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SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 Exhibit 10.4 
  
 SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WITH EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS* 
  

	 Name

	 	 Date of Agreement

	 	 Title

	 	 Initial Annual
 Base Salary

				
	 Robert V. Ahlgren
	 	 April 1, 2002
	 	 Group President—Labware and Life Sciences
	 	 $320,000

				
	 Michael K. Bresson
	 	 December 7, 2001
	 	 Executive Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary
	 	 $310,000

				
	 Dennis B. Brown
	 	 April 1, 2003
	 	 Chief Financial Officer
	 	 $322,500

				
	 Gary J. Marmontello
	 	 December 7, 2001
	 	 Vice President, Human Resources
	 	 $221,000

				
	 Peter Scheu
	 	 December 7, 2001
	 	 Group President, Clinical Diagnostics
	 	 $275,000

				
	 Michael S. Smith
	 	 June 18, 2003
	 	 Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
	 	 $250,000

				
	 Mark F. Stuppy
	 	 December 7, 2001
	 	 Group President, Clinical Consumables
	 	 $246,000

				
	 Stephen K. Wiatt
	 	 December 15, 2000
	 	 Group President, Industrial Glass
	 	 $267,400

  
 *Mr. Jellinek, the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, is a party to a separate form of Employment Agreement that was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2001.FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 Exhibit 10.5 
  
 FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of
             by and between Apogent Technologies Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), and             , an
executive officer of the Company (“Indemnitee”). 
  
 WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and executive officers the most capable persons available; and 
  
 WHEREAS, both the Company and Indemnitee recognize the risk of litigation, and claims being asserted, against directors and executive officers of public
companies in today’s environment; and 
  
 WHEREAS, applicable
provisions of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the “WBCL”) and of the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law and Indemnitee’s service as a director and/or an executive officer is in part in consideration of such indemnification rights; and 
  
 WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s need for substantial protection against personal liability in order to enhance Indemnitee’s service to
the Company in an effective manner, and to provide Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance that the protections promised by the WBCL and the Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or
revocation of such or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of, and the advancing of
expenses to, Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and as set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of Indemnitee’s service as a director and/or an executive officer of the Company, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and Indemnitee agree as follows: 
  
 1.    Contractual Nature of Existing Indemnification Provisions. The indemnification provisions contained in Subchapter VIII of
the WBCL and Article VIII of the Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof and as either may be amended to provide more advantageous indemnification rights to Indemnitee, shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and Indemnitee and any
amendment, modification, revocation or repeal of any of such provisions of Subchapter VIII of the WBCL or Article VIII of the Bylaws shall not limit any rights of Indemnitee hereunder to indemnification or the allowance of expenses. 
  
 2.    Subrogation. In the event the Company shall
make any payments pursuant to Subchapter VIII of the WBCL, Article VIII of the Bylaws or this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payments to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who agrees to execute all
documents required and to do everything that may be necessary or desirable to secure 

 such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring
suit to enforce such rights. 
  
 3.    Defense and Settlement. In consideration of Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnitee agrees to give written notice to the Company as soon as practicable of any
claim (“Claim”) made against him for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any Claim, Indemnitee agrees to cooperate fully with the Company and to provide timely access to all relevant documents and other records in
Indemnitee’s possession or control. The Indemnitee agrees to provide the Company with all of the information, assistance and cooperation which the Company reasonably requests. Further, the Indemnitee agrees not to settle any Claim or otherwise
assume any contractual obligation or admit any liability with respect to any Claim without the Company’s written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
  
 4.    Non-Exclusivity. Nothing herein shall be deemed to diminish or otherwise restrict
Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under any provision of the WBCL, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws. 
  
 5.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Wisconsin law. 
  
 6.    Severability. The provisions of this
Agreement are severable, and if any clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or part, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof, and shall not in any manner
affect such clause or provision to the extent that such clause or provision is valid or enforceable, and shall not in any manner affect any other clause or provision of this Agreement. 
  
 7.    Amendment. No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall
be effective unless in writing and signed by the parties hereto. 
  
 8.    Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and any successor by merger
or operation of law) and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives and estate of Indemnitee. 
  
 9.    Effectiveness. This Agreement supersedes all previously executed indemnification agreements between the parties. The
provisions of this Agreement shall cover claims, actions, suits and other proceedings whether now pending or hereafter commenced and shall be retroactive to cover acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions, which heretofore have taken place. By
way of example but not of limitation, this Agreement shall apply to all liabilities, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, that presently exist or arise in the future, regardless of whether the liabilities relate to activities of Indemnitee or
the Company preceding or subsequent to the date of this Agreement. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

	APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Name: Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
 Title:
Chairman of the BoardSCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 Exhibit 10.6 
  
 SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WITH 
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS 
  

	 Name

	  	 Date of Agreement

	 Robert V. Ahlgren
	  	April 1, 2002
	 Michael K. Bresson
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Dennis B. Brown
	  	April 1, 2003
	 Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Gary J. Marmontello
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Peter Scheu
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Michael S. Smith
	  	June 18, 2003
	 Mark F. Stuppy
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Stephen K. Wiatt
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Stephen R. Hardis
	  	October 1, 2001
	 R. Jeffrey Harris
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Joe L. Roby
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Kenneth F. Yontz
	  	December 7, 2001
	 William H. Binnie
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Don H. Davis, Jr.
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Christopher L. Doerr
	  	December 7, 2001
	 Richard W. Vieser
	  	December 7, 2001Agreement

