Document:

Exhibit 10.6

 

AMENDMENT 2005-1

 

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

SAVINGS PLAN

 

WHEREAS, Beckman Coulter, Inc. (the “Company”), a
Delaware corporation,  maintains the
Beckman Coulter, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan;
and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has the right to amend the Plan;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.                                       The
preamble to the Plan is amended by deleting the following:

 

“The provisions of the
Plan which cover Puerto Rico Participants (as defined herein) are intended to
constitute a qualified plan under Section 165 of the Puerto Rico Income
Tax Act of 1954 (as amended).

 

It is also intended that
the Plan constitute an accident and health plan so that amounts distributed on
account of disability may be, if so provided by law, excluded from income
under Section 105(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 22(b)(5) of
the Puerto Rico Income Tax Act.”

 

2.                                       Section 1.1
is amended by deleting the following:

 

“In
the event that a Participating Affiliate which employs a Puerto Rico
Participant does not have current or accumulated profits, no contribution shall
be made on behalf of the employees of such Participating Affiliate, unless the
laws of Puerto Rico provide otherwise.”

 

3.                                       Section 1.2
is amended by deleting the definition of “Puerto Rico Participant.”

 

4.                                       The
definition of “Rollover Account” in Section 1.2 is amended by deleting the
following:

 

“(and,
for a Puerto Rico Participant, Section 165(b)(2) of the Puerto Rico
Income Tax Act).”

 

 

5.                                       Section 2.4
is amended, effective April 1, 2005, to read as follows:

 

“Each
Employee who becomes a Participant shall designate the Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries whom such Employee desires to receive the benefits of the Plan in
the event of such Employee’s death. Such designation shall be made in a manner
or method as determined by the Committee, which may include electronic
methods to the extent permitted by law. A Participant may from time to
time change his designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries without the consent of
such Beneficiary or Beneficiaries by making a new designation. However, if a
married Participant wishes to designate a person other than his spouse as
Beneficiary, such designation shall be consented to in writing by the spouse,
which consent shall acknowledge the effect of the designation and be witnessed
by a notary public. The Participant may change any election designating a
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries without any requirement of further spousal consent
if the spouse’s consent so provides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, spousal
consent shall be unnecessary if it is established (to the satisfaction of a
Plan representative) that there is no spouse or that the required consent
cannot be obtained because the spouse cannot be located, or because of other
circumstances prescribed by Treasury Regulations. The Company, the Committee
and the Trustee may rely upon a Participant’s last designation of
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries made in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an unmarried Participant’s Beneficiary designation shall become
ineffective upon the Participant’s subsequent lawful marriage and the
Participant’s spouse shall be deemed to be the Participant’s Beneficiary,
unless such deemed designation is changed with the consent of the Participant’s
spouse as provided for in this Section 2.4. “

 

6.                                       Section 3.1(c) is
amended by deleting the following:

 

“In
the case of Puerto Rico Participants, the Committee may impose
restrictions on the amount of Before-Tax Savings Contributions which may be
made, provide for refunds of Before-Tax Savings Contributions, and impose such
rules, limitations and restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or
appropriate to satisfy applicable law. Such restrictions, limitations, rules and
refunds may apply to all or any group of Puerto Rico Participants, or any
individual Puerto Rico Participant, as determined by the Committee.”

 

7.                                       Section 3.1(e)(1) is
amended by deleting the following:

 

“The
limit applicable to Puerto Rico Participants shall be the limit established by
Puerto Rico law.”

 

8.                                       Section 3.6(a) is
amended by deleting the following:

 

“(and,
in the case of a Puerto Rico Participant, both Section 401(a) of the
Code and Section 165 of the Puerto Rico Income Tax Act).”

