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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

                       Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
                         Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                          For United States Employees

                           (Effective April 1, 2000)
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

                       Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
                         Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                          For United States Employees

                           (Effective April 1, 2000)

                               ARTICLE I-PURPOSE

1.01.  Purpose

The Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan for United
States Employees is intended to provide a method whereby employees of Edwards
Lifesciences Corporation and its participating subsidiary corporations
(hereinafter referred to, unless the context otherwise requires, as the
"Company") will have an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the
Company through the purchase of shares of the Common Stock of the Company
("Stock"). It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an
"employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"). The provisions of the Plan shall be construed so
as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the
requirements of Code Section 423.

                            ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS

2.01.  Base Pay

"Base Pay" shall mean regular straight-time earnings plus commissions and
payments in lieu of regular earnings (such as vacation, sick pay and holiday
pay). In the case of a part-time hourly employee, such employee's base pay
during an Offering shall be determined by multiplying such employee's hourly
rate of pay by the number of regularly scheduled hours of work for such employee
during such Offering.

2.02.  Committee

"Committee" shall mean the individuals appointed by the Company to administer
the Plan as described in Article IX.

2.03.  Eligible Employee

"Eligible Employee" means any regular employee of the Company who is paid from
the United States payroll and is scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week.
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2.04.  Enrollment Period

"Enrollment Period" shall mean with respect to any Offering, the period
designated by the Committee prior to such Offering during which Eligible
Employees may authorize payroll deductions through a Subscription.  Unless the
Committee determines otherwise, the Enrollment Period with respect to any
Offering shall end on the twenty-fifth day of the month immediately preceding
the Offering Commencement Date or, if such day is not a business day, the
immediately preceding business day, and any Subscription received after such
date shall be deemed to be an enrollment in the next following Offering.

2.05.  Offering Commencement Date

"Offering Commencement Date" shall mean April 3, 2000, and unless determined
otherwise by the Committee, the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter.

2.06.  Offering

"Offering" shall mean the quarterly offering of the Company's Stock.

2.07.  Offering End Date

"Offering End Date" shall mean, with respect to each Offering, the day preceding
the second annual anniversary of the Offering Commencement Date for such
Offering.

2.08.  Participant

"Participant" shall mean an Eligible Employee who has elected to participate in
an Offering by entering a Subscription during the Enrollment Period for such
Offering.

2.09.  Plan

"Plan" shall mean the Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
Plan for United States Employees, as amended from time to time.

2.10.  Purchase Date

"Purchase Date" shall mean with respect to any Offering, the last day of each
calendar quarter during the period beginning with the Offering Commencement Date
for such Offering and ending with the Offering End Date; provided, however, if
any such day is not a business day, the Purchase Date shall be the next
preceding business date on which shares of Stock are traded.

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2.11.  Subscription

"Subscription" shall mean an Eligible Employee's authorization for payroll
deductions made in the form and manner specified by the Committee (which may
include enrollment by submitting forms, by voice response, internet access or
other electronic means).  Unless withdrawn earlier in accordance with Section
6.02, each Subscription shall be in effect for 24 months.  No more than one
Subscription may be in effect for an Eligible Employee during any calendar
quarter.

2.12.  Subsidiary Corporation

"Subsidiary Corporation" shall mean any present or future corporation which
would be a "subsidiary corporation" of the Company as that term is defined in
Section 424 of the Code.

                   ARTICLE III-ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

3.01.  Initial Eligibility

Any individual who is an Eligible Employee on an Offering Commencement Date
shall be eligible to participate in the Offering commencing on such date,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

3.02.  Leave of Absence

For purposes of participation in the Plan, a Participant on a leave of absence
shall be deemed to be an employee for a period of up to 90 days or, if longer,
during the period the Participant's right to reemployment is guaranteed by
statute or contract.  If the leave of absence is paid, deductions authorized
under any Subscription in effect at the time the leave began will continue.  If
the leave of absence is unpaid, no deductions or contributions will be permitted
during the leave.  If such a Participant returns to active status within 90 days
or the guaranteed reemployment period, as applicable, payroll deductions under
the Subscription in effect at the time the leave began will automatically begin
again upon the Participant's return to active status, unless the Subscription
Period has expired.  If the Participant does not return to active status within
90 days or the guaranteed reemployment period, as applicable, the Participant
shall be treated as having terminated employment for all purposes of the Plan.
If such individual later returns to active employment as an Eligible Employee,
such individual will be treated as a new employee and will be eligible to
participate in Offerings commencing after his or her reemployment date by filing
a Subscription during the applicable Enrollment Period for such Offering.

