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BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

 

EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made this 9th day of April
2012, by and between Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., an Indiana corporation with its principal office at 2701 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette,
Indiana (hereinafter called “Company”), and Anthony S. Chilton, residing at 1035 Richmond Glen Circle, Alpharetta,
GA30004 (hereinafter called the “Grantee”), pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations contained in the Company’s
2008 Stock Option Plan (hereinafter called the “Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, in the interests of affording an
incentive to the Grantee to give his best efforts to the Company as a company officer, key employee, or member of the Board of
Directors, the Company wishes to provide that the Grantee shall have an option to buy Common Shares of the Company:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby mutually agreed
to as follows:

 

1. The Company hereby grants to the Grantee
the right and option to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate of 25,000
shares (hereinafter called “Subject Shares”) of the presently authorized, but unissued, or treasury, Common Shares
of the Company, hereinafter called the “Common Shares”) at a purchase price of $1.38 per share, exercisable
in whole or in part from time to time subject to the limitation that no option may be exercised with respect to fewer than twenty-five
(25) shares then subject to opinion hereunder, in which event any exercise must be as to all such shares and subject to the further
limitation that the options represented by the Agreement shall be exercisable in two equal installments as set forth in Section
7 of the Plan. The option may be exercised as to the shares covered by the one installment from and after January 31, 2013. The
Option will be considered to have been effectively expressed upon delivery to the Company of the Option Price and a “Notice
of Exercise” in the form attached hereto, and the satisfaction of all other conditions described in this letter. Unless sooner
terminated under the terms of the Plan on this Agreement, the Option shall expire as to all shares subject to purchase hereunder
on the 10th anniversary date of this Agreement if not exercised on or before such date.

 

2. Subject to the limitation specified in
Section 1 hereof the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, but not limited to, the exercise provisions of Section 7 of the
Plan, the termination provisions of Section 8 of the Plan and the Incentive Stock Option special Rules provisions of Section 9
of the Plan), the Grantee may from time to time exercise this option by delivering a written notice of exercise and subscription
agreement to the Secretary of the Company specifying the number of whole shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment (i) in
cash, (ii) by certified check or bank cashier’s check, (iii) through the tender to the Company of Common Shares of the Company
owned by the Optionee or by withholding of Common Shares of the Company that are subject to the option, which Common Shares shall
be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the purchase price has been paid, at their fair market value on the
date of exercise as determined in Section 6(c) of the Plan, or (iv) by a combination of the methods described in (i), (ii), or
(iii). The Company may, in its sole discretion, refuse to withhold Common Shares of the Company as payment of the exercise price
of the option. Such exercise shall be effective upon receipt by the Secretary of such written notice, subscription agreement and
payment of the purchase price. Only the Grantee may exercise the option during the lifetime of the Grantee. No fractional shares
may be purchased at any time hereunder.

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

3. Upon the effective exercise of the option,
or any part thereof, certificates representing the shares so purchased, marked fully paid and non-assessable, shall be delivered
to the person who exercised the option, except as provided in Section 6(j) of the Plan. Until certificates representing such shares
shall have been issued and delivered, the Grantee shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company
in respect of any such shares.

 

4. In the event that, prior to the delivery
by the Company of all the Subject Shares, there shall be an increase or reduction in the number of Common Shares of the Company
issued and outstanding by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of Common Shares or any other capital adjustment, the number
of shares then subject to this option shall be increased or decreased as provided in Section (g) of the Plan.

 

5. The option and the rights and privileges
conferred by this Option Agreement shall not be assigned or transferred by the Grantee in any manner except by will or under the
laws of descent and distribution. In the event of any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 5, the option,
rights and privileges conferred by this Option Agreement shall become null and void.

 

6. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to create any limitation nor restriction upon such rights as the Company would otherwise have to terminate a person as an employee
of the Company.