 

9.                                       Section 6.4(a) of
the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows, effective January 1, 2006:

 

“(a)                            Subject
to the approval of the Committee and guidelines promulgated by the Committee,
withdrawals may be permitted to meet a financial hardship resulting from:

 

(1)                                  Uninsured
medical expenses incurred by the Participant, or the Participant’s spouse or
dependent (for this purpose, as defined in Section 152 of the Code, but
without

 

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regard to subsections
(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d(1)(B) thereof), or necessary for these persons
to obtain such medical care;

 

(2)                                  The
purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence of the
Participant;

 

(3)                                  The
payment of tuition and related educational fees, and room and board
expenses, for the next twelve months of post-secondary education for the
Participant, or the Participant’s spouse, children or dependents (as defined in
Section 152 of the Code, but without regard to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2) and
(d(1)(B) thereof);

 

(4)                                  The
prevention of eviction of the Participant from his principal residence, or
foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s principal residence;

 

(5)                                  Payments
for burial or funeral expenses for the employee’s deceased parent, spouse,
children or dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, but without
regard to subsection (d)(1)(B) thereof);

 

(6)                                  Expenses
for the repair of damage to the employee’s principal residence that would
qualify for the casualty deduction under Section 165 of the Code (determined
without regard to whether the loss exceeds 10% of adjusted gross income); and

 

(7)                                  Any
other event described in Treasury Regulations or rulings as an allowable “safe
harbor” hardship distribution and approved by the Committee as a reason for
permitting distribution under this section.

 

The Committee shall determine, in a non-discriminatory
manner, whether a Participant has a financial hardship. A distribution may be
made under this Section only if such distribution does not exceed the
amount required to meet the immediate financial need created by the hardship
and is not reasonably available from other resources of the Participant. The
amount of the withdrawal may be increased by 10% to 30% to cover taxes on
the withdrawal.”

 

10.                                 Section 6.4(d) is
amended, effective January 1, 2006, to read as follows:

 

“Except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(3) of
the Treasury Regulations, a Participant shall not be permitted to make any
withdrawals from his Before-Tax Savings Account pursuant to this Section until
he has obtained all distributions (including distribution of ESOP dividends
under Section 404(k) of the Code, but not including hardship
distributions) and all non-taxable loans currently available under all
qualified profit sharing and retirement plans maintained by the Company. For
this purpose, distribution of an ESOP dividend shall be considered to be
currently available during the period between the record date for the dividend
and the date the dividend is paid by the Company to its shareholders.”

 

11.                                 Section 6.6(c) is
amended, effective for cash-outs paid on or after February 28, 2005, by
replacing “$5,000” with “$1,000.”

 

12.                                 Sections
6.7(a)(1), (2), and (3) are amended, effective for cash-outs paid on or
after February 28, 2005, by replacing every occurrence of “$5,000” with “$1,000.”

 

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13.                                 Section 9.1
is amended by deleting the following:

 

“(or, only with respect to contributions made on
behalf of Puerto Rico Participants, a similar adverse determination under the
Puerto Rico Income Tax Act).”

 

14.                                 Section 9.5
is amended by deleting the following:

 

“and, with respect to Puerto Rico Participants, Section 165
of the Puerto Rico Income Tax Act.”

 

15.                                 A
new Appendix H shall be added to the Plan to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“APPENDIX H

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

APPLICABLE TO EMPLOYEES IN PUERTO RICO

 

1.                                      Purpose.

 

The purpose of this Appendix
H is to comply with the requirements of Sections 1165(a) and (e) of
the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended (the “PR Code”). The
provisions of this Appendix H shall only apply to those Employees of the
Company, whose compensation is subject to Puerto Rico income taxes (the “Puerto
Rico Participants”). Unless otherwise provided in this Appendix H, the
provisions of this Appendix H are effective September 1, 1998, for the
Plan, as amended and restated on September 1, 1998, and January 1,
2001.

 

2.                                      Type of Plan.

 

It is the intent of the
Company that the Plan be a profit-sharing plan as defined in Article 1165-1
of the Regulations issued under the PR Code and that it include a qualified
cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Section 1165(e) of the PR
Code. It is also intended that the Plan constitute an accident and
health plan so that amounts distributed on account of disability may be,
if so provided by law, excluded from income under Section 105(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code and Section 22(b)(5) of the Puerto Rico
Income Tax Act. In the event that a Participating Affiliate which employs a
Puerto Rico Participant does not have current or accumulated profits, no
contribution shall be made on behalf of the employees of such Participating
Affiliate, unless the laws of Puerto Rico provide otherwise.

