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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                             GENOMIC SOLUTIONS INC.

           1998 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANT STOCK OPTION PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I.
                        PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN

         1.01 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Genomic Solutions Inc. Non-Employee
Director and Consultant Stock Option Plan is to attract and retain the services
of experienced and knowledgeable independent directors and consultants of
Genomic Solutions Inc. (the "Company") and to provide an additional incentive
for such directors and consultants to continue to work for the best interests of
the Company and its stockholders.

         1.02 ADOPTION AND TERM. The Plan was approved by the Board on January
__, 1998, subject to approval of the Company's stockholders on or before January
__, 1999, and will remain in effect until all shares authorized under the terms
of the Plan have been issued, unless earlier terminated or abandoned by action
of the Board.

                                   ARTICLE II.
                                   DEFINITIONS

         2.01 BENEFICIARY means (a) an individual, trust or estate who or which,
by will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution, succeeds to the
rights and obligations of the Non-Employee Director or Consultant under the Plan
and Option Agreement upon the Non-Employee Director or Consultant's death; or
(b) an individual, who by designation of the Non-Employee Director or
Consultant, succeeds to the rights and obligations of the Non-Employee Director
or Consultant under the Plan and Option Agreement upon the Non-Employee Director
or Consultant's death.

         2.02 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         2.03 CHANGE OF CONTROL EVENT means (a) an event or series of events by
which any Person or other entity or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of Persons or other entities acting in concert as
a partnership or other group (a "Group of Persons") (other than Persons who are,
or Groups of Persons entirely made up of, (i) management personnel of the
Company or (ii) any affiliates of any such management personnel) shall, as a
result of a tender or exchange offer or offers, an open market purchase or
purchases, a privately negotiated purchase or purchases or otherwise, become the
beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
except that a Person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all
securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting stock of the Company; (b) the Company consolidates with, or merges with
or into, another Person (other than a Subsidiary in a transaction which is not
otherwise a Change of Control Event), or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers,
leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding voting stock
of the Company is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property; (c) during any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the Board (together with any new directors
whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of the Company, was approved by a vote of 66-2/3% of the directors
then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period
or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease
for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board then in office; or (d) any
liquidation or dissolution of the Company (other than a liquidation into a
Subsidiary that is not otherwise a Change of Control Event).

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         2.04 CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
References to a section of the Code shall include that section and any
comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends,
supplements or supersedes that section.

         2.05 COMPANY means Genomic Solutions Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         2.06 COMPANY COMMON STOCK means the Common Stock of the Company, par
value $0.001.

         2.07 CONSULTANT means an individual who provides consulting services to
the Company who is not an employee or a Director of the Company.

         2.08 DATE OF GRANT means: (a) with respect to Initial Options, the date
the Plan is adopted by the Board, or if later, the date an individual first
becomes a Director; and (b) with respect to Discretionary Options, the date the
Board authorizes the issuance of such options.

         2.09 DIRECTOR means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

         2.10 DISCRETIONARY OPTIONS has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

         2.11 EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

         2.12 EXPIRATION DATE means the date specified in an Option Agreement as
the expiration date of such Award.

         2.13 FAIR MARKET VALUE means, on any given date, the fair market value
of the Company Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board; provided,
however, that: (a) if the Company Common Stock is admitted to quotation on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq")
SmallCap Market on the date the Option is granted, the Fair Market Value means
the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices of the Company Common
Stock on Nasdaq reported for such date; (b) if the Company Common Stock is
admitted to trading on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market on the date the Option is granted, the Fair Market Value means the
closing price reported for the Company Common Stock on such exchange or system
for such date or, if no sales were reported for such date, for the last date
preceding such date for which a sale was reported; and (c) the Fair Market Value
of the Company Common Stock on the effective date of the registration statement
for the Company's initial public offering shall be the initial offering price.

         2.14 INITIAL OPTION has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

         2.15 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR means a Director who is not an employee of
the Company or a Subsidiary.

         2.16 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION means a stock option which is not an
Incentive Stock Option as described in Section 422 of the Code.

         2.17 OPTION means a Non-Qualified Stock Option granted at any time
under the Plan.

         2.18 OPTION AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the Company and
the optionholder evidencing the grant of an Option and setting forth the terms
and conditions of the Option.

         2.19 PLAN means the Genomic Solutions Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director
and

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Consultant Stock Option Plan, as described herein and as it may be amended from
time to time.

         2.20 PURCHASE PRICE, with respect to Options, has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.02.

         2.21 RULE 16B-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, as currently in effect
and as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor rule.

         2.22 SUBSIDIARY shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of
the Code.

                                  ARTICLE III.
               COMPANY COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE PURSUANT TO THE PLAN

         3.01 SHARES ISSUABLE. Shares to be issued under the Plan may be
authorized and unissued shares or issued shares which have been reacquired by
the Company. Except as provided in Section 3.03, the Options granted under the
Plan shall be limited so that all shares which shall be issued upon the exercise
of outstanding Options shall not in the aggregate exceed 300,000.

         3.02 SHARES SUBJECT TO TERMINATED OPTIONS. In the event that any Option
at any time granted under the Plan shall be surrendered to the Company, be
terminated or expire before it shall have been fully exercised, then all shares
formerly subject to such Option as to which such Option shall not have been
exercised shall be available for any Option subsequently granted in accordance
with the Plan.

         3.03 ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CAPITAL CHANGES.

              (a) RECAPITALIZATION. The number and kind of shares subject to
         outstanding Options, the Purchase Price for such shares, and the number
         and kind of shares available for Options subsequently granted under the
         Plan shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend,
         stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation
         or other change in capitalization with a similar substantive effect
         upon the Plan or the Options granted under the Plan. The Board shall
         have the power to determine the amount of the adjustment to be made in
         each case.