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3.03.  Restrictions on Participation

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, no Eligible Employee
shall be granted an option to participate in the Plan:

       (a)     if, immediately after the grant, such employee would own stock,
               and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock, possessing 5%
               or more of the total combined voting power or value of all
               classes of stock of the Company (for purposes of this paragraph,
               the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in
               determining stock ownership of any employee); or

       (b)     which permits the employee's rights to purchase stock under all
               employee stock purchase plans of the Company to accrue at a rate
               which exceeds $25,000 in fair market value of the stock
               (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar
               year in which such option is outstanding.

3.04.  Commencement of Participation

An Eligible Employee may become a Participant in any Offering by entering a
Subscription during the Enrollment Period for such Offering. Payroll deductions
for such Offering shall commence on the applicable Offering Commencement Date
and shall end on the applicable Offering End Date unless withdrawn by the
Participant or sooner terminated in accordance with Article VII.  Only one
Subscription may be in effect with respect to any Participant at any one time.

3.05.  Participation After Rehire

An Eligible Employee's Subscription will automatically terminate on his or her
termination of employment with the Company.  If the Eligible Employee terminates
employment with a Subscription in effect with respect to an Offering and is
rehired prior to the Offering End Date for that Offering, the Subscription will
not be reinstated and the Eligible Employee will not be allowed to again make
payroll deductions under such Offering.  The Eligible Employee may elect to
participate in Offerings commencing after his or her reemployment date by
entering a Subscription during the applicable Enrollment Period for such
Offering.

3.06.  International Employees/International Transfers

Eligible Employees who transfer to the United States and are placed on a U. S.
payroll may not participate in Offerings which had an Offering Commencement Date
prior to such transfer, regardless of whether such Eligible Employee was
participating in an offering under a stock purchase plan for international
employees prior to the transfer.  Such Eligible Employee may participate in
Offerings commencing after such transfer, by entering a Subscription during the
applicable Enrollment Period for such Offering.

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A Participant who transfers outside of the United States and is no longer paid
on a U.S. payroll will be treated as a terminated Participant under this Plan.
For purposes of the Plan, Puerto Rico is not considered U.S. payroll.

                             ARTICLE IV-OFFERINGS

4.01.  Quarterly Offerings

The Plan will be implemented by Offerings beginning on April 3, 2000 and, unless
determined otherwise by the Committee, on the first day of each calendar quarter
thereafter. Eligible Employees may not have in effect more than one Subscription
at a time.

Participants may subscribe to any Offering by entering a Subscription during the
Enrollment Period for such Offering in such manner as the Committee may
prescribe (which may include enrollment by submitting forms, by voice response,
internet access or other electronic means).

A Subscription that is in effect on an Offering End Date will automatically be
deemed to be a Subscription for the Offering that commences immediately
following such Offering End Date, provided that the Participant is still an
Eligible Employee and has not withdrawn the Subscription.  Under the foregoing
automatic enrollment provisions, payroll deductions will continue at the level
in effect immediately prior to the new Offering Commencement Date, unless
changed in advance by the Participant in accordance with Section 5.03.

4.02.  Purchase Price

The purchase price per share of Stock under each Offering shall be the lower of:

       (a)     85% of the closing price of the Stock on the Offering
               Commencement Date or the nearest preceding business day on which
               trading occurred on the New York Stock Exchange; or

       (b)     85% of the closing price of the Stock on the Purchase Date or the
               nearest prior business day on which trading occurred on the New
               York Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock of the Company is not
               admitted to trading on any of the aforesaid dates for which
               closing prices of the stock are to be determined, then reference
               shall be made to the next preceding date on which Common Stock
               was so admitted.

Such purchase price may only be paid with accumulated payroll deductions in
accordance with Article V.

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                         ARTICLE V-PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

5.01.  Amount of Deduction

An Eligible Employee's Subscription shall authorize payroll deductions at a
rate, in whole percentages, of no less than 1% and no more than 12% of Base Pay
on each payday that the Subscription is in effect.

5.02.  Participant's Account

All payroll deductions made with respect to a Participant shall be credited to
his or her recordkeeping account under the Plan.  A Participant may not make any
separate cash payment into such account.  No interest will accrue or be paid on
any amount withheld from a Participant's pay under the Plan or credited to the
Participant's account.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.02, all
amounts in a Participant's account will be used to purchase Stock and no cash
refunds shall be made from such account.  Any amounts remaining in a
Participant's account pursuant to the Participant's Subscription election or
because of the limitations of Section 3.03 shall be returned to the Participant
without interest and will not be used to purchase shares with respect to any
other Offering under the Plan.