 

3.                                      Plan Compensation.

 

Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Puerto Rico Participant’s Plan
Compensation shall be determined prior to the effect of any salary reduction
under any PR Code Section 1165(e) cash or deferred arrangement that
is part of a Puerto Rico qualified retirement plan.

 

4.                                      Before-Tax Savings Contributions.

 

In the case of Puerto Rico Participants, the Committee
may impose restrictions on the amount of Before-Tax Savings Contributions
which may be made, provide for refunds of Before-Tax

 

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Savings Contributions, and impose such rules,
limitations and restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to
satisfy applicable law. Such restrictions, limitations, rules and refunds may apply
to all or any group of Puerto Rico Participants, or any individual Puerto Rico
Participant, as determined by the Committee.

 

A Puerto Rico Participant may not
elect a salary reduction agreement pursuant to Article III of the Plan at
a rate greater than ten percent (10%) of his Plan Compensation, not to exceed
$8,000 (or such other limitation as determined from time to time by the Puerto
Rico Department of the Treasury). Provided that, if the Puerto Rico Participant
contributes to a Puerto Rico individual retirement account as described in PR
Code Section 1169, the maximum amount of his/her Before-Tax Savings
Contributions may not exceed the difference, if any, between the amount
available as a contribution up to the maximum limit and the contribution made
to a Puerto Rico individual retirement account, or as otherwise provided under
the PR Code. The limitation on Before-Tax Savings Contributions will not be
adjusted to reflect cost of living increases. This limit shall be applied by
aggregating all plans maintained by the Company that provide for Before-Tax
Savings Contributions. Any excess deferrals together with any income allocable
to such deferrals by a Puerto Rico Participant shall be distributed to such
Puerto Rico Participant pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory
procedure established by the Company.

 

5.                                      Highly Compensated Puerto Rico
Participants.

 

A Highly Compensated Puerto
Rico Participant means any Puerto Rico Participant who, determined on the basis
of Plan Compensation for each Plan Year, has greater Plan Compensation than
two-thirds of all other Puerto Rico Participants, or as otherwise defined under
the PR Code.

 

6.                                      Limitation on Puerto Rico
Participants’ Before-Tax Savings Contributions.

 

For each Plan Year, in
addition to satisfying the nondiscrimination tests as provided in the Plan, the
Plan shall also satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage (“ADP”) Test of PR Code Section 1165(e)(3)(B) and
the regulations promulgated thereunder. This test must be complied with only
taking into consideration Puerto Rico Participants.

 

In no event shall the ADP of
the Highly Compensated Puerto Rico Participants for any calendar year exceed
the greater of:

 

(a)                                  the ADP of all other Puerto Rico Participants
for such calendar year multiplied by 1.25;                      or

 

(b)                                 the ADP of all other Puerto Rico Participants
for such calendar year multiplied by 2.0, provided that the ADP of Highly
Compensated Puerto Rico Participants does not exceed that of all other Puerto
Rico Participants by more than two percentage points.

 

The ADP of a group of Puerto
Rico Participants for a Plan Year shall be the average of the ratios,
calculated separately for each Puerto Rico Participant in such group, of the
amount of Puerto Rico Participants’ Before-Tax Savings Contributions actually paid to the Trust on behalf of such
Puerto Rico Participants for such Plan Year to the Plan Compensation of such
Puerto Rico Participants for such Plan Year. If more than one plan providing a
cash or deferred arrangement (within the meaning of Section 1165(e) of
the PR Code) is maintained by the Company, the ADP of any Highly Compensated
Puerto Rico Participant who participates in more than one such plan

 

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or arrangement shall be
determined as if all such arrangements were a single plan or arrangement. If
two or more plans are aggregated for purposes of Sections 1165(a)(3) or
1165(a)(4) of the PR Code, such plans shall be aggregated for purposes of
determining the ADP of the Puerto Rico Participants as if all such plans were a
single plan.

