstanding. 
 3. Employment Period. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation hereby
agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Corporation, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the third anniversary of such
date or (b) the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date (the “Employment Period”). 

  
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 4. Terms of Employment. 
 (a) Position and Duties. 
 (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the
Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned
at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the location where the Executive was employed immediately preceding the Effective Date or any office or
location less than thirty-five (35) miles from such location. 
 (ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any
periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Corporation and, to the extent necessary to discharge
the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for
the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities
do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Corporation in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have
been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere
with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the Corporation. 
 (b) Compensation. 

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive a base salary (“Base Salary”) at a monthly
rate at least equal to the highest monthly base salary paid to the Executive by the Corporation during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. During the Employment Period, the Base Salary shall be
reviewed at least annually and shall be increased at any time and from time to time as shall be consistent with increases in base salary awarded in the ordinary course of business to other key executives of the Corporation. Any increase in Base
Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase. 
 (ii) Annual Bonus. In addition to Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year during the Employment Period, an annual bonus (an “Annual Bonus”) in cash at least
equal to (x) the sum of the annual bonuses paid, or payable to the extent deferred, to the Executive in respect of each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the Effective Date occurs, divided by (y) the
number of such three fiscal years with respect to which the Executive was eligible to earn an annual bonus from the Corporation (the “Recent Bonus”). In the event that the date first above written and the Effective Date occur in the same
fiscal year, the Recent Bonus shall be equal to your target bonus under the applicable annual bonus. 
 (iii) Incentive,
Savings and Retirement Plans. In addition to Base Salary and Annual Bonus payable as hereinabove provided, the Executive shall be entitled to participate 

  
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during the Employment Period in all equity incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental savings and retirement plans and programs, whether qualified or non-qualified, then applicable to other
key executives of the Corporation and its affiliates; provided, however, that such plans and programs, in the aggregate, shall provide the Executive with compensation, benefits and reward opportunities at least as favorable as the most favorable
such compensation benefits and reward opportunities provided by the Corporation for the Executive under such plans and programs as in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the
Executive, as provided at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives. 
 (iv) Welfare Benefit Plans. During
the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans provided by the Corporation (including, without
limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, executive life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs), at least comparable to those in effect at any time during the 90-day period
immediately preceding the Effective Date which would be most favorable to the Executive or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives. 

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable
expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies and procedures of the Corporation and its affiliates in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to
the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives. 
 (vi) Fringe Benefits. During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, in accordance with the most favorable policies of the Corporation and its affiliates in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date
or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives. 
 (vii)
Office and Support Staff. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to those provided
to the Executive at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date which would be most favorable to the Executive or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided at any time thereafter with respect to other key
executives. 
 (viii) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in
accordance with the most favorable policies of the Corporation and its affiliates as in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter
with respect to other key executives. 
 5. Termination. 
 (a) Death or Disability. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death. The Corporation may terminate this Agreement, after having established the Executive’s
Disability (pursuant to the definition of “Disability” set forth below), by giving to the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such a case, the Executive’s employment with the
Corporation shall terminate effective on the 180th 

  
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day after receipt of such notice (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within 180 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of
the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means disability which, at least 26 weeks after its commencement, is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Corporation or its insurers
and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld unreasonably). 
 (b) Cause. The Corporation may terminate the Executive’s employment for “Cause.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) an act or acts of dishonesty taken
by the Executive and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of the Corporation, (ii) repeated violations by the Executive of the Executive’s obligations under Section 4(a) of this
Agreement which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on the Executive’s part and which are not remedied after the receipt of notice from the Corporation or (iii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony. 

(c) Termination by Executive for Good Reason. The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means 
 (i) (A) the assignment to the Executive of any duties
inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 4(a) of this Agreement, or (B) any other action
by the Corporation which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, other than an insubstantial and inadvertent action which is remedied by the Corporation promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the
Executive; 
 (ii) any breach of this Agreement by the Corporation, or failure by the Corporation to comply with any of the
provisions of Section 4(b) of this Agreement, other than an insubstantial and inadvertent breach which is remedied by the Corporation promptly, but in no event more than five (5) days, after receipt of notice thereof given by the
Executive; 
 (iii) the Corporation’s requiring the Executive to be based at any office or location other than that
described in Section 4(a)(i)(B) hereof, except for travel reasonably required in the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities; 
 (iv) any purported termination by the Corporation of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as permitted by this Agreement; 

(v) any failure by the Corporation to comply with and satisfy Section 11(c) of this Agreement; or 

(vi) any failure by the Corporation to pay compensation to the Executive when due, other than an inadvertent failure which is remedied by
the Corporation within five (5) days after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive. 
 For purposes of this
Section 5(c), any good faith determination of “Good Reason” made by the Executive shall be conclusive. 
 (d)
Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Corporation for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement.
For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific 

  
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termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s
employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the termination date is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than fifteen (15) days after the giving of such
notice). 
 (e) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means the date of receipt of the Notice of
Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Corporation other than for Cause or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Corporation notifies
the Executive of such termination. 
 6. Obligations of the Corporation upon Termination. 

(a) Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death, this Agreement shall
terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than those obligations accrued or earned by the Executive hereunder at the date of the Executive’s death. Anything in this Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive’s family shall be entitled to receive benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Corporation to surviving families of executives of the Corporation under such plans,
programs and policies relating to family death benefits, if any, as in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect on
the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other key executives and their families. 
 (b) Disability. If the
Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than those obligations accrued or earned by the Executive hereunder as of the
Disability Effective Date. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those
provided by the Corporation to disabled employees and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date
or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives and their families. 
 (c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause or the Executive terminates his employment other than for Good Reason, the Corporation shall
pay the Executive his full Base Salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given and shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. 