 

7. The option, rights and privileges herein
conferred are granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

8. Any notices to be given or served under
the terms of this Option Agreement shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Company at 2701 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana,
and to the Grantee at the address set forth on page one of this Option Agreement, or such other address or addresses as either
party may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been duly given or served, and deposited
in the United States mail.

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

9. The interpretation by the Compensation
Committee, appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors to administer the Plan, or any provisions of the Plan or of this
Option Agreement shall be final and binding on the Grantee unless otherwise determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

10. This Option Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Indiana.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the
Grantee have signed this Option Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

	 	“COMPANY”
	 	 
	 	BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:
	 	  
	 	Jacqueline Lemke
	 	 
	 	 
	 	“GRANTEE”
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By:
	 	 
	 	   
	 	Anthony ChiltonApril 9, 2012

 

Mrs. Jacqueline M. Lemke

14239 Kingdom Court

Fishers, IN 46040

 

Dear Jacqueline:

 

The Board of Directors of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (the “Company”)
has approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to you. This letter will serve as notice of the grant, effective as of April
9, 2012 (the “date of grant”), of an option to purchase (the “Option”) 125,000 of the Common Shares of
the Company (the “Option Shares”) on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and upon your execution and delivery
to the Company of the copy of this letter included herein will constitute our agreement as to those terms. This Option has
not been granted under the terms of the Company’s employee stock option plans, and is not an “incentive
stock option” as defined by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. You are urged to consult with your tax advisors concerning
the tax effect of the grant and exercise of this Option.

 

		1.	OPTION PRICE. The purchase price of the Option Shares is $1.38 per share (the “Option Price”).

 

		2.	MEDIUM AND TIME OF PAYMENT. You must pay the Option Price with respect to the Option Shares being purchased at the time
you exercise the Option. The Option Price may be paid either (a) in cash; (b) by certified check or by bank cashier’s check;
(c) if you can do so without violating Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, through the tender to the Company
of outstanding Common Shares or through the withholding and surrender to the Company of Option Shares being purchased, which shall
be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the purchase price has been paid, at the fair market value of the Common
Shares on the date of exercise of the Option; or (d) or by a combination of (a), (b) or (c).

 

		3.	TERM AND EXERCISABILITY OF OPTIONS. The Option is effective immediately upon your acceptance of this letter and will
become exercisable in two installments. The Option may be exercised as to the shares covered by the first installment on and after
March 31, 2013, with the second installment becoming exercisable on March 31, 2014. The Option will be considered to have been
effectively exercised only upon delivery to the Company of the Option Price and a “Notice of Exercise” in the form
attached hereto, and the satisfaction of all other conditions described in this letter. The Option shall expire as to all unexercised
Option Shares at the close of business on the tenth anniversary of the date of this letter (or on the next business day if that
date is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday).

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    
  

		4.	CESSATION OF SERVICE WITH THE COMPANY. In the event you cease to serve as an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
this Option shall terminate immediately upon termination of employment as to any unexercised Option Shares; provided, however,
that if termination of employment is due to retirement with the consent of the Company or is due to a permanent and total disability;
you shall have the right to exercise the Option with respect to the Option Shares for which it could have been exercised on the
effective date of termination of employment at any time within three months after the termination date, if termination is due to
retirement with the consent of the Company, or at any time within 12 months after the termination date, if termination is due to
permanent and total disability. In the event of your death while serving as an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
your executor or personal representative shall have the right to exercise this Option with respect to the Common Shares for which
it could have been exercised on the date of your death. Whether termination is a retirement with the consent of the Company or
due to permanent and total disability, and whether an authorized leave of absence on military or government service shall be deemed
to constitute termination of employment for the purposes of this Option, shall be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion, which determination shall be final and conclusive.

 

		5.	RECAPITALIZATION. The number of Option Shares and the Option Price each shall be proportionally adjusted for any increase
or decrease in the number of issued Common Shares of the Company resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares of the
Company, the payment of a share dividend, a share split or other increase or decrease in the outstanding Common Shares effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company (including an increase or decrease effected as a part of the Recapitalization of
the Company, as defined herein). In the event that there shall be a recapitalization or reorganization of the Company or a reclassification
of its outstanding shares (each a “Recapitalization”) as a result of which other shares (the “New Shares”)
are issued in exchange for Common Shares, then there shall be substituted for the Option Shares then issuable hereunder that number
of New Shares into which those Option Shares would have been converted had they been outstanding at the effective date of the Recapitalization.