 

In the event that there are
contributions in excess of the limitation described in paragraphs a. and b. (“Excess
Contributions”) (determined under the leveling method specified in the PR Code
beginning with the Highly Compensated Puerto Rico Participant with the highest
ADP), the amount of Excess Contributions for a Highly Compensated Puerto Rico
Participant may be recharacterized as After-Tax Savings Contributions,
subject to the provisions of the PR Code. In addition, the Company may elect
to make qualified nonelective contributions that comply with the PR Code and
regulations for purposes of complying with this test as described in this
Section.

 

Notwithstanding any
provision of this Appendix H to the contrary, to the extent permitted by the PR
Code and its regulations, the Committee may elect to aggregate all
Employees employed by the Company for purposes of determining compliance by the
Plan with the ADP test of Section 1165 of the PR Code and the
determination of PR Highly Compensated Participants.

 

7.                                      Adjustment of a Puerto Rico
Participant’s Before-Tax Savings Contributions.

 

The Company may, in its sole
discretion, decrease or suspend the amount of the Before-Tax Savings
Contributions of any Puerto Rico Participant if the Company deems such decrease
or suspension to be necessary to satisfy any of the following:

 

(a)                                  the limits described in Section H.4 of
this Appendix H; or

 

(b)                                 the nondiscrimination requirement of Section H.6
of this Appendix H.

 

8.                                      Qualified Nonelective and Matching
Contributions.

 

(a)                                  Allocation of Qualified Nonelective
Contributions.  On behalf of each non-Highly Compensated
Puerto Rico Participant, the Company may, at its sole discretion, make a
Qualified Nonelective Contribution equal to a percentage between 0% and 10% of
each eligible Puerto Rico Participant’s Plan Compensation, the exact percentage
to be determined each year by the Company. For purposes of this Section, the
term “Qualified Nonelective Contributions” shall mean any Company contributions
with respect to which (i) the Employee may not elect to have the
contribution paid to the Employee in cash instead of being contributed to the
Plan, (ii) are fully vested, and (iii) are distributable at the same
time as Before-Tax Savings Contributions. The Qualified Nonelective
Contributions will be treated as Before-Tax Savings Contributions for purposes
of the other provisions of this Plan.

 

(1)                                  The Company shall have the sole discretion to
designate which non-Highly Compensated Employees, if any, shall receive a
Qualified Nonelective Contribution, if any, for any Plan Year.

 

(2)                                  In any Plan Year, such Qualified Nonelective
Contributions, if any, shall be applied to the ADP Test as described in Section H.6
of this Appendix.

 

(b)                                 Actual Deferral Percentage Test.  All
or part of the Qualified Nonelective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions made with respect to Puerto Rico Participants

 

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may be treated as
Before-Tax Savings Contributions for purposes of the ADP Test set forth in Section H.6
of this Appendix. Qualified Nonelective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions used to satisfy the ADP Test shall be deemed Before-Tax Savings
Contributions. For purposes of this Section, the term “Qualified Matching
Contributions” shall mean the Company Matching Contributions (pursuant to Plan Section 3.3)
with respect to which (i) are fully vested, and (ii) are
distributable at the same time as Before-Tax Savings Contributions.

 

(c)                                  Company Election.  The
Committee may elect, in any Plan Year, to treat all or a part of the
Company Matching Contributions for such Plan Year as a Qualified Matching
Contribution subject to the restrictions of this Section.

 

9.                                      Company Matching Contributions.

 

For purposes of the Puerto
Rico qualification of the Plan, the Company Matching Contributions made by the
Company to the accounts of Puerto Rico Participants shall not be subject to the
Actual Contribution Percentage Test provided under Section 401(m) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “US Code”).

 

10.                               Vesting of Qualified Nonelective
and Matching Contributions.

 

Each Participant shall at
all times be fully vested in all Qualified Nonelective Contributions and
Qualified Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section H.8 of this
Appendix.

 

11.                               Transfer and Rollover Provisions.

 

Transfers or rollovers to
the Plan under Section 3.6 of the Plan by a Puerto Rico Participant are
limited to the amounts distributed from an employee plan that qualifies under Section 1165(a) of
the PR Code and under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the US Code.