(d) Termination by Executive for Good Reason; Termination by Corporation Other Than for Cause or Disability. If, during the
Employment Period, the Corporation shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause or Disability, or the employment of the Executive shall be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason: 

(i) the Corporation shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 10 days after the Date of Termination (the “Payment
Date”) the aggregate of the following amounts: 
 A. to the extent not theretofore paid, the Executive’s Base Salary
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the highest rate in effect at any time within the three year period preceding the Effective Date (the “Highest Base Salary”); and 

B. the product of (x) the Recent Bonus and (y) the fraction obtained by dividing (i) the number of days between the Date
of Termination and the last day of the last full fiscal year and (ii) 365; and 
 C. the product of (x) three and
(y) the sum of the Highest Base Salary and the Recent Bonus; 
 D. in the case of compensation previously deferred by the
Executive, all amounts previously deferred and not yet paid by the Corporation to the extent that acceleration of such payments will not result in past, present or future adverse tax treatment to the Executive under Section 409A of the Code;
and 
 E. the difference between (x) the present value of the Executive’s accrued benefit under the
Corporation’s qualified and nonqualified defined benefit retirement plans calculated as of his or her Date of Termination with three (3) additional years of age and service credit for all purposes under such plans (assuming a 6%
compensation increase for each additional year of service credit) with such present value calculated using the lump sum assumptions that apply under the plans and for those participants, reflecting their age with the added 3 years, who are not yet
age 55 taking the present value of the age 55 benefit after adjusting for the 3 years of additional age and service credit; and (y) the present value of the Executive’s accrued benefit under the Corporation’s qualified and
nonqualified defined benefit retirement plans calculated as of his or her Date of Termination with no additional age or service credit with such present value calculated using the lump sum assumptions that apply under the plans and for those
participants who are not yet age 55, taking the present value of the age 55 benefit; and 
 (ii) for three years after the Date
of Termination, the Corporation shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs and policies described in
Section 4(b)(iv) of this Agreement if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated, including health insurance and life insurance, if and as in effect at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or,
if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other key executives and their families and for purposes of eligibility for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, programs and policies, the Executive shall
be considered to have remained employed until the end of the Employment Period and to have retired on the last day of such period. 
 (iii) The Corporation shall provide the Executive with the financial planning services of a reputable firm and commensurate with the Executive’s position for a period of three years following the
termination of Executive’s employment with the Company at no cost to the Executive. 
 (iv) The Corporation shall provide
the Executive with the outplacement services of a reputable firm and commensurate with the Executive’s position for a period of three years following the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company at no cost to the Executive.

 (e) Installment Election. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive may elect to receive the
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and (E) hereof (the “Severance Payment”) in installments. Such an election must be made in writing on a form prescribed by the Corporation. Any election made pursuant to this
Section 6(e) shall only become effective if it is made at least twelve (12) months in advance of the date on which the Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive the payment. If such an election becomes effective, one-quarter of the
Severance Payment shall be paid to the Executive on the fifth anniversary of the Payment Date and one-quarter of the severance payment shall be paid to the Executive on each of the next three anniversaries thereof and, in the case of each of these
four payments, the amounts to be paid shall include interest from the Payment Date on the remaining unpaid balance of the Severance Payment calculated at the prime rate as in effect from time to time as published in the Wall Street Journal.

 (f) Key Employees. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent required in order to avoid past,
present or future adverse tax treatment to the Executive under Section 409A of the Code, if the Executive is a Specified Employee as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, any payments which are
required to be paid to the Executive both within six (6) months of the termination of his or her employment with the Corporation and as a result of his or her termination of employment shall be delayed for a period of six (6) months from
his or her termination of employment with the Corporation. Any such payments shall earn interest during such delay at the prime rate as in effect from time to time as published in the Wall Street Journal. 

7. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any
benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided by the Corporation or any of its affiliated companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have
under any stock option or other agreements with the Corporation or any of its affiliated companies. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Corporation or any of its
affiliated companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program. 
 8. Full
Settlement. The Corporation’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or
action which the Corporation may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the
provisions of this Agreement. The Corporation agrees to pay, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Corporation
or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof, plus in each case interest at the Federal Rate (as defined below). 

9. Modification of Payments. 
 (a) In the event it shall be determined that any payment, right or distribution by the Corporation or any other person or entity to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or otherwise, which is made in connection with, or arising out of, his employment with the Corporation or a change in ownership or effective control of the Corporation or a substantial portion of its assets (a “Payment”) is a
“parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code on account of the aggregate value of the Payments due to the Executive being equal to or greater than three times the “base amount,” as defined in

  
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Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, (the “Parachute Threshold”) so that the Executive would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise
Tax”) and the net after-tax benefit that the Executive would receive by reducing the Payments to the Parachute Threshold is greater than the net after-tax benefit the Executive would receive if the full amount of the Payments were paid to the
Executive, then the Payments payable to the Executive shall be reduced (but not below zero) so that the Payments due to the Executive do not exceed the amount of the Parachute Threshold, reducing first any Payments under Section 6(d)(i) hereof.

 (b) All determinations required to be made under this Section 9, including whether any Payment is a “parachute
payment” and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized law or accounting firm designated by the Corporation (the “Firm”) and shall be based upon “substantial
authority” (within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code). The Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Corporation and the Executive within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Corporation or the
Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Corporation. All fees and expenses of the Firm shall be borne by the Corporation. Any determination by the Firm shall be binding upon the Corporation and the
Executive. 
 10. Confidential Information. The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Corporation all
secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Corporation or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the
Corporation or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or his representatives in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the
Corporation, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Corporation, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Corporation and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted
violation of the provisions of this Section 10 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. 
 11. Successors. 
 (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and
without the prior written consent of the Corporation shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
legal representatives. 
 (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Corporation and its
successors. 
 (c) The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Corporation” shall mean the Corporation as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by
operation of law, or otherwise. 
 12. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of

  
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this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties
hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
 (b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 
 If to the Executive: 
 [Name] 

[Address] 

[Address] 
 If to
the Corporation: 
 C. R. BARD, INC. 
 730 Central Avenue 
 Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 

Attention: General Counsel 
 or
to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the, addressee. 