  Exhibit 4.1
 S0667D
 AGREEMENT REGARDING AMENDMENTS
TO
LOAN DOCUMENTS
 This AGREEMENT REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO LOAN DOCUMENTS (this “Amendment Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 2, 2003, by and between COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY (“Borrower”) and COBANK, ACB (“CoBank”).
 RECITALS
 WHEREAS, Borrower and CoBank have previously entered into that certain Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1999, and that certain Second Amended and Restated Line of Credit, dated as of June 4, 2002 (as amended, the “Line of Credit Agreement”; and as both such agreements have been amended,
collectively, the “Loan Agreements”); and
 WHEREAS, Borrower and CoBank desire to extend the term of the Line of Credit
Agreement and make certain changes to the financial covenants in the Loan Agreements as more particularly set forth in this Amendment Agreement;
 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements set forth in this Amendment Agreement, Borrower and CoBank hereby agree as follows:
 SECTION 1. Section 1 of the Line of Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
 “SECTION 1. The Loan. On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to Section 11, CoBank agrees to make advances to the Borrower during the period commencing on
June 4, 2003 and ending on June 1, 2004 (the “Availability Period”) in an aggregate principal amount up to $65,000,000 at any one time outstanding (the “Loan”). Within the limits of the Loan, the Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow.”
 SECTION 2. Section 3 of the Line of Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:
 “SECTION 3. Availability. Subject to Section 11, the advances under the Loan will be made on any day on
which CoBank is open for business (a “Business Day”), except any day when Federal Reserve Banks are closed, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account or accounts as the Borrower may designate, provided that (i) an authorized officer of the Borrower 
 

  shall have provided CoBank with at least one Business Days’ prior written notice of the date on which such advance under the Loan is to
be made (each, a “Funding Date”), unless the Borrower elects to have a portion of the Loan accrue interest at a LIBOR Rate (as defined in Section 4(A)(2)), in which case the Borrower shall have provided such notice two Banking Days (as
defined below) prior to such Funding Date and such Funding Date shall be a Banking Day, and (ii) any Funding Date so designated shall not be later than the last day of the Availability Period. A “Banking Day” means a Business Day on which
dealings in U.S. dollar deposits are carried out in the London Interbank Market and banks are open for business in New York, New York and London, England.”
 SECTION 3. The first two sentences of Section 5 of the Line of Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
 “The principal balance of the Loan shall be repaid on the first Business Day following the last day of the term of the Loan, as the term may be renewed from time to time. The term of the
Loan shall be from June 4, 2003 to June 1, 2004 (the “Maturity Date”).”
 SECTION 4. The first sentence of Section
13(J)(1) of each of the Loan Agreements is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
 “Maintain at all times, on a Consolidated
Basis, a Total Leverage Ratio not in excess of 3.0:1.0.”
 SECTION 5. The first sentence of Section 13(J)(3) of each of the Loan
Agreements is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
 “Maintain at all times, on a Consolidated Basis, an Equity to Total
Capitalization Ratio of not less than 25.0%.”
 SECTION 6. All references to the Loan Agreements amended hereby, in such agreements
or in any other document, instrument or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith, shall be deemed a reference to such Loan Agreements as amended by this Amendment Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment Agreement,
the execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement does not and will not amend, modify or supplement any provision of, or constitute a consent to or a waiver of any noncompliance with the provisions of, the Loan Agreements or any other document,
instrument or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith, and, except as specifically provided in this Amendment Agreement, the Loan Agreements and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed or delivered in connection
therewith shall remain in full force and effect.
 SECTION 7. Borrower hereby represents and warrants to CoBank as follows:
 (a)        Borrower has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it,
to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment Agreement in accordance with its 
 
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  terms. This Amendment Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms.
 (b)        The execution, delivery and performance
by Borrower of this Amendment Agreement in accordance with its terms do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise,
 (i)         require any governmental approval or violate any applicable law relating to it; or
 (ii)        conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of Borrower,
any material provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or any governmental approval relating to it.
 (c)        The representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in the Loan Agreements and in any other document, instrument or
agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith are true and correct as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof.
 SECTION 8. This Amendment Agreement does not constitute a novation of the Loan Agreements or any other document, instrument or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith.
 SECTION 9. This Amendment Agreement shall become effective as of its date and shall bind all parties only upon the execution and delivery by Borrower and CoBank of this Amendment
Agreement.
 SECTION 10. Borrower agrees to pay to CoBank, on demand, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by CoBank, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel retained by CoBank, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement.
 SECTION 11. This Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to
be an original and shall be binding upon all parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 SECTION 12. Except to the extent governed by applicable federal law, this Amendment Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania,
without reference to choice of law doctrine.
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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and CoBank have caused this Amendment Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers as of the date first written above.
  

	  
 	  
 	 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE 
 COMPANY
 
	 
 
 
 	  
 	 By: 
 	 
 DONALD P. CAWLEY
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	 
 
	  
 	  
 	 
 Attest:
 	 RAYMOND B. OSTROSKI
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	 
 
	  
 	  
 	 
 [CORPORATE SEAL]
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	 COBANK, ACB
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 	 By: 
 	 
 /s/ JOHN P. COLE
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 	 
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 	 Name: 
 	 John P. Cole
 
	  
 	  
 	  
 	  
 	 Title: 
 	 Vice President

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