              (b) SALE OR REORGANIZATION. After any reorganization, merger or
         consolidation in which the Company is a surviving corporation, each
         Non-Employee Director and Consultant shall, at no additional cost, be
         entitled upon exercise of an Option to receive (subject to any required
         action by stockholders), in lieu of the number of shares of Company
         Common Stock receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Option, a
         number and class of shares of stock or other securities to which such
         Non-Employee Director or Consultant would have been entitled pursuant
         to the terms of the reorganization, merger or consolidation if, at the
         time of such reorganization, merger or consolidation, such Non-Employee
         Director or Consultant had been the holder of record of a number of
         shares of stock equal to the number of shares receivable or exercisable
         pursuant to such Option. Comparable rights shall accrue to each
         Non-Employee Director and Consultant in the event of successive
         reorganizations, mergers or consolidations of the character described
         above.

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                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                  PARTICIPATION

         4.01 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. All Non-Employee Directors and Consultants
of the Company shall be eligible to receive Options under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                  OPTION AWARDS

         5.01 GRANT OF OPTIONS.

              (a) INITIAL OPTIONS. Each of the Company's Non-Employee Directors,
         on the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, shall automatically
         receive a Non-Qualified Stock Option (the "Initial Option") to purchase
         Ten Thousand (10,000) shares, subject to adjustment in accordance with
         Section 3.03, of Company Common Stock on the date of adoption.
         Thereafter, each of the Company's Non-Employee Directors shall
         automatically receive the Initial Option, subject to adjustment in
         accordance with Section 3.03, on the day he or she first becomes a
         Director. Each Initial Option shall be evidenced by an Option
         Agreement.

              (b) DISCRETIONARY OPTIONS. The Board may grant, to each of the
         Company's Non-Employee Directors and Consultants, Non-Qualified Stock
         Options (the "Discretionary Options") to purchase Company Common Stock
         from the Company in such quantity and on such terms and subject to such
         conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan, as may be
         established by the Board. Each Discretionary Option shall be evidenced
         by an Option Agreement.

         5.02 PURCHASE PRICE OF OPTIONS. The Purchase Price of each share of
Company Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of an Option granted
under the Plan shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

         5.03 VESTING OF OPTIONS. No Option may be exercised prior to the date
one (1) year after the Date of Grant but each Option shall be fully (100%)
exercisable from and after the date one (1) year after the Date of Grant.

         5.04 DURATION OF OPTIONS. Options granted under the Plan shall
terminate after the first to occur of the following events:

              (a) Ten years from the Date of Grant.

              (b) In the case of a Non-Employee Director, three months after the
         Non-Employee Director ceases to be a Director, except in the case of
         death, as described in (c) below.

              (c) In the event of the death of a Non-Employee Director while a
         Director, the right to exercise all unexpired Options shall be
         accelerated and shall accrue as of the date of death, and the
         Non-Employee Director's Options may be exercised by his Beneficiary at
         any time within one year after the date of the Non-Employee Director's
         death. In the event of the death of a Non-Employee Director within the
         ninety day period after he or she ceases to be a Director, the
         Non-Employee Director's Beneficiary may exercise his or her Options, to
         the extent exercisable on the date of death, within one year after the
         date of the Non-Employee Director's death.

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              (d) In the event of the death of a Consultant, the right to
         exercise all unexpired Options shall be accelerated and shall accrue as
         of the date of death, and the Consultant's Options may be exercised by
         his Beneficiary at any time within one year after the date of the
         Consultant's death.

         5.05 EXERCISE PROCEDURES. Each Option granted under the Plan may be
exercised by written notice to the Company which must be received by the
Secretary of the Company on or before the Expiration Date of the Option. The
Purchase Price of shares purchased upon exercise of an Option granted under the
Plan shall be paid in full in cash by the Non-Employee Director or Consultant on
the date of exercise.

         5.06 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' RIGHTS IN A CHANGE OF CONTROL. Unless
otherwise provided in the Option Agreement, and subject to such other terms and
conditions as the Board may establish in the Option Agreement, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control Event, irrespective of whether or not an
Option is then exercisable, the Participant shall have the right to exercise in
full any unexpired Option to the extent not theretofore exercised or terminated.

         5.07 CONSULTANTS' RIGHTS IN A CHANGE OF CONTROL. The Board, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated) to
establish in the Option Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
Event, irrespective of whether or not an Option is then exercisable, that the
Consultant shall have the right to exercise in full any unexpired Option to the
extent not theretofore exercised or terminated.

         5.08 RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. The Non-Employee Director, Consultant or
any transferee of an Option pursuant to Section 5.04(c) or Section 5.11 shall
have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Company Common
Stock covered by an Option until the Non-Employee Director, Consultant or
transferee shall have become the holder of record of any such shares, and no
adjustment shall be made for dividends and cash or other property or
distributions or other rights with respect to any such shares of Company Common
Stock for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Non-Employee
Director, Consultant or a transferee of the Option shall have become the holder
of record of any such shares covered by the Option.

         5.09 PLAN PROVISIONS CONTROL OPTION TERMS. The terms of the Plan shall
govern all Options granted under the Plan. In the event any provision of any
Option granted under the Plan shall conflict with any term in the Plan as
constituted on the Date of Grant of such Option, the term in the Plan as
constituted on the Date of Grant of such Option shall control. Except as
provided in Section 3.03, (i) the terms of any Option granted under the Plan may
not be changed after the granting of such Option without the express approval of
the Non-Employee Director or Consultant and (ii) no modification may be made to
an Option granted under the Plan except in compliance with Rule 16b-3.