(c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement. 
 (d) The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal,
state or local taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
 (e) The
Executive’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision hereof shall not be deemed to be waiver of such provision or any other provision thereof. 
 (f) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Corporation and the Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

(g) The Executive and the Corporation acknowledge that the employment of the Executive by the Corporation is “at will”, and,
prior to the Effective Date, may be terminated by either the Executive or the Corporation at any time. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment or upon the Executive’s ceasing to be an officer of the Corporation, in each case,
prior to the Effective Date, there shall be no further rights under this Agreement. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and, pursuant to the
authorization from its Board of Directors, the Corporation has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf. 
  

							
	  
	 		 	  

	(Executive)	 		 	Date
			
	C. R. BARD, INC.	 		 	
				
	By:	 	  
	 		 	  

		 	Bronwen Kelly	 		 	Date
		 	Vice President, Human Resources	 		 	
		 	C. R. Bard, Inc.	 		 	

  
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	 To:
	  	 C. R. Bard, Inc.
 730 Central Avenue
 Murray Hill, NJ 07974

		
	 A/C:
	  	 042352708

		
	 From:
	  	 Goldman, Sachs & Co.

		
	 Re:
	  	 Accelerated Stock Buyback

		
	 Ref. No:
	  	 As provided in the Supplemental Confirmation

		
	 Date:
	  	 December 15, 2010

  

 
 This master
confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of December 15, 2010 is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time
between Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“GS&Co.”) and C. R. Bard, Inc. (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence
of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Schedule A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation
and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below. 

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity
Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete and binding agreement
between Counterparty and GS&Co. as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications
with respect thereto. 
 This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of,
and are subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if GS&Co. and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except
for (i) the election of New York law (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law) as the governing law and US Dollars (“USD”) as the Termination
Currency, (ii) the election that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) will not apply to the Transactions and (iii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) shall apply to both GS&Co.,
with respect to which a “Threshold Amount” of USD 75 million shall be applicable, and Counterparty, with respect to which a “Threshold Amount” of USD 75 million shall be applicable, provided that (a) the phrase
“or becoming capable at such time of being declared” shall be deleted from clause (1) of such Section 5(a)(vi); and (b) the following language shall be added to the end thereof: “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default
under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute 

 
an Event of Default if (i) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (ii) funds were available to enable the party to make the
payment when due; and (iii) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”). 

The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between
GS&Co. and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between GS&Co. and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between GS&Co. and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which GS&Co. and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed
ISDA Master Agreement. 
 All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern
this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation. 
 If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, any Supplemental
Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) such Supplemental Confirmation, (ii) this Master Confirmation, (iii) the Agreement, and
(iv) the Equity Definitions. 
 1. Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity
Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction. 

General Terms: 
  

			
	 Trade Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Effective Date:
	  	 The Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated December 15, 2010, among Counterparty and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, GS&Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters named therein) or such later date as the parties thereto may otherwise agree.

		
	 Buyer:
	  	 Counterparty

		
	 Seller:
	  	 GS&Co.

		
	 Shares:
	  	 Common stock, par value USD 0.25 per share, of Counterparty (Ticker: BCR)

		
	 Exchange:
	  	 New York Stock Exchange

		
	 Related Exchange(s):
	  	 All Exchanges.

		
	 Prepayment\Variable
	  	
	 Obligation:
	  	 Applicable

		
	 Prepayment Amount:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Prepayment Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Valuation:
	  	
		
	 VWAP Price:
	  	 For any Exchange Business Day, the composite 10b-18 Volume Weighted Average Price per Share for the regular trading session (including any extensions thereof)
of the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day (without

  
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		  	 regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session for such Exchange Business Day), as published by Bloomberg at 4:15 p.m. New
York time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session) on such Exchange Business Day, on Bloomberg page “BCR <Equity> AQR_SEC” (or any successor thereto), or if such price is not so reported on
such Exchange Business Day for any reason or is, in the Calculation Agent’s reasonable discretion, erroneous, such VWAP Price shall be as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent. For purposes of calculating the VWAP Price, the
Calculation Agent will include only those trades that are reported during the period of time during which Counterparty could purchase its own shares under Rule 10b-18(b)(2) and are effected pursuant to the conditions of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), each under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (such trades, “Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions”).

		
	 Forward Price:
	  	 The average of the VWAP Prices for the Exchange Business Days in the Calculation Period, subject to “Valuation Disruption”
below.

		
	 Forward Price
	  	
	 Adjustment Amount:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Calculation Period:
	  	 The period from and including the Calculation Period Start Date to and including the Termination Date.

		
	 Calculation Period Start Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Termination Date:
	  	 The Scheduled Termination Date; provided that GS&Co. shall have the right to designate any Exchange Business Day on or after the First Acceleration
Date to be the Termination Date (the “Accelerated Termination Date”) by delivering notice to Counterparty of any such designation prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the Exchange Business Day immediately following the
designated Accelerated Termination Date.

		
	 Scheduled Termination Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation, subject to postponement as provided in “Valuation Disruption”
below.

		
	 First Acceleration Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Valuation Disruption:
	  	 The definition of “Market Disruption Event” in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “at any time
during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during
the Calculation Period or Settlement Valuation Period” after the word “material,” in the third line thereof.

		
		  	 Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in
the fourth line thereof.

		
		  	 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, to the extent that a Disrupted Day occurs (i) in the Calculation Period, the Calculation
Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone the Scheduled Termination Date, or (ii) in the Settlement Valuation Period, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Valuation Period, in either case, by delivering
notice in writing to Counterparty of any such postponement or extension and any related adjustments within two (2) Scheduled Trading Days

  
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		  	 after the occurrence of such Disrupted Day. If any such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day because of a Market Disruption Event (or a deemed Market Disruption
Event as provided herein), the Calculation Agent shall determine whether (i) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Forward Price or
the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible transactions in the
Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of such Market Disruption Event on such day, and the weighting of the VWAP Price for the relevant Exchange Business Days during the Calculation Period or the Settlement
Valuation Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among
other factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares. Any Scheduled Trading Day on which, as of the date hereof, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close
of trading shall be deemed not to be a Scheduled Trading Day; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Scheduled Trading Day is scheduled following the date hereof, then such Scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed to
be a Disrupted Day in full.