 

Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, a distributee who is a Puerto Rico
Participant may request, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Committee, to have the entire portion of a lump-sum distribution from the Plan
paid directly to a “Puerto Rico Eligible Retirement Plan” (as defined below) in
a direct rollover. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Puerto Rico
Eligible Retirement Plan” means a qualified trust described in Section 1165(a) of
the PR Code and an individual retirement account or annuity described in
Sections 1169(a) and (b) of the PR Code, respectively, that accepts
the Puerto Rico Participant’s eligible rollover distribution.

 

12.                               Catch-Up Contributions.

 

Puerto Rico Participants are
not eligible to make elective catch-up contributions in accordance with, and
subject to the limitations of, Section 414(v) of the US Code. In
accordance with IRS Notice 2002-4, the Plan shall not be treated as failing to
satisfy the universal availability of Catch-Up Contributions requirement of Section 414(v)(4) of
the US Code and Section 1.414(v)-1(e) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

13.                               In-Service Withdrawals.

 

If a Puerto Rico Participant
makes a withdrawal pursuant to Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, or 6.5, he shall be
unable to elect that any employee contributions associated with Section 
6.1, 6.2, 6.3,

 

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or 6.5 be made on his behalf
under the Plan or under any other plan maintained by the Company or a Related
Company until the first day of the first pay period occurring three (3) months
following his withdrawal or longer if applicable under other plan rules. Effective
January 1, 2002, if a Puerto Rico Participant makes a withdrawal pursuant
6.4 of the Plan, he: (i) shall not be entitled to make Before-Tax Savings
Contributions and any other employee contributions for twelve months following
the date of receipt of the Hardship Withdrawal, and (ii) for the taxable
year following the year of the Hardship Withdrawal, the annual limitation
imposed by the PR Code on Before-Tax Savings Contributions shall be reduced by
the amount of Before-Tax Savings Contributions made in the year of the Hardship
Withdrawal.

 

14.                               Company Contributions.

 

To the extent permissible
under ERISA, each contribution made by the Company to the Plan is expressly
conditioned on the deductibility of such contribution under Section 1023(n)
of the PR Code for the taxable year for which contributed. If the Puerto Rico
Department of the Treasury disallows the deduction, or if the contribution was
made by a mistake of fact, such contributions shall be returned to the Company
within one (1) year after the disallowance of the deduction (to the extent
disallowed), or after the payment of the contribution, respectively.

 

15.                               Employee Stock Ownership
Provisions.

 

Notwithstanding anything
provided in the Plan, Puerto Rico Participants (or, if applicable, following
the death of a Puerto Rico Participant, such Puerto Rico Participant’s
Beneficiary), are not allowed to make elections for cash payments on dividends
flowing from Company Stock. Rather, such dividends will automatically be
credited to Puerto Rico Participants’ Accounts.

 

16.                               Payment of Contributions.

 

Contributions to the Plan by
the Company shall be paid to the Trustee not later than the due date for filing
the Company’s Puerto Rico income tax return for the taxable year in which such
payroll period falls, including any extension thereof.

 

17.                               Plan Merger.

 

Solely with respect to the
Puerto Rico Participants, any merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or
transfer in whole or in part of the assets and liabilities of the Trust
to, another trust will be limited to the extent such other plan and trust are
qualified under Section 1165(a) of the PR Code.

 

18                                  Plan Termination or
Discontinuance of Contributions.

 

Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be required to
make any distribution from the Trust to a Puerto Rico Participant in the event
the Plan is terminated, until such time as the Puerto Rico Department of the
Treasury shall have determined in writing that such termination will not
adversely affect the prior qualification of the Plan under the PR Code.

 

19.                               Governing Law.

 

With respect to the Puerto
Rico Participants and the Company engaged in business in Puerto Rico, the Plan
also will be governed and construed according to the PR Code, where such

 

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law is not in conflict with
the applicable federal laws; provided, however, that if any provision of the
Plan is susceptible to more than one interpretation, such interpretation shall
be given thereto as is consistent with the Plan remaining qualified within the
meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and Section 1165(a) of
the PR Code.

 

20.                               Use of Terms.

 

All terms and provisions of
the Plan shall apply to this Appendix H, except that where the terms and
provisions of the Plan and this Appendix H conflict, the terms and provisions
of this Appendix H shall govern.”