         5.10 TAXES. The Company shall be entitled, if the Company deems it
necessary or desirable, to withhold (or secure payment from the Non-Employee
Director or Consultant in lieu of withholding) the amount of any withholding or
other tax required by law to be withheld or paid by the Company with respect to
any shares issuable upon exercise of an Option, and the Company may defer
issuance of the stock upon exercise unless indemnified to its satisfaction
against any liability for such tax.

         5.11 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER. A Non-Employee Director or Consultant's
rights and interest under the Plan may not be assigned or transferred other than
by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
or any other provision of this Plan, a Non-Employee Director or Consultant may
transfer Options to his or her spouse, lineal ascendants, lineal descendants, or
to a duly established trust for the benefit of one or more of

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these individuals. Options so transferred may thereafter be transferred only to
the Non-Employee Director or Consultant who originally received the Options or
to an individual or trust to whom the Non-Employee Director or Consultant could
have initially transferred the Option pursuant to this Section 5.11. Options
which are transferred pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall be exercisable by the
transferee according to the same terms and conditions as applied to the
Non-Employee Director or Consultant.

                                   ARTICLE VI.
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

         6.01 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN.

              (a) AMENDMENT. The Board shall have complete power and authority
         to amend the Plan at any time as it deems necessary or appropriate and
         no approval by the stockholders of the Company or by any other person,
         committee or entity of any kind shall be required to make any
         amendment; provided, however, that the Board shall not, without the
         requisite affirmative approval of stockholders of the Company, make any
         amendment which requires stockholder approval under any applicable law,
         including Rule 16b-3 or the Code, unless such compliance, if
         discretionary, is no longer desired. No termination or amendment of the
         Plan may, without the consent of the Non-Employee Director or
         Consultant to whom any Option shall theretofore have been granted under
         the Plan, adversely affect the right of such individual under such
         Option. For the purposes of this section, an amendment to the Plan
         shall be deemed to have the affirmative approval of the stockholders of
         the Company if such amendment shall have been submitted for a vote by
         the stockholders at a duly called meeting of such stockholders at which
         a quorum was present and the majority of votes cast with respect to
         such amendment at such meeting shall have been cast in favor of such
         amendment, or if the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
         a majority of the outstanding shares consent to such amendment in
         writing in the manner provided under the Company's bylaws.

              (b) TERMINATION. The Board shall have the right and the power to
         terminate the Plan at any time. If the Plan is not earlier terminated,
         the Plan shall terminate when all shares authorized under the Plan have
         been issued. No Option shall be granted under the Plan after the
         termination of the Plan, but the termination of the Plan shall not have
         any other effect and any Option outstanding at the time of the
         termination of the Plan may be exercised after termination of the Plan
         at any time prior to the expiration date of such Option to the same
         extent such award would have been exercisable if the Plan had not been
         terminated.

         6.02 NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR. Neither the Plan nor any action
taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Non-Employee Director any right
to be retained as a Director, or to limit in any way the right of the
stockholders of the Company to remove such person as a Director.

         6.03 SECURITIES LAW RESTRICTIONS. The shares of Company Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the terms of any Options granted under the Plan may not be
issued by the Company without registration or qualification of such shares under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under various state securities laws
or without an exemption from such registration requirements. Unless the shares
to be issued under the Plan have been registered and/or qualified as
appropriate, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue shares of Company
Common Stock upon exercise of an Option unless and until such time as there is
an appropriate exemption available from the registration or qualification
requirements of federal or state law as determined by the Company in its sole
discretion. The Company may require any person who is granted an award hereunder
to agree with the Company to represent and agree in writing that if such shares

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are issuable under an exemption from registration requirements, the shares will
be "restricted" securities which may be resold only in compliance with
applicable securities laws, and that such person is acquiring the shares issued
upon exercise of the Option for investment, and not with the view toward
distribution.

         6.04 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan by
the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for
approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the
Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable,
including, without limitation, the granting of stock or stock options otherwise
than under the Plan.

         6.05 CAPTIONS. The captions (i.e., all section headings) used in the
Plan are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Plan, and shall
not be deemed to limit, characterize or affect in any way any provisions of the
Plan, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed as if no captions have
been used in the Plan.

         6.06 SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision in the Plan and
every Option at any time granted under the Plan shall be interpreted in such a
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of the Plan or any Option at any time granted under the Plan shall be held to be
prohibited or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be
deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally
written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of
the Plan and every other Option at any time granted under the Plan shall remain
in full force and effect.

         6.07 CHOICE OF LAW. All determinations made and actions taken pursuant
to the Plan shall be governed by the laws of Delaware and construed in
accordance therewith.

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              AMENDMENT TO GENOMIC SOLUTIONS INC. 1998 NON-EMPLOYEE
                   DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANT STOCK OPTION PLAN

THIS AMENDMENT to the GENOMIC SOLUTIONS INC. 1998 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR AND
CONSULTANT STOCK OPTION PLAN is made as of February 10, 2000, but effective as
of the closing of the Company's Qualified Initial Public Offering, as defined
below.

1.       Section 2.06 of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following Section 2.06:

                  2.06 COMPANY COMMON STOCK means, in the event the Company
         completes a Qualified Initial Public Offering, the Callable Common
         Stock of the Company, par value $0.001, which is callable until the
         expiration of the period (the "Call Period") for which PerkinElmer,
         Inc., a Massachusetts corporation ("PKI"), has a right to cause the
         Company to redeem the Callable Common Stock. After expiration of the
         Call Period, or in the event the Company does not complete a Qualified
         Initial Public Offering prior to expiration of the Call Period, Company
         Common Stock means the Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001. A
         "Qualified Initial Public Offering" means an initial public offering by
         us for an aggregate offering price of at least $20 million, firmly
         underwritten by a nationally recognized underwriter, that results in
         our stock being listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq
         National Market System.