		
		  	 If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Calculation Period or the Settlement Valuation Period, as the case may be, and each of the nine immediately following
Scheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day, then such ninth Scheduled Trading Day shall be deemed an Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day (unless such ninth Scheduled Trading Day is a Disrupted Day because of a deemed Market Disruption
Event as provided in Section 5 below, in which case the Calculation Agent may, but shall not be required to, deem such Exchange Business Day not a Disrupted Day), and the Calculation Agent shall (or may, as the case may be) determine the VWAP Price
for such ninth Scheduled Trading Day using its good faith and commercially reasonable estimate of the value of the Shares on such ninth Scheduled Trading Day based on the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares and such other
factors as it deems appropriate.

		
	 Settlement Terms:
	  	
		
	 Settlement Procedures:
	  	 If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable; provided that GS&Co. does not, and shall not, make
the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by GS&Co. to Counterparty under any Transaction. If
the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A shall apply and Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall not apply.

		
	 Adjusted Forward Price:
	  	 For each Transaction, the Forward Price minus the Forward Price Adjustment Amount.

		
	 Number of Shares

to be Delivered:
	  	 A number of Shares equal to (a) the Prepayment Amount divided by (b) the Adjusted Forward Price. The Number of Shares to be Delivered on the Settlement
Date shall be reduced by any Shares delivered pursuant to the Initial Share Delivery as described below. Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of the Equity Definitions, the Number of Shares to be Delivered shall be rounded down to
the

  
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	 	  	 nearest whole number of Shares and no Fractional Share Amounts shall be delivered.

		
	 Excess Dividend Amount:
	  	 For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity
Definitions.

		
	 Settlement Date:
	  	 If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, the date that is one Settlement Cycle immediately following the Termination Date.

		
	 Settlement Currency:
	  	 USD

		
	 Initial Share Delivery:
	  	 GS&Co. shall deliver a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date in accordance with Section 9.4 of
the Equity Definitions, with the Initial Share Delivery Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.

		
	 Initial Share Delivery Date:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Initial Shares:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Share Adjustments:
	  	
		
	 Potential Adjustment Event:
	  	 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, each of (i) an Extraordinary Dividend, (ii) any repurchase by
Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries of Shares, or (iii) any distribution of Shares pursuant to restricted stock grants or any employee plans or options issued by Counterparty pursuant to compensatory employee plans adopted by Counterparty in the
ordinary course of business shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.

		
		  	 It shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Valuation
Disruption” above, in which case the Calculation Agent shall, in its commercially reasonable discretion, make Fair Value Adjustments in respect of such postponement. “Fair Value Adjustments” means, in respect of any event,
adjustments to any relevant terms of any such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction to GS&Co. prior to such event, where the Calculation Agent, in making such adjustments, shall take
into account any increase or decrease in such fair value to GS&Co. as a result of the relevant event.

		
		  	 Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the words “any other event” therein with the clause “any other
action taken by Counterparty with respect to the Shares”.

		
	 Extraordinary Dividend:
	  	 For any calendar quarter, any dividend or distribution on the Shares with an ex-dividend date occurring during such calendar quarter (other than any dividend
or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Equity Definitions) (a “Dividend”) the amount or value of which (as determined by the Calculation Agent), when aggregated with the amount
or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous Dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend Amount.

		
	 Ordinary Dividend Amount:
	  	 For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

  
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	 Method of Adjustment:
	  	 Calculation Agent Adjustment

		
	 Scheduled Ex-Dividend
	  	
	 Dates:
	  	 For each Transaction for each calendar quarter, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

		
	 Extraordinary Events:
	  	
		
	 Consequences of
	  	
	 Merger Events:
	  	 Not Applicable.

		
	 Consequences of
	  	
	 Tender Offers:
	  	 Not Applicable.

		
	 Nationalization,
	  	
	 Insolvency or Delisting:
	  	 Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a
Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global
Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the
Exchange.

			
		
	 Additional Disruption Events:
	    	
		
	 Change in Law:
	    	 Applicable; provided that the parties agree that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions, “any
applicable law or regulation” shall include the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and any similar law or regulation, without regard to Section 739 of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated and the consequences specified in Section 12.9(b)(i) of the Equity Definitions
shall apply to any Change in Law arising from any such act, rule or regulation”.

		
	 Failure to Deliver:
	    	 Applicable

		
	 Insolvency Filing:
	    	 Applicable

		
	 Loss of Stock Borrow:
	    	 Applicable

		
	 Maximum Stock Loan Rate:
	    	 100 basis points per annum

		
	 Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:
	    	 Applicable

		
	 Initial Stock Loan Rate:
	    	 25 basis points per annum

		
	 Hedging Party:
	    	 For all applicable Extraordinary Events, GS&Co.

  
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	 Determining Party:
	    	 For all Extraordinary Events, GS&Co.; provided that, upon receipt of written request from Counterparty, Determining Party shall promptly (but in no
event later than within seven (7) Scheduled Trading Days from the receipt of such request) provide Counterparty with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any determination made by it (including any quotations, market data or
information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing GS&Co.’s proprietary models or other information that may be proprietary or
confidential).

			
		
	 Additional Termination Event(s):
	  	 The declaration by the Issuer of any Extraordinary Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend
Period, will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions.

		
		  	 If an ex-dividend date for any Dividend that is not an Extraordinary Dividend occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the
Relevant Period (as defined below) and is prior to the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such calendar quarter, such occurrence will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder
as the Affected Transactions.

		
	 Relevant Dividend Period:
	  	 The period from and including the Calculation Period Start Date to and including the Relevant Dividend Period End Date.

		
	 Relevant Dividend Period
	  	
	 End Date:
	  	 If Annex A applies, the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period; otherwise, the Termination Date.

