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    Exhibit
10.1

    

    AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO

    SEPARATION
AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

    

    This
Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”), effective as of April 3, 2009, by and between
Strategic Diagnostics Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with each and every
one of its predecessors, successors (by merger or otherwise), parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, directors, officers, employees and agents,
whether named herein or otherwise, on the other hand (hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Company”), and Stanley Fronczkowski (“Fronczkowski”), to
that certain Separation Agreement and General Release, dated as of December 8,
2008, by and between the Company and Fronczkowski (the “Separation
Agreement”).  All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given such terms in the Separation Agreement.

    

    WHEREAS,
the Company and Fronczkowski agreed in the Separation Agreement that
Fronczkowski was to be released from employment by SDI effective April 3, 2009;
and

    

    WHEREAS,
the Company and Fronczkowski wish to extend that date such that Fronczkowski
shall be released from employment by SDI effective June 30, 2009, and to make
certain other changes to the Separation Agreement as described
herein.

    

    NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises herein made
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Parties mutually agree to amend the Separation
Agreement as follows:

    

    1.           Date of
Separation.  The reference in Section 6(a) of the Separation
Agreement to April 3, 2009 shall instead be deemed to refer to July 3,
2009.

    

    2.           Benefits
Continuation.  The reference in Section 6(c) of the Separation
Agreement to October 31, 2009 shall instead be deemed to refer to January 31,
2010.

    

    3.           Payment in Lieu of
Outplacement Services. The Company shall, in satisfaction of its
obligation set forth in Section 5(h) of the Separation Agreement, pay
Fronczkowski, within ten (10) days after the Separation Date, in cash, the
amount of $20,000.  Such payment will be deemed to satisfy in full all
obligations of the Company under Section 5(h) of the Separation
Agreement.  Fronczkowski shall not be entitled to receive this payment
unless he delivers to the Company, on the date of such payment, a General
Release in the Form set forth as Exhibit A to the
Separation Agreement.

    

    4.           Miscellaneous.

    

     
(a)             
Reaffirmation.  Except
as expressly modified hereby, the Parties hereby reaffirm each and every
provision set forth in the Separation Agreement and, except as modified hereby,
the Parties acknowledge and agree that each provision and obligation therein
continues in full force and effect.

    

     
(b)            
Counterparts.  This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but both of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.

    

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    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment on May 14,
2009, effective as of the date first above written.

     

     

    STRATEGIC
DIAGNOSTICS INC.

     

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  	
                          By

                        	
                          /s/ Francis M. DiNuzzo

                        	 
      
	
                          Name:
      Francis M. DiNuzzo

                        	 	 
      
	
                          Title:   Chief
      Executive Officer

                        	 	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 	 
      
	
                          /s/ Stanley Fronczkowski

                        	 	 
      
	
                          Stanley
      Fronczkowski

                        	 	 
      

                

                 

                 

                 

                2Tenth Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.4(k) 
 TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Tenth Supplemental Indenture (this “Tenth Supplemental
Indenture”), dated as of February 13, 2009, among AGB Nielsen Media Research B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”) and an affiliate of Nielsen Finance LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and Nielsen Finance Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuers”), and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Issuers and the Guarantors (as defined in the
Indenture referred to below) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of August 9, 2006, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an
unlimited aggregate principal amount of Senior Dollar Notes due 2014 and Senior Euro Notes due 2014 (together, the “Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all
of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 
 (1) Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 (2) Agreement to
Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows: 
 (a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture,
to jointly and severally unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Issuers hereunder or thereunder, that: 
 (i) the principal of and interest, premium and Additional
Interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of
the Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and 

 (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such
other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed
or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. This is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. 

(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the same or any
other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. 
 (c) The
following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuers, protest, notice and all
demands whatsoever. 
 (d) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained
in the Notes, the Indenture and this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture. 
 (e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuers, the Guarantors (including the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore
discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. 
 (f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any
right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. 
 (g) As between the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of
the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this Guarantee. 
  

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 (h) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this Guarantee. 
 (i) Pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 10 of the Indenture, the new Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum
amount permissible such that the obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under this Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 
 (j) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuers for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuers become insolvent or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuers’ assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes and Guarantee, whether as a “voidable
preference”, “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Note shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned. 
 (k) In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 (l) This Guarantee shall be a general unsecured senior obligation of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, ranking pari
passu with any other future Senior Indebtedness of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, if any. 
 (m) Each payment to be made by
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in respect of this Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature. 
 (3) Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the
Notes. 
 (4) Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. 
 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01(c) of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not consolidate or merge with
or into or wind up into (whether or not an Issuer or Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or 

  

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sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to
any Person unless: 
 (i) (A) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of organization of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or such Person, as the case may
be, being herein called the “Successor Person”); 
 (B) the Successor Person, if other than the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee; 
 (C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and 
 (D) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture; or 
 (ii) the
transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture; 
 (b) Subject to certain limitations described in
the Indenture, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may merge into
or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuers. 
 (5) Releases. The Guarantee of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Issuers or the Trustee is required for the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee,
upon: 
 (a) (i) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all the assets of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary which sale, exchange or transfer is made in
compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture; 
 (ii) the release or discharge of the guarantee by the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary of the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of the Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee; 
  

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 (iii) the proper designation of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary; or 
 (iv) the Issuers exercising their Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with
Article 8 of the Indenture or the Issuers’ obligations under the Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and 
 (b) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction
have been complied with. 
 (6) No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
 (7) Governing Law. THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 (8) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 (9) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 (10) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary. 
 (11) Subrogation. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuers in respect of any amounts
paid by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof and Section 10.01 of the Indenture; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuers under the Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full. 
  

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 (12) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee is subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and that the
guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 
 (13) Successors.
All agreements of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 2(k) hereof or elsewhere in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee
in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed,
all as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	AGB NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH B.V.
		
	By:	 	/s/ James W. Cuminale
		 	Name:	 	James W. Cuminale
		 	Title:	 	Member of the Board

  
  

					
	 LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF
 NEW YORK, as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed,
all as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	AGB NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH B.V.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	

  
  

					
	 LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF
 NEW YORK, as
Trustee

		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert L. Bice II
		 	Name:	 	Robert L. Bice II
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

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