5.03.  Changes in Payroll Deductions

During an Offering period, a Participant may change his or her level of payroll
deduction with respect to such Offering within the limits described in Section
5.01 in accordance with procedures established by the Committee (including,
without limitation, rules relating to the frequency of such changes); provided,
however, if the Participant reduces his or her payroll deductions to zero, it
shall be deemed to be a withdrawal of the Subscription and the Participant may
not thereafter participate in such Offering but must wait until the next
quarterly Offering to resubscribe to the Plan.  Any such discontinuance or
change in level shall be effective as soon as administratively practicable.

                         ARTICLE VI-EXERCISE OF OPTION

6.01.  Automatic Exercise

A Participant's option for the purchase of Stock with respect to any Offering
will be automatically exercised on each Purchase Date for the Offering.  The
option will be exercised by using the accumulated payroll deductions in the
Participant's account as of each such Purchase Date to purchase the number of
full and fractional shares of Stock that may be purchased at the purchase price
on such date, determined in accordance with Section 4.02.

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6.02.  Withdrawal From Offering

A Participant may not withdraw the accumulated payroll deductions in his or her
account during an Offering period.  If the Participant withdraws his or her
Subscription with respect to any Offering, the accumulated payroll deductions in
the Participant's account at the time the Subscription is withdrawn will be used
to purchase shares of Stock at the next Purchase Date for the Offering to which
the Subscription related, in accordance with Section 6.01.

6.03   Delivery of Stock

Stock purchases under the Plan will be held in an account in the Participant's
name in uncertificated form unless certification is requested by the
Participant.

                            ARTICLE VII- WITHDRAWAL

7.01.  Effect on Subsequent Participation

A Participant's election to withdraw from any Offering will not have any effect
upon the Participant's eligibility to participate in any succeeding Offering or
in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company.

7.02.  Termination of Employment

Subject to the following provisions of this Section 7.02, upon termination of
the Participant's employment for any reason, any Subscription then in effect
will be deemed to have been withdrawn and any payroll deductions credited to the
Participant's account will be used to purchase Stock on the next Purchase Date
for the Offering with respect to which such deductions relate.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Participant has a Subscription in effect on the
Participant's termination of employment, payroll deductions (at the rate in
effect on the termination date) shall continue to be made from Base Pay earned
prior to termination of employment, if any, that is paid to the Participant
after such termination of employment and before the earlier of (i) the three-
month anniversary of such termination of employment, or (ii) the Offering End
Date of such Offering.  Any such payroll deduction shall be used to purchase
Stock on the next Purchase Date for the Offering after the deduction is made.

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                              ARTICLE VIII-STOCK

8.01.  Maximum Shares

The maximum number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, subject to
adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section
10.04, shall be ____________ shares. If the total number of shares for which
options are exercised on any Purchase Date in accordance with Article IV exceeds
the maximum number of shares for the applicable Offering, the Company shall make
a pro rata allocation of the shares available for delivery and distribution in
as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to
be equitable, and the balance of payroll deductions credited to the account of
each Participant under the Plan shall be returned to him as promptly as
possible.

8.02.  Participant's Interest in Option Stock

The Participant will have no interest in Stock covered by an option under the
Plan until such option has been exercised.

8.03.  Registration of Stock

Stock to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the
name of the Participant.

                           ARTICLE IX-ADMINISTRATION

9.01.  Appointment of Committee

The Board of Directors shall appoint a Committee to administer the Plan. No
member of the Committee who is not an Eligible Employee shall be eligible to
purchase Stock under the Plan.

9.02.  Authority of Committee

Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have plenary
authority in its discretion to interpret and construe any and all provisions of
the Plan, to adopt rules and regulations for administering the Plan, and to make
all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the
Plan. The Committee's determination on the foregoing matters shall be
conclusive.  The Committee shall also have the authority to determine whether
the employees of divisions or subsidiaries of the Company organized or acquired
after the Effective Date shall be eligible for participation in the Plan.

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9.03.  Rules Governing the Administration of the Committee

The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint members of the Committee in
substitution for or in addition to members previously appointed and may fill
vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee may select one of its
members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as
it shall deem advisable and may hold telephonic meetings. A majority of its
members shall constitute a quorum. All determinations of the Committee shall be
made by a majority of its members. The Committee may correct any defect or
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in the manner and to the
extent it shall deem desirable. Any decision or determination reduced to writing
and signed by a majority of the members of the Committee shall be as fully
effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a meeting duly called and
held. The Committee may appoint a secretary and shall make such rules and
regulations for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable.