		
	 Non-Reliance/Agreements and Acknowledgements Regarding

Hedging Activities/Additional
	  	
	 Acknowledgements:
	  	 Applicable

		
	 Transfer:
	  	 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, GS&Co. may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and
remedies of GS&Co. under any Transaction, in whole or in part, to an affiliate of GS&Co. whose obligations are guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GS Parent”) without the consent of Counterparty; provided that (i) an
Event of Default, Potential Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer and assignment and (ii) as a result of such transfer and assignment, Counterparty will not (x) be required to pay or deliver to the
transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, greater than the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that Counterparty would have been required to
pay or deliver to GS&Co. in the absence of such transfer and assignment, (y) receive from the transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, lower than
the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that GS&Co. would have been required to pay or deliver to Counterparty in the absence of such transfer and assignment, or (z) suffer any negative tax consequence in performing its obligations or
exercising its rights under any Transaction.

  
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	 GS&Co. Payment Instructions:
	  	 Chase Manhattan Bank New York

		  	 For A/C Goldman, Sachs & Co.

		  	 A/C #930-1-011483

		  	 ABA: 021-000021

		
	 Counterparty’s Contact Details
 for Purpose of Giving Notice:
	  	 To be provided by Counterparty

		
	 GS&Co.’s Contact Details for
	  	
	 Purpose of Giving Notice:
	  	 Goldman, Sachs & Co.

		  	 200 West Street

		  	 New York, NY 10282-2198

		  	 Attention: Serge Marquie, Equity Capital Markets

		  	 Telephone: 212-902-9779

		  	 Facsimile: 917-977-4253

		  	 Email: serge.marquie@gs.com

		
		  	 With a copy to:

		
		  	 Attention: Jared Kramer, Equity Capital Markets

		  	 Equity Capital Markets

		  	 Telephone: +1-212-902-3002

		  	 Facsimile: +1-212-256-5847

		  	 Email: jared.kramer@gs.com

		
		  	 And email notification to the following address:

		  	 Eq-derivs-notifications@am.ibd.gs.com

 2. Calculation Agent. GS&Co.; provided that, upon receipt of written request from Counterparty, Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in no event later than within seven
(7) Scheduled Trading Days from the receipt of such request) provide Counterparty with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation, adjustment or determination made by it (including any quotations, market data or
information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing GS&Co.’s proprietary models or other information that may be proprietary or confidential). 

3. Additional Mutual Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Each Party. In addition to the representations, warranties and
covenants in the Agreement, each party represents, warrants and covenants to the other party that: 
 (a)
Eligible Contract Participant. It is an “eligible contract participant”, as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (as amended), and is entering into each Transaction hereunder as principal (and not as agent or in any other
capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and not for the benefit of any third party. 
 (b) Accredited Investor.
Each party acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof.
Accordingly, each party represents and warrants to the other that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined under Regulation D under the Securities Act and (iii) the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

  
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 (c) [**]* 
 4. Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Counterparty. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty represents and warrants, as of
the Trade Date for each Transaction, and covenants to GS&Co. that: 
 (a) It will not be engaged in an
“issuer tender offer” as such term is defined in Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act nor is it aware of any third party tender offer with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Rule 13e-1 under the Exchange Act. 

(b) It is not entering into any Transaction (i) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public
information with respect to the Shares (ii) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities (other than the offering of (x) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Senior Notes due 2016
and (y) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2021 announced by Counterparty on the date hereof), a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer or (iii) to create actual or apparent trading activity in the
Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) for the purpose of inducing the
purchase or sale of the Shares by others. 
 (c) Each Transaction is being entered into pursuant to a publicly
disclosed Share buy-back program and its Board of Directors has approved the use of accelerated share repurchase programs to effect the Share buy-back program. 
 (d) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither GS&Co. nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties
or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASC Topic 480,
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. 
 (e) As of (i) the date hereof, (ii) the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, and (iii) the date of any election by Counterparty that Shares or Alternative Delivery Property be
delivered by it or by GS&Co. pursuant to Section 14 below, Counterparty is in compliance with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with all reports subsequently filed by
it pursuant to the Exchange Act, taken together and as amended and supplemented to the date of this representation, do not, as of their respective filing dates, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 (f) Counterparty shall report each Transaction to the extent required under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. 

(g) The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as
defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction unless Counterparty has provided written notice to GS&Co. of such restricted period not later than the
Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of such “restricted period”; Counterparty acknowledges that any such notice may cause a Disrupted Day to occur pursuant to Section 5 below; accordingly, Counterparty
acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 6 below; “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (i) the Relevant Period (as defined below) and (ii) the
Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any 
  

	*	 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

  
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Transaction, the period commencing on the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction and ending on the earliest of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date, (ii) the last Additional
Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by GS&Co. and communicated to Counterparty on such day, and (iii) in the event Section 14 below applies to a
Transaction, and Counterparty elects to require GS&Co. to deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Property pursuant to such Section 14, the GS Share Delivery Date (as defined in Section 15 below). 

(h) As of the Trade Date, the Prepayment Date, the Initial Share Delivery Date and the Settlement Date for each
Transaction, Counterparty is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”)) and Counterparty would be able to
purchase a number of Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Counterparty’s incorporation. 
 (i) Counterparty is not and, after giving effect to any Transaction, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. 
 (j) Counterparty has not and will not enter into agreements similar to the Transactions described
herein where any initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period or settlement valuation period (each however defined) in such other transaction will overlap at any time (including as a result of extensions in such initial hedge period,
calculation period, relevant period or settlement valuation period as provided in the relevant agreements) with any Relevant Period or, if applicable, any Settlement Valuation Period under this Master Confirmation. In the event that the initial
hedge period, relevant period, calculation period or settlement valuation period in any other similar transaction overlaps with any Relevant Period or, if applicable, Settlement Valuation Period under this Master Confirmation as a result of any
postponement of the Scheduled Termination Date or extension of the Settlement Valuation Period pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above, Counterparty shall promptly amend such transaction to avoid any such overlap. 