2.       Section 3.01 of the Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following Section 3.01:

                  3.01 SHARES ISSUABLE. Shares to be issued under the Plan may
         be authorized and unissued shares or issued shares that have been
         reacquired by the Company. Except as provided in Section 3.03, the
         Options granted under the Plan shall be limited so that all shares
         which shall be issued upon the exercise of outstanding Options shall
         not in the aggregate exceed 750,000.

3.       Section 3.03 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:

                     3.03    ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CAPITAL CHANGES.

                     (a) RECAPITALIZATION. The number and kind of shares subject
                  to outstanding Options, the Purchase Price for such shares,
                  and the number and kind of shares available for Options
                  subsequently granted under the Plan shall be appropriately
                  adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split,
                  combination or exchange of shares,

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                  merger, consolidation or other change in capitalization with a
                  similar substantive effect upon the Plan or the Options
                  granted under the Plan. The Board shall have the power to
                  determine the amount of the adjustment to be made in each
                  case.

                     (b) SALE OR REORGANIZATION. After any reorganization,
                  merger or consolidation in which the Company is a surviving
                  corporation, each Non-Employee Director and Consultant shall,
                  at no additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of an Option
                  to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders),
                  in lieu of the number of shares of Company Common Stock
                  receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Option, a number
                  and class of shares of stock or other securities to which such
                  Non-Employee Director or Consultant would have been entitled
                  pursuant to the terms of the reorganization, merger or
                  consolidation if, at the time of such reorganization, merger
                  or consolidation, such Non-Employee Director or Consultant had
                  been the holder of record of a number of shares of stock equal
                  to the number of shares receivable or exercisable pursuant to
                  such Option. Comparable rights shall accrue to each
                  Non-Employee Director and Consultant in the event of
                  successive reorganizations, mergers or consolidations of the
                  character described above.

                           (C) EFFECT OF EXERCISE OF PERKINELMER, INC. OPTION.
                  If PKI exercises its option pursuant to the Securities
                  Purchase Agreements (defined below) or exercises its right to
                  cause the Company to redeem the Company Common Stock, and PKI
                  notifies the Company that it will not assume the Options
                  previously granted under this Plan and substitute for such
                  Options new options, or if PKI fails to timely notify the
                  Company that it will assume and substitute the Options (both
                  within the meaning of Section 424(a) of the Code), each Option
                  then outstanding and exercisable will be deemed, to the extent
                  vested, exercised in full immediately prior to the exercise of
                  PKI's option pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements or
                  redemption by the Company at the direction of PKI, as the case
                  may be, and the Option shall thereupon be cancelled. If at
                  that time, the Company Common Stock is callable, all Company
                  Common Stock deemed issued under the Option will be redeemed
                  by the Company at the same time the shares of Company Common
                  Stock are redeemed. If at that time, the Company Common Stock
                  is not callable, all Company Common Stock deemed issued under
                  the Option will be transferred to PKI in accordance with the
                  terms of the Securities Purchase Agreements. If the Company
                  Common Stock is redeemed by the Company, the holder shall
                  receive the redemption price per share, as defined in the
                  Company's Third

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                  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, net of any
                  exercise price payable by the holder and less any taxes
                  withheld pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Plan. If the Company
                  Common Stock is transferred to PKI pursuant to the terms of
                  the Securities Purchase Agreements, the holder shall receive
                  the purchase price per share, as defined in the Securities
                  Purchase Agreements, net of any exercise price payable by the
                  holder and less any taxes withheld pursuant to Section 5.10 of
                  the Plan. The "Securities Purchase Agreements" are those
                  agreements entered into between PKI and holders of the
                  Company's equity securities, dated January 26, 2000.

4.       The terms and provisions of the Plan shall in all other regards remain
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                             GENOMIC SOLUTIONS INC.
                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

     1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. This Genomic Solutions Inc. 2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan adopted as of the 10th day of February, 2000, and effective
pursuant to Section 27 of this Plan, is intended to encourage eligible employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries to acquire or increase their ownership of
common stock of the Company on reasonable terms. The opportunity so provided is
intended to foster in participants a strong incentive to put forth maximum
effort for the continued success and growth of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
to aid in retaining individuals who put forth such efforts, and to assist in
attracting the best available individuals to the Company and its Subsidiaries in
the future. It is the Company's intention that this Employee Stock Purchase Plan
qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Code and,
accordingly, the provisions of the Plan shall be construed in a manner
consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code. However, neither
the Company nor the Committee shall be required to insure that Options granted
under this Plan receive the tax treatment afforded by Section 423 of the Code.

     2. DEFINITIONS. When used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:

          2.1 "ACCOUNT" means the funds accumulated with respect to an Employee
     as a result of deductions from his paycheck for the purpose of purchasing
     Shares under the Plan. The funds allocated to an Employee's Account shall
     remain the property of the Employee at all times but may be commingled with
     the general funds of the Company or with the accounts of other employees.

          2.2 "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          2.3 "CALL PERIOD" means the call period, as defined in the Third
     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation for Genomic Solutions
     Inc., during which PerkinElmer, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation ("PKI"),
     has a right to cause the Company to redeem its callable common stock.