 

16.                                 A
new Appendix I shall be added to the Plan to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“APPENDIX I

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FORMER
PARTICIPANTS IN THE

 

DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC.
401(k) PLAN

 

1.                                      Introduction.

 

(a)                                  On
or about October 11, 2005, the Company acquired Diagnostic Systems
Laboratories, Inc. (“DSL”). DSL maintained the Diagnostic Systems
Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “DSL 401(k) Plan”).

 

(b)                                 Effective
as of December 28, 2005 (the “DSL Merger Date”), the DSL 401(k) Plan is
merged into the Plan.

 

(c)                                  The
benefits payable under the Plan to employees and former employees of DSL who
were participants in the DSL 401(k) Plan as of the DSL Merger Date (the “DSL
401(k) Participants”) shall be governed by this Appendix I. This Appendix I
applies only to the DSL 401(k) Participants.

 

(d)                                 Any
individual who is a DSL 401(k) Participant as of the DSL Merger Date and who
satisfies the requirements for participation in the Plan shall automatically
become a Participant in the Plan. Any such individual who does not satisfy the
requirements for participation in the Plan shall not become a Participant in
the Plan. For purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Plan,
periods of service with DSL and its affiliates shall be considered Periods of
Service under the Plan.

 

2.                                      Status of DSL 401(k) Plan.

 

(a)                                  DSL
401(k) Plan is Frozen.  No further
contributions shall be allocated pursuant to, and no person shall become a
participant in, the DSL 401(k) Plan on or after the DSL Merger Date.

 

(b)                                 DSL
401(k) Plan is Merged into the Plan.  Effective as of the DSL Merger Date, the DSL
401(k) Plan shall cease to exist. As of such time, all benefits under the DSL
401(k) Plan accrued to the DSL 401(k) Participants shall become payable from
the Plan. Notwithstanding any

 

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contrary
Plan provision, the provisions of this Appendix I shall apply to the entire
account maintained under the Plan for each of the DSL 401(k) Participants.

 

3.                                      Vesting.

 

(a)                                  Immediate
Vesting on Merger.  Effective as of
the DSL Merger Date, each DSL 401(k) Participant who has not previously
forfeited the unvested portion of his or her account under the DSL 401(k) Plan
(his or her “DSL 401(k) Account”) shall become immediately and fully vested in
such DSL 401(k) Account upon the merger of the DSL 401(k) Plan into the Plan.

 

(b)                                 Buy-Back
of Forfeitures.  Any DSL 401(k)
Participant who terminated employment with DSL and forfeited the unvested
portion of his or her DSL 401(k) Account pursuant to Section 11.08 of the
DSL 401(k) Plan prior to the merger of the DSL 401(k) Plan into the Plan, and
who resumes employment and repays the amount previously distributed to him or
her in accordance with Section 11.10 of the DSL 401(k) Plan, shall be
entitled to “buy back” the forfeited portion of his or her DSL 401(k) Account. The
Company shall make a special contribution equal to the forfeited portion bought
back.

 

4.                                      Investments.

 

The Company shall adopt such rules as it deems appropriate for the
transfer of investments under the DSL 401(k) Plan to the Plan’s investments.

 

5.                                      Forms
of Distribution.

 

Pursuant to Code Section 411(d)(6)(E) and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, any forms of distribution available under the DSL
401(k) Plan that are in any way different from the forms of distribution
available under the Plan may be eliminated pursuant to the merger of the
DSL 401(k) Plan into the Plan. Accordingly, any benefits accrued by DSL 401(k)
Participants that are payable under the Plan shall be paid only in accordance
with the forms of distribution available under the Plan.”

 

17.                                 A
new Appendix J shall be added to the Plan to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“APPENDIX J

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FORMER
PARTICIPANTS IN THE

 

AGENCOURT BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION
401(k) PLAN

 

1.                                      Covered
Employees Subject to this Appendix.

 

Each Covered Employee who was an employee of Agencourt
Bioscience Corporation (“ABC”) immediately prior to the Company’s acquisition
of ABC (the “Acquisition”) is subject to the provisions of this Appendix J (a “Former
ABC Employee”).