5. Regulatory Disruption. In the event that GS&Co. concludes, in its good faith and reasonable discretion, upon advice of
counsel, that it is appropriate with respect to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by
GS&Co.), for it to refrain from, or decrease, any market activity on any Scheduled Trading Day or Days during the Calculation Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period, GS&Co. may by written notice to Counterparty elect to
deem that a Market Disruption Event has occurred and will be continuing on such Scheduled Trading Day or Days; provided that if any such deemed Market Disruption Event results in the Scheduled Termination Date being postponed to a date that
is on or after the first anniversary of the Trade Date, then such postponement will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with (i) Counterparty as the sole Affected Party, (ii) all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions
and (iii) such first anniversary as the Early Termination Date. 
 6. 10b5-1 Plan. Counterparty represents, warrants
and covenants to GS&Co. that: 
 (a) Counterparty is entering into this Master Confirmation and each
Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or
applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the
parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation be interpreted to comply
with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c). 
 (b) Counterparty will not seek to control or influence
GS&Co.’s decision to make any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) under any Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation, including, without limitation, GS&Co.’s decision to
enter into or unwind any Hedge Positions in respect of any Transaction. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to 

  
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the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1. 

(c) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master
Confirmation or the relevant Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which
Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares. 
 7. Counterparty
Purchases. Counterparty (or any “affiliated purchaser” as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”)) shall not, without the prior written consent of GS&Co., directly or indirectly purchase any
Shares (including by means of a derivative instrument), listed contracts on the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares (including, without limitation, any Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks (as defined
in Rule 10b-18)) during any Relevant Period or, if applicable, Settlement Valuation Period, except through GS&Co. 
 8.
Special Provisions for Merger Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions, Counterparty agrees that it: 

(i) will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date through the end of the Relevant Period or, if
applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period for any Transaction make, or permit to be made, any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction unless such public
announcement is made prior to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares; 
 (ii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify GS&Co. following any such announcement that such announcement has been made; and

 (iii) shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading
session on the Exchange) provide GS&Co. with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the announcement date
that were not effected through GS&Co. or its affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date. Such
written notice shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to GS&Co. that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify GS&Co. of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction
and the completion of the vote by target shareholders if such earlier date occurs during the period commencing on the Trade Date through the end of the Relevant Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period for any Transaction.

 “Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a
recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act. 
 9. Special Provisions for Acquisition
Transaction Announcements. (a) If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then such occurrence shall constitute an Additional Termination Event, with the date of such
announcement as the Early Termination Date, Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected Transactions. 
 (b) “Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement or the consummation of an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its
subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding designed to result in an Acquisition Transaction, or (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or
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that may include, an Acquisition Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, announcements as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement refer to any public announcement whether
made by the Issuer or a third party. 
 (c) “Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger
Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “20%” and to “50%” by “66 2/3%” and without reference to the clause
beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition) or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party or Tender Offer (for purposes of
this definition, the definition of Tender Offer shall be amended (x) by replacing “, proposal or other event” in the second line thereof with “or proposal” and (y) by replacing reference therein to “10%” with
“15%”), (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction, (iv) any acquisition, lease,
exchange, transfer, disposition (including by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries where the aggregate
consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 25% of the market capitalization of Counterparty and (v) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a
recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise). 
 10. Acknowledgments. (a) The parties hereto intend for: 
 (i) each Transaction to be a “securities contract” as defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, a “swap agreement” as defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy
Code and a “forward contract” as defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 362(b)(27), 362(o),
546(e), 546(g), 546(j), 555, 556, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code; 
 (ii) the Agreement to be
a “master netting agreement” as defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code; 
 (iii) a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate any Transaction, net out or offset termination values or payment amounts, and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default or Termination Event under the Agreement with respect to the other party or any Extraordinary Event that results in the termination or cancellation of any Transaction to constitute a “contractual right” (as defined in the
Bankruptcy Code); and 
 (iv) all payments for, under or in connection with each Transaction, all
payments for the Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of the Prepayment Amount) and the transfer of such Shares to constitute “settlement payments” and “transfers” (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code).

 (b) Counterparty acknowledges that: 

(i) during the term of any Transaction, GS&Co. and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy
or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind its hedge position with respect to such Transaction; 

(ii) GS&Co. and its affiliates may also be active in the market for the Shares other than in connection with hedging
activities in relation to any Transaction; 
 (iii) GS&Co. shall make its own determination as to whether,
when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Forward Price and the VWAP
Price; 

  
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 (iv) any market activities of GS&Co. and its affiliates with respect to
the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Forward Price and VWAP Price, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty; and 

(v) each Transaction is a derivatives transaction in which it has granted GS&Co. an option; GS&Co. may purchase
shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction. 
 11. Credit Support Documents. The parties hereto acknowledge that no Transaction hereunder is secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Counterparty herein or
pursuant to the Agreement. All the obligations of GS&Co. under each Transaction shall be unconditionally guaranteed in favor of Counterparty by GS Parent under the guarantee filed as Exhibit 10.45 to GS Parent’s Form 10-K filed with the
Securities Exchange Commission on February 7, 2006, which shall constitute a Credit Support Document under the Agreement. GS Parent shall be designated as a Credit Support Provider in relation to GS&Co. 

12. Set-off. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 6(f) of the Agreement, GS&Co. agrees not to
set off or net amounts due from Counterparty with respect to any Transaction against amounts due from GS&Co. to Counterparty with respect to contracts or instruments that are not Equity Contracts. “Equity Contract” means any
transaction or instrument that does not convey to GS&Co. rights, or the ability to assert claims, that are senior to the rights and claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty’s bankruptcy. 

13. Delivery of Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, GS&Co. may, by prior notice to Counterparty, satisfy
its obligation to deliver any Shares or other securities on any date due (an “Original Delivery Date”) by making separate deliveries of Shares or such securities, as the case may be, at more than one time on or prior to such
Original Delivery Date, so long as the aggregate number of Shares and other securities so delivered on or prior to such Original Delivery Date is equal to the number required to be delivered on such Original Delivery Date. 