          2.4 "CHANGE IN CONTROL" means the earliest to occur of the following:

               (a) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer, directly or
          indirectly, of substantially all of the assets of the Company (in one
          transaction or in a series of related transactions) to a person or
          entity that is not controlled by the Company;

               (b) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of any plan
          or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

               (c) any person becomes after the effective date of the Plan the
          "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
          directly or indirectly, of (A) 20% or more, but less than 50% of the
          combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities
          ordinarily having the right to vote at

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          elections of directors, unless the transaction resulting in such
          ownership has been approved in advance by the Incumbent Directors, or
          (B) 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's
          outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at
          elections of directors (regardless of any approval by the Incumbent
          Directors);

               (d) a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party if
          the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to effective date of
          such merger or consolidation have "beneficial ownership" (as defined
          in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), immediately following the
          effective date of such merger or consolidation, of securities of the
          surviving corporation representing (i) more than 50%, but less than
          80%, of the combined voting power of the surviving corporation's then
          outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at
          elections of directors, unless such merger or consolidation has been
          approved in advance by the Incumbent Directors (as defined in Section
          2.12 below), or (ii) 50% or less of the combined voting power of the
          surviving corporation's then outstanding securities ordinarily having
          the right to vote at elections of directors (regardless of any
          approval by the Incumbent Directors); or

               (e) the Incumbent Directors cease for any reason to constitute at
          least a majority of the Board.

          2.5 "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect at
     the time of reference and as from time to time amended, and the regulations
     issued thereunder.

          2.6 "COMMITTEE" means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any
     other committee appointed by the Board which is invested by the Board with
     responsibility for the administration of the Plan and whose members meet
     the requirements for eligibility to serve as set forth in the Plan.

          2.7 "COMPANY" means Genomic Solutions Inc.; however the term Company
     as used herein with respect to any Employee shall be construed to mean the
     adopting entity by which such Employee is employed, and whenever the term
     Company is used in connection with an action to be taken in connection with
     the Plan or in its administration the term Company shall mean Genomic
     Solutions Inc.

          2.8 "ELIGIBLE COMPENSATION" means the regular compensation (i.e.,
     straight time earnings) earned by an Employee during a payroll period,
     before deductions or withholdings, but shall exclude, unless the Committee
     determines otherwise, all other amounts including, but not limited to, (i)
     all amounts contributed by the Company or any Subsidiary under any
     profit-sharing, pension, retirement, group insurance or other employee
     welfare benefit plan or trust whether now in existence or hereinafter
     adopted and (ii) any income from stock option exercises or other equity
     based compensation.

          2.9 "EMPLOYEE" means any individual employed by the Company or by any
     of its Subsidiaries set forth in Schedule A attached hereto (as it may be
     amended from

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     time to time by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion and subject
     to shareholder approval when so required by Reg. Section 1.423-2(c)(4)).

          2.10 "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in
     effect at the time of reference, or any successor law which may hereafter
     be adopted in lieu thereof, and any reference to any specific provisions of
     the Exchange Act as it may hereafter be amended or replaced.

          2.11 "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, on any given date, the fair market
     value of a Share of the Company's common stock as determined in good faith
     by the Board; provided, however, that: (a) if the common stock is admitted
     to quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
     Quotation System ("Nasdaq") Small-Cap Market on the date the Option is
     granted, the Fair Market Value means the average of the highest bid and
     lowest asked prices of the common stock on Nasdaq reported for such date;
     (b) if the common stock is admitted to trading on a national securities
     exchange or the Nasdaq National Market on the date the Option is granted,
     the Fair Market Value means the closing price reported for the common stock
     on such exchange or system for such date or, if no sales were reported for
     such date, for the last date preceding such date for which a sale was
     reported; (c) if the common stock is admitted to quotation on the New York
     Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on the date the Option is granted, the Fair Market
     Value means the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices of the
     common stock on NYSE reported for such date; and (d) the Fair Market Value
     of the common stock on the effective date of the registration statement for
     the Company's initial public offering shall be the initial offering price.

          2.12 "INCUMBENT DIRECTOR" means any individual who is a member of the
     Board on the effective date of the Plan and any individual who subsequently
     becomes a member of the Board whose election, or nomination for election by
     the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority
     of the then Incumbent Directors (either by specific vote or by approval of
     the Company's proxy statement in which such individual is named as a
     nominee for director without objection to such nomination).

          2.13 "OFFERING COMMENCEMENT DATE" means January 1 or July 1, as the
     case may be, or any other date determined by the Committee on which a
     particular offering begins.

          2.14 "OFFERING TERMINATION DATE" means June 30 or December 31, as the
     case may be, or any other date determined by the Committee on which a
     particular offering terminates or on which the Options are exercised or
     deemed exercised.

          2.15 "OPTION" means the right granted to an Employee to purchase
     Shares pursuant to an offering made under the Plan and pursuant to such
     Employee's election to purchase Shares in such offering, at a price and
     subject to such limitations and restrictions as the Plan and the Committee
     may impose.

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          2.16 "PARENT" means any corporation, other than the employer
     corporation, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the employer
     corporation if each of the corporations other than the employer corporation
     owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined
     voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in
     such chain.

          2.17 "PLAN" means the Genomic Solutions Inc. 2000 Employee Stock
     Purchase Plan.

          2.18 "PURCHASE PERIOD" means the period commencing on the Offering
     Commencement Date and ending on the Offering Termination Date during which
     installment payments for Shares purchased pursuant to Options granted
     pursuant to an offering made under the Plan shall be made.

          2.19 "SHARES" means shares of the Company's common stock, par value
     $0.001, prior to or after the Call Period; shares of the Company's callable
     common stock, par value $0.001, during the Call Period; or if by reason of
     the adjustment provisions contained herein, any rights under the Plan
     pertaining to any other security such other security.

          2.20 "SUBSIDIARY" or "SUBSIDIARIES" means any corporation or
     corporations other than the employer corporation in an unbroken chain of
     corporations beginning with the employer corporation if each of the
     corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns
     stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting
     power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
     chain.

          2.21 "SUCCESSOR" means the legal representative of the estate of a
     deceased Employee or the person or persons who shall acquire the right to
     exercise or receive an Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the
     death of the Employee.