9.04.  Statements

Each Participant shall receive a statement of his account showing the number of
shares of Stock held and the amount of cash credited to such account.  Such
statements will be provided as soon as administratively feasible following the
end of each calendar quarter.

                            ARTICLE X-MISCELLANEOUS

10.01. Transferability

Neither payroll deductions credited to a Participant's account nor any rights
with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive Stock under the Plan may
be assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way by the
Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any such
attempted assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect.  During a Participant's lifetime, options held by such Participant
shall be exercisable only by that Participant.

10.02. Use of Funds

All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under this Plan may be
used by the Company for any corporate purpose and the Company shall not be
obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

10.03. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization

In the event of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
reclassification or combination of shares, merger, sale of assets or similar
event, the Committee shall adjust equitably (a) the number and class of shares
or other securities that are reserved for sale under the Plan, (b) the number
and class of shares or other securities that are subject to outstanding options,
and (c) the appropriate

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market value and other price determinations applicable to options. The Committee
shall make all determinations under this Section 10.03, and all such
determinations shall be conclusive and binding.

10.04.  Amendment and Termination

The Board of Directors shall have complete power and authority to terminate or
amend the Plan; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not,
without the approval of the stockholders of the Company (i) increase the maximum
number of shares which may be issued under any Offering (except pursuant to
Section 10.03); (ii) amend the requirements as to the class of employees
eligible to purchase stock under the Plan; or (iii) permit the members of the
Committee to purchase stock under the Plan.

Upon termination, any cash remaining in Participant accounts will be applied to
the purchase of Stock.  For purposes of valuing the Stock, the closing price of
the Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the most recent preceding trading
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day will determine the purchase price.  At the discretion of the Board of
Directors, Participants will be permitted to exercise their options for any
unpurchased shares by either requiring direct payment from the Participants,
cashless exercise or any other arrangement deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors.

10.05.  Effective Date

This Plan shall be effective as of April 1, 2000.

10.06.  No Employment Rights

The Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create any right for the benefit of
any employee or class of employees to purchase any shares under the Plan, or
create in any employee or class of employees any right with respect to
continuation of employment by the Company, and it shall not be deemed to
interfere in any way with the Company's right to terminate, or otherwise modify,
an employee's employment at any time.

10.07.  Effect of Plan

The provisions of the Plan shall, in accordance with its terms, be binding upon,
and inure to the benefit of, all successors of each employee participating in
the Plan, including, without limitation, such employee's estate and the
executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs and legatees, and any
receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of such employee.

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10.08.  Governing Law

The law of the State of California will govern all matters relating to this Plan
except to the extent it is superseded by the laws of the United States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the company has caused this instrument to be executed on the
___ day of _________________, 2000.

                                        EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

                                        By:_____________________________________

                                        Its:____________________________________

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                       EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
                          DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                           (Effective April 1, 2000)

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                          TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE  I PURPOSE, EFFECTIVE DATE, EMPLOYER........................ 1
 1.1  Purpose....................................................... 1
 1.2  Effective Date................................................ 1
 1.3  Employer...................................................... 1

ARTICLE  II DEFINITIONS............................................. 1
 2.1  Accounts...................................................... 1
 2.2  Administrative Committee...................................... 1
 2.3  Beneficiary................................................... 1
 2.4  Bonus......................................................... 2
 2.5  Bonus Deferral................................................ 2
 2.6  Compensation.................................................. 2
 2.7  Compensation Committee........................................ 2
 2.8  Deferral Election Form........................................ 2
 2.9  Distribution Election Form.................................... 2
 2.10 Eligible Employee............................................. 2
 2.11 Excess Matching Contribution.................................. 2
 2.12 Matching Contribution......................................... 3
 2.13 Participant................................................... 3
 2.14 Pay Deferral Contribution..................................... 3
 2.15 Plan Year..................................................... 3
 2.16 Termination of Employment..................................... 3
 2.17 Unforeseeable Emergency....................................... 3
 2.18 Vesting....................................................... 3

ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY FOR EXCESS MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS, BONUS
DEFERRALS AND PAY DEFERRALS......................................... 3
 3.1  Eligibility for Excess Matching Contribution.................. 3
 3.2  Bonus Deferral Elections...................................... 3
 3.3  Pay Deferral Elections........................................ 4

ARTICLE  IV CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS................................... 4
 4.1  Crediting of Accounts......................................... 4
 4.2  Earnings...................................................... 4
 4.3  Account Statements............................................ 4
 4.4  Vesting....................................................... 4