14. Early Termination. In the event that an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination
Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction (except as a result of a Merger Event in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash), if either party would owe any amount to the other
party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, Counterparty may, no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which
such Transaction is terminated (the “Termination Date”), elect to deliver or for GS&Co. to deliver, as the case may be, to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case of a Merger Event, a number of units, each comprising
the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Merger Event (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit” and, the securities or property comprising such unit,
“Alternative Delivery Property”)) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a
number of factors, including the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Property on the date of early termination and, if such delivery is made by GS&Co., the prices at which GS&Co. purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery
Property to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 14); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by
holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash. If such delivery is made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex A shall apply as if such delivery were a settlement of the Transaction to
which Net Share Settlement applied, the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date and the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were zero (0) minus the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. 

15. Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the
Agreement, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to
receive Shares or Alternative Delivery Property in accordance with Section 14, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Property shall be delivered on the date (the “GS Share Delivery Date”) selected by GS&Co as promptly as
practicable following the Termination Date where such GS Share Delivery Date may only be delayed in the event that GS&Co. concludes, in its good faith and reasonable discretion, upon advice of counsel, that

  
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such delay is appropriate with respect to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are
imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by GS&Co.); provided, further that, for the avoidance of doubt, if an Early Termination Date occurs in respect of any Transaction as a result of an Additional Termination Event of the
type described in the first paragraph opposite “Additional Termination Event(s)” above, the relevant party’s Early Termination Amount for purposes of Section 6(e) of the Agreement in respect of such Additional Termination Event
shall be determined without regard to the difference between such Extraordinary Dividend giving rise to such Additional Termination Event and the expected dividend as of the Trade Date for such Transaction. 

16. Automatic Termination Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a
Termination Price is specified in any Supplemental Confirmation, then an Additional Termination Event with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transaction to which such Supplemental Confirmation relates as the Affected Transaction will
automatically occur without any notice or action by GS&Co. or Counterparty if the price of the Shares on the Exchange at any time falls below such Termination Price, and the Exchange Business Day that the price of the Shares on the Exchange at
any time falls below the Termination Price will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement. 
 17.
Effectiveness. In the event that the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) does not occur for any reason by the close of business in New York on December 20, 2010 or such later date as agreed upon by Counterparty and
GS&Co. (December 20, 2010 or such later date as agreed upon being the “Early Unwind Date”), each Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”) on the Early Unwind Date and (i) such Transaction and all of
the respective rights and obligations of GS&Co. and Counterparty under such Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from, and agrees not to make any claim against
the other party with respect to, any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with such Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. GS&Co. and Counterparty represent and
acknowledge to the other that, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to such Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged. 
 18. Delivery of Cash. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to deliver cash in respect of the settlement of the Transactions
contemplated by this Master Confirmation following payment by Counterparty of the relevant Prepayment Amount, except in circumstances where the required cash settlement thereof is permitted for classification of the contract as equity by ASC 815-40,
Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity as in effect on the relevant Trade Date (including, without limitation, where Counterparty so elects to deliver cash or fails timely to elect to deliver Shares or
Alternative Delivery Property in respect of the settlement of such Transactions). 
 19. Claim in Bankruptcy. GS&Co.
acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty’s bankruptcy. 

20. Illegality. The parties agree that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of Section 5(b)(i) of the Agreement,
“any applicable law” shall include the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and any similar law or regulation, without regard to Section 739 of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, and the consequences specified in the Agreement,
including without limitation, the consequences specified in Section 6 of the Agreement, shall apply to any Illegality arising from any such act, rule or regulation. 
 21. Governing Law. The Agreement, this Master Confirmation, each Supplemental Confirmation and all matters arising in connection with the Agreement, this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental
Confirmation shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law).

 22. Offices. 

  
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 (a) The Office of GS&Co. for each Transaction is: 200 West Street, New
York, New York 10282-2198. 
 (b) The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: C. R. Bard, Inc., 730
Central Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. 
 23. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION, ANY TRANSACTION HEREUNDER AND/OR ALL
MATTERS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION AND/OR ANY TRANSACTION HEREUNDER. 
 24. Submission to Jurisdiction. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN
ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION, ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION AND/OR ANY TRANSACTION HEREUNDER. 
 25. Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master
Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. 

  
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 Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Master Confirmation
carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by GS&Co.) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement
between GS&Co. and Counterparty with respect to any particular Transaction to which this Master Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Master Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other
information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department, Facsimile No. 212-428-1980/83. 

 

			
	 Yours faithfully,

	
	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Authorized Signatory

  

			
	 Agreed and Accepted By:

	
	C. R. BARD, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

 SCHEDULE A 
 SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION 
  

			
	To:	  	 C. R. Bard, Inc.
 730 Central Avenue
 Murray Hill, NJ 07974

		
	 From:
	  	Goldman, Sachs & Co.
		
	 Subject:
	  	Accelerated Stock Buyback
		
	 Ref. No:
	  	[Insert Reference No.]
		
	 Date:
	  	[Insert Date]

  

 
 The purpose of
this Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“GS&Co.”) and C. R. Bard, Inc. (“Counterparty”) (together, the
“Contracting Parties”) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between GS&Co. and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below. 

1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation dated as of [Insert Date]
(the “Master Confirmation”) between the Contracting Parties, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified
below. 
 2. The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows: 

 

					
	 Trade Date:
	  	 [             ]
	  	 
			
	 Forward Price Adjustment Amount:
	  	 USD [    ]
	  	
			
	 Calculation Period Start Date:
	  	 [             ]
	  	
			
	 Scheduled Termination Date:
	  	 [             ]
	  	
			
	 First Acceleration Date:
	  	 [             ]
	  	
			
	 Prepayment Amount:
	  	 USD [    ]
	  	
			
	 Prepayment Date:
	  	 [             ]
	  	

  
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	 Initial Shares:
	  	 [                 ] Shares; provided that if, in connection with the
Transaction, after using commercially reasonable efforts, GS&Co. is unable to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date, the Initial Shares
delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date shall be reduced to such number of Shares that GS&Co. is able to so borrow or otherwise acquire, and GS&Co. shall use commercially reasonable efforts to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of
Shares equal to the shortfall in the Initial Share Delivery and to deliver such additional Shares as soon as reasonably practicable. The aggregate of all Shares delivered to Counterparty in respect of the Transaction pursuant to this paragraph shall
be the “Shares delivered pursuant to the Initial Share Delivery” for purposes of “Number of Shares to be Delivered” in the Master Confirmation.