     3. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. There will be reserved for use, upon the
exercise of Options to be granted from time to time pursuant to offerings made
under the Plan, an aggregate of 1,000,000 Shares, which Shares may be, in whole
or in part, as the Board shall from time to time determine, authorized but
unissued Shares, or issued Shares which shall have been reacquired by the
Company. The number of Shares reserved under the Plan may be issued pursuant to
the exercise of Options granted pursuant to one or more offerings made under the
Plan. Any Shares subject to issuance upon exercise of Options but which are not
issued because of a surrender, lapse, expiration or termination of any such
Option prior to issuance of such Shares shall once again be available for
issuance in satisfaction of Options.

     4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Compensation Committee of the Board, or
any other committee appointed by the Board which is invested by the Board with
responsibility for the administration of the Plan, shall administer the Plan.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full authority,
in its sole discretion, to determine when offerings will be made under the Plan,
the number of Shares available for purchase in any such offering, and the terms
and conditions of any such offering; to amend or cancel Options (subject to
Section 23 of the Plan); to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating

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to the Plan; and generally to interpret and determine any and all matters
whatsoever relating to the administration of the Plan, including the designation
of individuals responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Plan. All
decisions, determinations and interpretations made by the Committee shall be
binding and conclusive on all Employees and on their Successors, legal
representatives, heirs and beneficiaries. The Board may from time to time
appoint members to the Committee in substitution for or in addition to members
previously appointed and may fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee.
No member of the Committee shall be liable, in the absence of bad faith, for any
act or omission with respect to his service on the Committee.

     5. OFFERINGS. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the Plan will be
implemented by up to twenty (20) consecutive six (6) month offerings. The first
offering under the Plan shall commence on the effective date of the Plan and
terminate on June 30, 2000. Thereafter, offerings generally shall commence on
each subsequent July 1 and January 1 and terminate on the following December 31
and June 30, respectively, of such year until the Plan is terminated or until no
additional Shares are available for purchase under the Plan.

     6. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFERINGS. All Employees shall be eligible
to participate in the Plan. All Employees granted Options under the Plan shall
have the same rights and privileges within the meaning of Section 423(b)(5) of
the Code.

     7. PARTICIPATION. An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan
by completing, signing and submitting an enrollment form ("Enrollment Form")
which shall designate a whole percentage of his Eligible Compensation, not to
exceed ten percent (10%), to be withheld during the Purchase Period of any
offering in which he participates, and any other necessary papers including, but
not limited to, any forms required to establish a brokerage account at a
brokerage firm designated by the Committee in the Employee's name for the
purpose of holding any Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan at least ten (10)
days prior to the Offering Commencement Date of the first offering in which he
wishes to participate(or such other time(s) as may be determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion). After completing, signing and submitting an
Enrollment Form and any other necessary papers in accordance with the preceding
sentence with such person as the Committee may designate, an Employee shall be
deemed to have become a participant in the Plan for each subsequent offering
until the Employee withdraws from the Plan in accordance with Section 14 hereof,
is deemed to have withdrawn from the Plan in accordance with Section 17 hereof,
or otherwise gives written notice of his intent to withdraw to such person as
the Committee may designate. Except as otherwise provided in Section 14, if an
Employee who withdraws from the Plan desires to re-enter the Plan, he must
submit a new Enrollment Form in accordance with this Section 7 at least ten (10)
days prior to the Offering Commencement Date of the particular offering to which
such re-entry is intended to apply, or by such other time as the Committee
determines in its sole discretion. An Employee's re-entry into the Plan shall
not become effective before the beginning of the next offering following his
withdrawal. Participation in one offering under the Plan shall neither limit nor
require participation in any other offering.

     8. GRANT OF OPTIONS. Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 6 and
9 of the Plan, on the Offering Commencement Date of each offering made under the
Plan, each Employee who has previously elected to participate in the Plan shall
automatically be granted an Option for as many full Shares as he is expected to
be able to purchase with the payroll

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deductions credited to his Account during the Purchase Period of that offering
plus any carryover in his Account. In the event the total maximum number of
Shares resulting from all elections to purchase under any offering of Shares
made under the Plan exceeds the number of Shares then available under the Plan,
the Committee shall reduce the maximum number of Shares which Employees may
purchase pursuant to their elections to purchase, allot the Shares available in
such manner as it shall determine (subject to the requirements of Section 423 of
the Code), but generally pro rata to subscriptions received, and grant Options
to purchase only for such reduced number of Shares or otherwise in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner reduce the number of shares offered. Notice of any such
reduction shall be given to each participating Employee. In the event an
Employee's election to purchase Shares pursuant to an offering made under the
Plan is canceled pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan, the Option granted to such
Employee shall automatically terminate and the balance in his Account shall be
returned to the Employee.

     9. LIMITATIONS OF NUMBER OF SHARES WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED. The following
limitations shall apply with respect to the number of Shares which may be
purchased by each Employee who elects to participate in an offering made under
the Plan:

               (a) No Employee may purchase, or elect to purchase Shares during
          any one offering for an aggregate purchase price in excess of ten
          percent (10%) of his Eligible Compensation during the Purchase Period
          applicable to such offering.

               (b) No Employee shall be granted an Option to purchase Shares
          under the Plan if such Employee, immediately after such Option is
          granted, owns stock (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code,
          and including stock subject to purchase under any outstanding options)
          possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting
          power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or, if
          applicable, any Subsidiary or, if applicable, a Parent.

               (c) No Employee shall be granted an Option to purchase Shares
          which permits his right to purchase stock under the Plan and all other
          employee stock purchase plans of the Company and, if applicable, a
          Subsidiary, and, if applicable, a Parent, to accrue (as determined
          under Section 423(b)(8) of the Code) at a rate which exceeds $25,000
          of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined on the date the Option
          to purchase is granted) for each calendar year in which such Option is
          outstanding at any time.