ARTICLE  V DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS................................. 4
 5.1  Distribution of Benefits...................................... 5
 5.2  Distribution.................................................. 5
 5.3  Effect of Payment............................................. 5
 5.4  Taxation of Plan Benefits..................................... 6
 5.5  Withholding and Payroll Taxes................................. 6
 5.6  Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency................... 6

ARTICLE  VI BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION................................. 7
 6.1  Beneficiary Designation....................................... 7
 6.2  Amendments to Beneficiary Designation......................... 7
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 6.3  No Beneficiary Designation.................................... 7

ARTICLE  VII ADMINISTRATION......................................... 7
 7.1  Administrative Committee...................................... 7
 7.2  Administrative Committee Powers............................... 7
 7.3  Uniform Application of Rules.................................. 8
 7.4  Claims Procedure.............................................. 8
 7.5  Action by Administrative Committee............................ 8
 7.6  Indemnity..................................................... 9

ARTICLE  VIII AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN..................... 9
 8.1  Amendment..................................................... 9
 8.2  Right to Terminate............................................ 9
 8.3  Payment at Termination........................................ 9

ARTICLE  IX MISCELLANEOUS...........................................10
 9.1  Unfunded Plan.................................................10
 9.2  Unsecured General Creditor....................................10
 9.3  Nonassignability..............................................10
 9.4  Not a Contract of Employment..................................10
 9.5  Protective Provisions.........................................10
 9.6  Governing Law.................................................11
 9.7  Severability..................................................11
 9.8  Notice........................................................11
 9.9  Successors....................................................11
 9.10 Action by Baxter..............................................11
 9.11 Effect on Benefit Plans.......................................11
 9.12 Participant Litigation........................................11
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          EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                           (Effective April 1, 2000)

                                   ARTICLE  I

                       PURPOSE, EFFECTIVE DATE, EMPLOYER

     1.1  Purpose.  The Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 401(k) Savings and
Investment Plan (the "401(k) Plan") is a defined contribution benefit plan
maintained by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ("Edwards") to provide eligible
participants with retirement benefits. Limitations imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, ("Code"), prevent some participants from
receiving the full Matching Contribution under the 401(k) Plan, a tax qualified
defined contribution plan. In addition, Edwards desires to maintain an unfunded
plan of deferred compensation for a select group of management and highly
compensated employees. Accordingly, Edwards hereby establishes the Edwards
Lifesciences Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan and the Edwards Lifesciences
Corporation 401(k) Plan Excess Plan and combines them into a single plan to be
known as the Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
("Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to enable certain Participants in the
401(k) Plan to receive the full Matching Contribution under the 401(k) Plan
formula which is limited by the Code, or the Plan, and/or to elect to defer
additional compensation until retirement, except as otherwise set forth on their
election form. Participation in the Plan is limited to a select group of
management or highly compensated employees of Edwards. Capitalized terms not
defined in this Plan are deemed to have the meaning given them in the 401(k)
Plan.

     1.2  Effective Date.  The Plan is effective as of April 1, 2000.

     1.3  Employer.  The Plan is adopted for the benefit of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees of Edwards or of any subsidiaries or
affiliates of Edwards, as set forth below. The Plan may be adopted by any
subsidiaries or affiliates of Edwards with the consent of the Administrative
Committee. Adopting Employers are listed on Appendix A as attached and updated
from time to time.

                                  ARTICLE  II

                                   DEFINITIONS

     2.1  Accounts.  Accounts means the sum of the Participant's Excess Matching
Contribution Account balance, the Participant's Bonus Deferral Account balance
and the Participant's Pay Deferral Account balance.

     2.2  Administrative Committee.  For purposes of the Plan, Administrative
Committee has the same meaning as the Administrative Committee in the 401(k)
Plan.

     2.3  Beneficiary.  A Participant's Beneficiary, as defined in Article VI,
is the Beneficiary designated to receive the Participant's Accounts, if any,
from the Plan, upon the death of the Participant.

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     2.4  Bonus.  The term Bonus means those bonuses that are included in the
definition of Compensation in the 401(k) Plan and also includes any other bonus
which is approved by the Administrative Committee and listed on Attachment A to
this Plan. Attachment A may be updated from time to time to accurately reflect
the approved bonuses for purpose of this definition.

     2.5  Bonus Deferral.  The Bonus Deferral is the amount of the Participant's
Bonus which the Participant elected to defer and contribute to the Plan which,
but for such election, would have otherwise been paid to him/her.

     2.6  Compensation.  For purposes of the Plan, Compensation has the same
meaning as Compensation in the 401(k) Plan without regard to Section 401(a)(17)
of the Code, except that the Bonuses deferred under the Plan are included in
Compensation in the Plan Year in which such amounts would be paid if they were
not deferred and not in the Plan Year in which such amounts are actually paid.