 

		6.	MERGER, DISSOLUTION. If the Company shall enter into any agreement of merger or consolidation (whether or not it shall
be the surviving entity thereunder), the Company shall have the right to terminate this Option as of any date specified in a written
notice given to you not less than 30 days prior to the termination date. If the merger or consolidation described in that notice
is not consummated within 180 days following the termination date of this Option specified in the notice, this Option thereafter
shall be deemed to have been continuously in effect since the date hereof. In the event of the sale of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company and the distribution of the proceeds thereof to shareholders in liquidation of the Company, the Company
shall give you 30 days prior written notice specifying the record date for the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled
to participate in that distribution and this Option shall expire as to all Option Shares that remain unexercised as of the date
of that distribution.

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		7.	NONASSIGNABILITY. This Option is not assignable or transferable except by will or under the laws of descent and distribution.
During your lifetime, this Option shall be exercisable only by you (or if you become incapacitated, on your behalf by your legal
guardian or attorney-in-fact).

 

		8.	ISSUANCE OF SHARES AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of certificates
representing Common Shares until (a) the admission of such shares to listing on any exchange on which shares of the Company of
the same class are then listed and (b) the completion of any requirements for registration or other qualification of the shares
under any state or Federal law, rule or regulation or the rules and regulations of any exchange upon which the Common Shares are
traded as the Company shall determine to be necessary or advisable. You have no right to require the Company to register the Common
Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Option under federal or state securities laws. As a condition to the effective exercise
of this Option you may be required to make such representations and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel
for the Company, be appropriate to permit the Company to determine whether registration or qualification of those shares is required
in connection with that transaction.

 

		9.	RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER. You shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to Common Shares subject to this Option
until the date of issuance of a certificate to you representing Option Shares acquired upon exercise of this Option. A certificate
will not be issued until you have exercised the Option, fully paid for the Common Shares acquired thereby and satisfied all other
details described in this letter. No adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date a certificate is issued.

 

		10.	NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION. The grant of this Option imposes no obligation upon you to exercise the Option.

 

		11.	NO OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT. The grant of this Option to you does not constitute any contract of employment
between you and the Company, and does not impose any obligation on the Company to continue your employment.

 

		12.	WITHHOLDINGS. To the extent required by law in effect at the time the Option is exercised, the Company has the right
and power to deduct or withhold, or require you to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy all applicable tax withholding
requirements. The Company, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit
or require you to satisfy all or part of the tax withholding obligations in connection with an Option by (a) having the Company
withhold otherwise deliverable Option Shares, or (b) delivering to the Company Common Shares already owned by you for a period
of at least six months and, in each case, having a value equal to the amount that the Company determines, not to exceed the amount
determined by using the maximum federal, state or local marginal income tax rates applicable to you with respect to the Option
on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined for these purposes. For these purposes, the value of the
Option Shares to be withheld or delivered will be equal to the “Fair Market Value “of the Company’s Common Shares
as defined in the Company’s 2008 Stock Option Plan, as of the date that the taxes are required to be withheld.

 

    	 

    	 

    
 

		13.	POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors shall have the full power and authority to take all actions and make all
determinations required or provided for under the terms of this Option; to interpret and construe the provisions of this letter,
which interpretation or construction shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Company and you; and to take any and all other
actions and make any and all other determinations which the Board of Directors deems necessary or appropriate.

 

Please acknowledge your receipt of this letter and your agreement
to the terms set forth herein by signing and returning the copy enclosed for that purpose.

 

Very Truly Yours,

 

Anthony Chilton

President

 

Accepted and agreed to: __________________________

 

Date: __________________

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