     10. EXERCISE PRICE. Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion,
determines to set a higher per Share exercise price, the per Share exercise
price for Shares subject to purchase under Options granted pursuant to an
offering made under the Plan shall be an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Offering
Commencement Date, or (b) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of
the Shares on the Offering Termination Date.

     11. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Payment of the exercise price of any Option granted
pursuant to the Plan shall be made in installments through payroll deductions,
with no right of prepayment. Each Employee electing to participate in an
offering of Shares made under the Plan shall authorize the Company, pursuant to
Section 7 of the Plan, to withhold a designated amount

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from his regular weekly, bi-weekly, semimonthly or monthly pay for each payroll
period during the Purchase Period, which amount, expressed as a percentage, may
not exceed ten percent (10%) of his Eligible Compensation. All such payroll
deductions made for an Employee shall be credited to his Account. An Employee
may not make any separate cash payments into his Account nor may payment for
Shares be made other than by payroll deduction. No interest shall accrue on the
amounts credited to an Employee's Account pursuant to this Section 11.

     12. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. As of the close of business on the Offering
Termination Date of any offering of Shares made under the Plan, each outstanding
Option shall automatically be exercised. Subject to the limitations in Sections
6, 8 and 9 of the Plan upon the exercise of an Option, the aggregate amount of
the payroll deductions credited to the Account of each Employee as of that date
will automatically be applied to the exercise price for the purchase of that
number of Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole share, equal to his Account
balance divided by the exercise price. Promptly following the end of each
Offering Termination Date, the number of Shares purchased by each Employee shall
be deposited into an account established in the Employee's name at a stock
brokerage or other financial services firm designated by the Company. Unless an
Employee notifies the Company in writing not to carry over the balance of his
Account to the next offering and to have the balance of his Account returned to
him instead, the Company shall carry over the balance of his Account to the next
offering. Upon termination of the Plan, the balance of each Employee's Account
shall be returned to him to the extent not used to purchase Shares under an
Option then in effect.

     13. RIGHTS OF A SHAREHOLDER. Except as provided in Section 19(b), as soon
as feasible after the close of business on each Offering Termination Date, the
Company will issue the Employee a certificate evidencing Shares for which his
payment has been received at such Offering Termination Date. An Employee will
have no rights as a shareholder with respect to Shares under an election to
purchase Shares until certificates evidencing his purchased Shares have been
issued and delivered to the Employee.

     14. CANCELLATION OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE. An Employee who has elected to
purchase Shares pursuant to any offering made under the Plan may cancel his
election in its entirety. Any such cancellation shall be effective upon the
delivery by the Employee of written notice of cancellation to such person as the
Committee may designate. Such notice of cancellation must be so delivered before
the close of business on the third to last business day of the Purchase Period.
The amount credited to an Employee's Account at the time the cancellation
becomes effective may be, at the Employee's option, (i) applied to the purchase
of the number of Shares such amount will then purchase or (ii) returned to the
Employee. If the Employee elects to purchase Shares with the amount credited to
his Account at the time of cancellation, such purchase will become effective at
the close of business on the Offering Termination Date. Upon cancellation, the
Employee shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Plan. To re-enter the Plan,
the Employee must submit a new Enrollment Form in accordance with Section 7.

     15. LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR LAYOFF. An Employee purchasing Shares under the
Plan who is granted a leave of absence (including a military leave) or is laid
off during the Purchase Period may at that time elect to suspend payments during
such leave of absence or period of layoff. Any such suspension shall be treated
as a partial cancellation of his election to purchase Shares and the Employee
shall be deemed to have elected to purchase solely the number of

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Shares for which the amount credited to his Account at the close of business on
the Offering Termination Date is sufficient. If the Employee does not return to
active service promptly following the end of his leave of absence or layoff (or
such other time as permitted under laws relating to military leave), his
election to purchase shall be deemed to have been cancelled at the earlier of
the end of his leave (or layoff) or the end of such Purchase Period, and the
Employee's only right will be to receive in cash the amount credited to his
Account. Notwithstanding the above, the Plan will comply with any applicable
requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
with respect to military leaves.

     16. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENTS WHEN DUE. If in any payroll period
an Employee who has filed an election to purchase Shares under the Plan has no
pay or his pay is insufficient (after other authorized deductions) in any
payroll period to permit deduction of his installment payment, the amount of
such deficiency shall be treated as a partial cancellation of his election to
purchase Shares. The Employee shall be deemed to have elected to purchase solely
the number of Shares for which the amount credited to his Account at the close
of business on the Offering Termination Date is sufficient.

     17. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If an Employee's employment is terminated
for any reason, excluding his death, his becoming disabled for purposes of the
Company's long-term disability plan or to his retirement upon attaining age 65,
or if he ceases to be so employed prior to age 65 due to early retirement and
such early retirement is acceptable to the Committee for purposes of this
Section 17, prior to the end of the Purchase Period of any offering, the
Employee's rights under the Plan will terminate at such time. A notice to
withdraw from the Plan will be considered as having been received from the
Employee on the day his employment ceases, and the Employee shall receive the
cash then credited to his Account. If an Employee dies, becomes disabled or
retires (all as used above) prior to the end of the Purchase Period of any
offering, the amount credited to such Employee's Account at the time of his
death, disability or retirement may, at the option of the Employee or the
Employee's Successor or other authorized person, be (i) applied to the purchase
of the number of Shares such amount will then purchase or (ii) paid to the
Employee or his Successor or other authorized person. If the Employee or the
Employee's Successor or other authorized person elects to purchase Shares with
the amount credited to the Employee's Account at the time of death, disability
or retirement, such purchase will become effective at the close of business on
the Offering Termination Date.