     2.7  Compensation Committee.  The Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of Edwards.

     2.8  Deferral Election Form.  The form which a Participant must complete
and return to the Administrative Committee, in accordance with the rules and
procedures as may be established by the Administrative Committee, in order to
elect to defer a portion of his or her Bonus into the Plan and to designate his
Pay Deferral Election.

     2.9  Distribution Election Form.  The form which a Participant must
complete and return to the Administrative Committee, in accordance with the
rules and procedures as may be established by the Administrative Committee. This
form is to be used by Participants who are not eligible to defer a portion of
their Bonus or make a Pay Deferral Contribution to the Plan.

     2.10  Eligible Employee.  An Eligible Employee is anyone who:

           (a)  is a participant in the Edwards Long Term Incentive Plan for the
                Plan Year to which deferrals relate who has contributed the
                maximum annual contribution limit under Sections 401(k) and
                402(g) of the Code to the 401(k) Plan; or

           (b)  is a participant in the 401(k) Plan whose Matching Contributions
                to the 401(k) Plan for the Plan Year are limited because of the
                application of the Code, provided he or she has met the
                eligibility rules set forth in Section 3.1 below.

     2.11  Excess Matching.  The Excess Matching Contribution is the difference
between the Matching Contributions allocated to a Participant's 401(k) Plan
Account during the Plan Year and the amount that would have been allocated if
the limitations of Sections 415, 401(k), 402(g) and 401(m) of the Code, as well
as the limitations of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, were disregarded.

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     2.12 Matching Contribution. The term Matching Contribution has the same
meaning in the Plan as it does in the 401(k)Plan.

     2.13 Participant. A Participant is any Eligible Employee who has an Account
balance in the Plan.

     2.14 Pay Deferral Contribution. The term Pay Deferral Contribution has the
same meaning as Pay Deferral Contribution in the 401(k) Plan. The Pay Deferral
Contribution is the amount of the Participant's Compensation which the
Participant elected to defer into the Plan which, but for such election, would
have otherwise been paid to him/her.

     2.15  Plan Year.  The Plan Year is the calendar year.

     2.16 Termination of Employment. For purposes of the Plan, Termination of
Employment has the same meaning as Termination of Employment in the 401(k) Plan.

     2.17 Unforeseeable Emergency. A severe financial hardship resulting from a
sudden or unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or one of his or her
dependents, loss of the Participant's property due to casualty or similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of one or more
recent events beyond the control of the Participant, as determined by the
Administrative Committee.

     2.18  Vesting. For purposes of the Plan, Vesting has the same
meaning as Vesting in the 401(k) Plan.

                                  ARTICLE  III

        ELIGIBILITY FOR EXCESS MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS, BONUS DEFERRALS
                               AND PAY DEFERRALS

     3.1  Eligibility for Excess Matching Contribution.  An Eligible Employee
is a Participant in the Plan and eligible to receive a contribution to his or
her Excess Matching Contribution Account in the Plan for a Plan Year if such
Participant's allocation of Matching Contributions in the 401(k) Plan during the
Plan Year is less than five percent (5%) of Compensation because of the
application of the Code.

     3.2  Bonus Deferral Elections.  An Eligible Employee is a Participant in
the Plan if he or she defers the maximum amount of Compensation allowed under
the Code to the 401(k) Plan for the Plan Year and he or she elects to defer all
or a portion of his or her Bonus through the Plan until his or her Termination
of Employment, or such other time as specified on his or her Deferral Election
Form, by completing a Deferral Election Form in accordance with applicable rules
and procedures established by the Administrative Committee.  A Participant may
elect to defer up to 100% of his or her Bonus, in whole percentages.  Beginning
January 1 of the year to which the Deferral Election Form applies, the Deferral
Election Form is irrevocable, except as provided in Section 5.6.  The Deferral
Election Form must be filed with the Administrative Committee in accordance with
the rules established by the Administrative Committee before January 1 of the
Plan Year to which the Deferral Election Form applies.  For purposes of Bonus

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Deferral Elections, eligible employees are those employees who are participants
in the Long Term Incentive Plan for the Plan Year to which deferrals relate.