		
	 Initial Share Delivery Date:
	  	[             ]
		
	 Ordinary Dividend Amount:
	  	For any calendar quarter, USD [     ].
		
	 Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:
	  	[        ]
		
	 Termination Price:
	  	USD [     ] per Share
		
	 Additional Relevant Days:
	  	The [     ] Exchange Business Days (or such lesser number of Exchange Business Days as elected by GS&Co. and communicated to Counterparty) immediately
following the Calculation Period.

 3. Counterparty represents and warrants to GS&Co. that neither it nor any
“affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) has made any purchases of blocks pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act during either (i) the four full calendar weeks immediately
preceding the Trade Date or (ii) during the calendar week in which the Trade Date occurs. 
 4. This Supplemental
Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. 

  
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 Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Supplemental Confirmation
carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by GS&Co.) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement
between GS&Co. and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Supplemental Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the
other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department, facsimile No. 212-428-1980/83. 

 

							
	
	 Yours sincerely,

	
	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

  

			
	 Agreed and Accepted By:

	
	C. R. BARD, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

  
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 ANNEX A 
 COUNTERPARTY SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS 
 1. The following Counterparty
Settlement Provisions shall apply to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation: 
  

			
	 Settlement Currency:
	  	 USD

		
	 Settlement Method Election:
	  	 Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line
thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) the Electing Party may make a settlement method election only if the Electing Party represents and warrants to GS&Co. in writing on the date it notifies GS&Co. of its
election that, as of such date, the Electing Party is not aware of any material non-public information concerning Counterparty or the Shares and is electing the settlement method in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance
with the federal securities laws.

		
	 Electing Party:
	  	 Counterparty

		
	 Settlement Method
	  	
	 Election Date:
	  	 The earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Exchange Business Day immediately following the Accelerated Termination Date (in which
case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Exchange Business Day), as the case may be.

		
	 Default Settlement Method:
	  	 Cash Settlement

		
	 Forward Cash Settlement
	  	
	 Amount:
	  	 The Number of Shares to be Delivered multiplied by the Settlement Price.

		
	 Settlement Price:
	  	 The average of the VWAP Prices for the Exchange Business Days in the Settlement Valuation Period, subject to Valuation Disruption as specified in the Master
Confirmation.

		
	 Settlement Valuation Period:
	  	 A number of Scheduled Trading Days selected by GS&Co. in its reasonable discretion, beginning on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the
earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Exchange Business Day immediately following the Termination Date.

		
	 Cash Settlement:
	  	 If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Buyer shall pay to Seller the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment
Date.

		
	 Cash Settlement
	  	
	 Payment Date:
	  	 The date one Settlement Cycle following the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period.

  
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	 Net Share Settlement
	  	
	 Procedures:
	  	 If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.

2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying
the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to
the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, with such Shares’ value based on the value thereof to GS&Co. (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable
illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. 
 3. Counterparty may only deliver
Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if: 
 (a) a registration statement covering public
resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by GS&Co. (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or
prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; and a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including any prospectus supplement thereto, the
“Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to GS&Co., in such quantities as GS&Co. shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery; 

(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections
describing the plan of distribution) shall be reasonably satisfactory to GS&Co.; 
 (c) as of or prior to
the date of delivery, GS&Co. and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities of similar
size and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to GS&Co., as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment of counsel to GS&Co., to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act;
and 
 (d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have
been entered into with GS&Co. in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by GS&Co. substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities of similar size, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to GS&Co., which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, customary provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to
the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, GS&Co. and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters for underwritten
offerings of equity securities of similar size. 
 4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares
pursuant to paragraph 2 above: 
 (a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to GS&Co. (or
any affiliate of GS&Co. designated by GS&Co.) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof; 

(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, GS&Co. and any potential purchaser of any such shares from GS&Co. (or
any affiliate of GS&Co. designated by GS&Co.) identified by GS&Co. shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of
equity securities of similar size (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them); 

(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement
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private placement of such shares by Counterparty to GS&Co. (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by GS&Co. (or any such affiliate), substantially similar to
private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of similar size, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to GS&Co., which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without
limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, GS&Co. and its
affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters for private placements of equity securities of similar size, and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all
fees and expenses in connection with such resale, including all fees and expenses of counsel for GS&Co., and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and
maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and 
 (d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to GS&Co. (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by GS&Co. (or any such affiliate), Counterparty
shall, if so requested by GS&Co., prepare, in cooperation with GS&Co., a customary private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to GS&Co. 

5. GS&Co., itself or through an affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell
all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by
Counterparty to GS&Co. pursuant to paragraph 6 below commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales, as determined by GS&Co., is
equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by GS&Co., the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any fees and commissions
(including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions of similar size under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer
and sale of the Shares (including, but without limitation to, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount,
GS&Co. will refund, in USD, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is three (3) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, GS&Co. shall return to
Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares. 
 6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds
received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by
which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”),
Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to GS&Co., through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that
Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is one (1) Currency Business Day after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to
GS&Co. additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the first Clearance
System Business Day which is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent reasonably believes would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole
Shares shall be sold by GS&Co. in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than
the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to GS&Co. further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero. 

7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares and Makewhole Shares be
greater than the Reserved Shares minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty under any other Transaction(s) under this Master Confirmation (the result of such calculation, the “Capped Number”).
Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated 

  
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on each day that a Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula: 

A – B 
  

			
	 Where
	 	 A = the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of the Capped
Number; and

		
		 	 B = the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares
(other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.

“Reserved Shares” means initially, 16,422,159 Shares. The Reserved Shares may be increased or decreased
in a Supplemental Confirmation. 

  
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