     18. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. An Option, or an Employee's right to any
amounts held for his Account under the Plan, shall not be transferable, other
than (a) by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be
exercised during the lifetime of the holder of the Option only by the holder or,
in the event of the holder's death, the holder's Successor; or (b) if permitted
pursuant to the Code and the Regulations thereunder without affecting the
Options' qualification under Section 423 of the Code, pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order.

     19. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. In the event of adjustments
to the capital structure of the Company, the following provisions apply:

          (a) In the event of changes in all of the outstanding Shares by reason
     of stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, mergers,
     consolidations,

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     combinations, or exchanges of shares, separations, reorganizations or
     liquidations, or similar events, or in the event of extraordinary cash or
     non-cash dividends being declared with respect to the Shares, or similar
     corporate transactions or events, the number and class of Shares available
     under the Plan in the aggregate, the number and class of Shares subject to
     Options theretofore granted, applicable purchase prices and all other
     applicable provisions, shall, subject to the provisions of the Plan, be
     equitably adjusted by the Committee, taking into account (where applicable)
     Section 424(a) of the Code. The foregoing adjustment and the manner of
     application of the foregoing provisions shall be determined by the
     Committee in its sole discretion. Any such adjustment may provide for the
     elimination of any fractional Share which might otherwise become subject to
     an Option.

          (b) If PKI exercises its option pursuant to the Securities Purchase
     Agreements (defined below) or exercises its right to cause the Company to
     redeem its callable common stock, and if PKI notifies the Company that it
     will not assume this Plan and substitute for the Options new options or if
     PKI fails to timely notify the Company that it will assume and substitute
     the Options (all within the meaning of Section 424(a) of the Code), the
     Purchase Period of each Option then in effect shall terminate, with the
     Offering Termination Date being the date immediately prior to the
     redemption of the callable common stock or the exercise of PKI's option
     pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements. In lieu of the number of
     Shares purchased by each Employee being deposited into an account
     established in the Employee's name at a stock brokerage or other financial
     services firm designated by the Company, if the callable common stock is
     redeemed by the Company the Employee shall receive the redemption price per
     Share, as defined in the Company's Third Amended and Restated Certificate
     of Incorporation, less any taxes withheld pursuant to Section 21 of the
     Plan, and if the common stock is transferred to PKI pursuant to the terms
     of the Securities Purchase Agreements the Employee shall receive the
     purchase price per Share, as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreements,
     less any taxes withheld pursuant to Section 21 of the Plan. The "Securities
     Purchase Agreements" are those agreements entered into between PKI and
     holders of the Company's equity securities, dated January 26, 2000.

     20. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in
the case of a Change in Control of the Company, the Board may, in its sole
discretion, elect to terminate the Purchase Period of any offering then in
effect as of the date of such Change of Control (or such other date as may be
determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), with the effect that such
date will be the Offering Termination Date of such offering.

     21. TAXES. The Employee, or his Successor, shall promptly notify the
Company of any disposition of Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an
Option under the Plan made by him within 2 years after the date of the grant of
the Option or within 1 year after the transfer of such Shares to him, pursuant
to Code Section 423(a)(1). The Company shall have the right to deduct any taxes
required by law to be withheld as a result of such disposition from any amounts
otherwise payable then or at any time thereafter to the Employee. The Company
shall also have the right to require a person entitled to receive Shares
pursuant to the exercise of an Option to

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pay the Company in cash the amount of any taxes which the Company is or will be
required to withhold with respect to the Shares before the certificate for such
Shares is delivered pursuant to the Option.

     22. TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall terminate under the following
circumstances:

          (a) The Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the date the Plan
     becomes effective, and an Option shall not be granted under the Plan after
     that date although the provisions of any Option may be amended at any date
     prior to the end of its term in accordance with the Plan. Any Options
     outstanding at the time of termination of the Plan shall continue in full
     force and effect according to the terms and conditions of the Option and
     this Plan.

          (b) The Board may terminate the Plan as of any Offering Termination
     Date.

     23. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN. The Plan may be amended at any time and from
time to time by the Board, but no amendment without the approval of the
shareholders of the Company shall be made if shareholder approval would be
required under Section 423 of the Code. Notwithstanding the sole discretionary
authority granted to the Committee in Section 4 of the Plan, no amendment of the
Plan or any Option granted under the Plan shall impair any of the rights of any
holder, without the holder's consent, under any Option theretofore granted under
the Plan.

     24. CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and
delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable
provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which
the Shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of
counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance. On or before January 31
of the year following the year in which an Option is exercised, the Company
shall furnish the Employee or the Employee's Successor any statement required
under Section 6039(a)(2) of the Code.

     25. FEES AND COSTS. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily
incurred by the Company in connection with operation of the Plan.

     26. NO CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. Neither the adoption of this Plan nor the
grant of any Option shall be deemed to obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to
continue the employment of any Employee.

     27. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall become effective on the
closing of the Company's Initial Public Offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
unless the Plan is approved by the Company's shareholders at a meeting duly held
in accordance with Delaware law within twelve (12) months after being adopted by
the Board, the Plan and all Options made under it shall be void and of no force
and effect. In no event shall an Option granted under the Plan be

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exercised, or Shares issued thereunder, until the Plan has been approved by the
shareholders of the Company.

     28. OTHER PROVISIONS. As used in the Plan, and in other documents prepared
in implementation of the Plan, references to the masculine pronoun shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, and references in the
singular or the plural shall refer to the plural or the singular, as the
identity of the person or persons or entity or entities being referred to may
require. The captions used in the Plan and in such other documents prepared in
implementation of the Plan are for convenience only and shall not affect the
meaning of any provision hereof or thereof.

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