     3.3 Pay Deferral Elections. An Eligible Employee is a Participant in the
Plan if he or she elects to defer a portion of his or her Compensation in excess
of the annual contribution limit under Sections 401(k) and 402(g) of the Code
(as contributed to the 401(k) Plan) as set forth on his or her Deferral Election
Form, in accordance with applicable rules and procedures established by the
Administrative Committee. A Participant may elect to defer up to a total of 15%
of his or her Compensation to the 401(k) Plan and the Plan; however, such
election must be the same election as the Participant made for the 401(k) Plan
for such Plan Year, and the Participant may not change his/her 401(k) Plan
election for the Plan Year. For purposes of Pay Deferral Elections, eligible
employees are those employees who are participants in the Long Term Incentive
Plan for the Plan Year to which deferrals relate.

                                  ARTICLE  IV

                             CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS

     4.1  Crediting of Accounts.
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          A.  Excess Matching Contribution Account.  An account equal to the
Excess Matching Contributions, if any, of each Participant plus Earnings.

          B.  Bonus Deferral Account.  An account equal to the Bonus Deferrals,
if any, of each Participant plus Earnings.

          C.  Pay Deferral Account.  An account equal to the Pay Deferral
Contributions, if any, of each Participant plus Earnings.

     4.2  Earnings.  Each Participant's Excess Matching Contribution Account,
Bonus Deferral Account, and Pay Deferral Account, if any, will be credited with
Earnings at a rate determined by the Administrative Committee from time to time.
As of the Effective Date of this Plan, Earnings will be credited at the same
rate as the Stable Income Fund in the 401(k) Plan.  Earnings will be credited to
each Participant's Account weekly.

     4.3  Account Statements.  Account Statements will be generated effective
as of the last day of each calendar quarter and mailed to each Participant as
soon as administratively feasible.  Account Statements will reflect all Account
activity during the reporting quarter, including Account contributions,
distributions and earnings credits.

     4.4  Vesting.  Subject to Sections 9.1 and 9.2, a Participant is always
100% Vested in his or her Accounts in the Plan at all times.

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                                  ARTICLE  V

                            DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

     5.1 Distribution of Benefits. Subject to Section 5.2, distribution of a
Participant's Accounts, if any, will commence in accordance with the
Participant's Distribution Election Form or Deferral Election Form as soon as
administratively feasible after the Participant's Termination of Employment. Any
spousal consent requirements under the 401(k) Plan will not apply to
distributions under the Plan.

     5.2  Distribution.

          A.  Deferral Election Form.  A Participant's Accounts will be paid in
     accordance with the form of payment designated in such Participant's
     Deferral Election Form.

          B.  Distribution Election Form.  A Participant's Accounts will be paid
     after a Participant's Termination of Employment, in accordance with the
     form of payment designated in such Participant's Distribution Election
     Form.

          C.  Forms of Distribution.  The forms of distribution are:

               (a)  A lump sum payment, or

               (b)  Annual installments of at least 2 years, but not to exceed
                    15 years.

     Annual installments will commence in the first quarter of the Plan Year as
     specified in the Participant's Deferral Election Form or Distribution
     Election Form. Subsequent installments will be paid annually in the first
     quarter of subsequent Plan Years. Lump sum payments will be made in the
     first quarter of the Plan Year as specified in the Participant's Deferral
     Election Form. Lump sum payments pursuant to a Distribution Election Form
     will be made in the first quarter of the Plan Year following the Plan Year
     in which the Participant incurs a Termination of Employment or any
     subsequent Plan Year as indicated on the Distribution Election Form.

     If a Participant does not elect a form of distribution by the time the
     Deferral Election Form or the Distribution Election Form is required to be
     completed, the Participant's election will default to a lump sum payment in
     the first quarter of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the
     Participant incurs a Termination of Employment.

     Notwithstanding the above, a Participant whose Accounts under the Plan
     total less than $50,000 as of the last day of the Plan Year in which he or
     she incurs a Termination of Employment will receive lump sum payment of his
     or her Accounts in the first quarter of the Plan Year following the Plan
     Year in which the Participant incurs a Termination of Employment.

     The Administrative Committee has the right to postpone the payment of any
     Accounts for up to one year from the date on which the credits would
     otherwise be paid.

     5.3  Effect of Payment.  Payment to the person or trust reasonably and in
good faith determined by the Administrative Committee to be the Participant's
Beneficiary will completely

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discharge any obligations Edwards or any other Employer may have under the Plan.
If a Plan benefit is payable to a minor or a person declared to be incompetent
or to a person the Administrative Committee in good faith believes to be
incompetent or incapable of handling the disposition of property, the
Administrative Committee may direct payment of such Plan benefit to the
guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such
minor and such decision by the Administrative Committee is binding on all
parties. The Administrative Committee may initiate whatever action it deems
appropriate to ensure that benefits are properly paid to an appropriate
guardian.