 

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2.                                      Eligibility.

 

For purposes of determining eligibility to participate
in the Plan, periods of service with ABC and its affiliates shall be considered
Periods of Service under the Plan. Any Former ABC Employee who satisfies the
requirements for participation in the Plan as of July 1, 2005 shall be
eligible to enroll as a Participant in the Plan on such date. Any Former ABC
Employee who does not satisfy the requirements for participation in the Plan as
of July 1, 2005 shall not be eligible to enroll as a Participant in the
Plan until he or she satisfies such requirements.”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment 2005-1 is hereby
adopted this 21st day of December, 2005.

 

 

	
   

  	
  BECKMAN
  COULTER, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
    /s/James
  Robert Hurley

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Its

  	
    Vice
  Preshident, Human ResourcesExhibit 10.7

 

AMENDMENT 2006-1

 

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

SAVINGS PLAN

 

WHEREAS, Beckman Coulter, Inc. (the “Company”), a
Delaware corporation, maintains the Beckman Coulter, Inc. Savings Plan
(the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan;
and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has the right to amend the Plan;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.                                       Section 3.7(b)(2) of
the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows, effective November 1,
2005:

 

“A Participant may not transfer Account balances
attributable to Company Matching Contributions from the Beckman Coulter Stock
Fund to any other Investment Fund, except that transfers to another Investment
Fund are permitted: (A) with respect to the portion of such Account
balance attributable (following adjustments for investment gains and losses) to
Company Matching Contributions which were first credited to the Participant’s
Company Matching Account on or after September 1, 1998 and invested in the
Beckman Coulter Stock Fund prior to the first day of the month occurring one
year before the date of the transfer, provided that this one year restriction
is not applicable to any Participant who has incurred a Severance from Service
and has not been subsequently reemployed; (B) on or after the first day of
the month following the Participant’s 55th birthday; or (C) on or after September 1,
2003 with respect to Company Matching Contributions which were first credited
on or before August 31, 1998. The foregoing limitations of this paragraph (2) shall
not apply to any Company Matching Contributions which were credited to a
Participant’s Company Matching Account and were initially invested in an
Investment Fund other than the Beckman Coulter Stock Fund.”

 

2.                                       The
definition of “Covered Employee” in Section 1.2 of the Plan is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows, effective April 1, 2006:

 

“‘Covered Employee’ shall mean any Employee of the Company who
is paid through a payroll system of Beckman Coulter, Inc. or a
Participating Affiliate with its principal place of business in the United
States or Puerto Rico; except that there shall be excluded (i) all Leased
Employees, (ii) those Employees covered by a collective bargaining
agreement between the Company and any collective bargaining representative if
retirement benefits

 

 

were
the subject of good faith bargaining between such representative and the
Company, unless the Employee is a member of a group of employees to whom the
Plan has been extended by a collective bargaining agreement between the Company
and its collective bargaining representative, (iii) those Employees who
are non-resident aliens with no United States source income, (iv) individuals
who are employed by a foreign subsidiary of the Company (even if such
individuals are assigned to work in the United States or Puerto Rico on a
temporary basis), and (v) individuals hired or rehired on or after April 1,
2006, who are classified by the Company as interns. Individuals who are not
classified by the Company as Employees (including but not limited to
individuals classified by the Company as independent contractors and
consultants) and individuals who are classified by the Company as employees of
an entity other than the Company or a Company Affiliate, are not considered
Covered Employees under the Plan, even if the classification by the Company is
determined to be erroneous. The foregoing sentence sets forth a clarification
of the intention of the Company regarding participation in the Plan, and the
foregoing sentence is therefore applicable in interpreting the Plan for any
Plan Year, including Plan Years prior to the addition of such sentence to the
Plan.”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment 2006-1 is hereby
adopted this 20th day of April, 2006.

 

 

	
   

  	
  BECKMAN
  COULTER, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By

  	
    /s/James
  Robert Hurley

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  James
  Robert Hurley

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Its 

  	
    Sr. Vice President, Human Resources

  	
   

  
						

 

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