The Administrative Committee may require proof of incompetence, minority,
incapacity or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of
the Plan benefit. Such distribution will completely discharge the Administrative
Committee and the Employer from all liability with respect to such benefit.

     5.4  Taxation of Plan Benefits.  It is intended that each Participant
will be taxed on amounts credited to him or her under the Plan at the time such
amounts are received, and the provisions of the Plan will be interpreted
consistent with that intention.

     5.5  Withholding and Payroll Taxes.  Edwards will withhold from payments
made hereunder any taxes required to be withheld for the payment of taxes to the
Federal, or any state or local government.

     5.6  Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency.  Upon written request
of a Participant and the showing of Unforeseeable Emergency, the Administrative
Committee may authorize distribution of all or a portion of the Participant's
Accounts, and or the acceleration of any installment payments being made from
the Plan, but only to the extent reasonably necessary to relieve the
Unforeseeable Emergency.  In any event, payment may not be made to the extent
such Unforeseeable Emergency is or may be satisfied through reimbursement by
insurance or otherwise, including, but not limited to, liquidation of the
Participant's assets, to the extent that such liquidation would not in and of
itself cause severe financial hardship.  In addition, such Participant is
precluded from enrolling in the Plan for the entire Plan Year beginning January
1 after the request is approved.

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                                  ARTICLE  VI

                            BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

     6.1 Beneficiary Designation. Each Participant has the right to designate
one or more persons or trusts as the Participant's Beneficiary, primary as well
as secondary, to whom benefits under this Plan will be paid in the event of the
Participant's death prior to complete distribution to the Participant of the
benefits due under the Plan. Each Beneficiary designation will be in a written
form prescribed by the Administrative Committee and will be effective only when
filed with the Administrative Committee during the Participant's lifetime.

     6.2 Amendments to Beneficiary Designation. Any Beneficiary designation may
be changed by a Participant without the consent of any Beneficiary by the filing
of a new Beneficiary designation with the Administrative Committee. Filing a
Beneficiary designation as to any benefits available under the Plan revokes all
prior Beneficiary designations effective as of the date such Beneficiary
designation is received by the Administrative Committee. If a Participant's
Accounts are community property, any Beneficiary designation will be valid or
effective only as permitted under applicable law.

     6.3 No Beneficiary Designation. In the absence of an effective Beneficiary
designation, or if all Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, the
Participant's estate will be the Beneficiary. If a Beneficiary dies after the
Participant and before payment of benefits under this Plan has been completed,
and no secondary Beneficiary has been designated to receive such Beneficiary's
share, the remaining benefits will be payable to the Beneficiary's estate.

                                  ARTICLE  VII

                                 ADMINISTRATION

     7.1  Administrative Committee.  The Plan is administered by the
Administrative Committee, which is the Plan Administrator for purposes of
Section 3(16)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA").  Edwards has appointed the members of the Administrative
Committee to administer the Plan.  Members of the Administrative Committee may
be Participants in the Plan.

     7.2  Administrative Committee Powers.  The Administrative Committee has
such powers as may be necessary to discharge its duties hereunder, including,
but not by way of limitation,  the following powers, rights and duties:

          (a)  Interpretation of Plan.  The Administrative Committee has the
               power, right and duty to construe, interpret and enforce the Plan
               provisions and to determine all questions arising under the Plan
               including, but not by way of limitation, questions of Plan
               participation, eligibility for Plan benefits and the rights of
               employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons to
               benefits under the Plan and to determine the amount, manner and
               time of payment of any benefits hereunder;

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          (b)  Plan Procedures.  The Administrative Committee has the power,
               right and duty to adopt procedures, rules, regulations and forms
               to be followed by employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and
               other persons or to be otherwise utilized in the efficient
               administration of the Plan which may alter any procedural
               provision of the Plan without the necessity of an amendment;

          (c)  Benefit Determinations.  The Administrative Committee has the
               power, right and duty to make determinations as to the rights of
               employees, Participants, Beneficiaries and other persons to
               benefits under the Plan and to afford any Participant or
               Beneficiary dissatisfied with such determination with rights
               pursuant to a claims procedure adopted by the Committee; and

          (d)  Allocation of Duties.  The Administrative Committee is empowered
               to employ agents (who may also be employees of Edwards) and to
               delegate to them any of the administrative duties imposed upon
               the Administrative Committee or Edwards.

     7.3  Uniform Application of Rules.  The Administrative Committee will
apply all rules, regulations, procedures and decisions uniformly and
consistently to all Participants similarly situated.  Any ruling, regulation,
procedure or decision of the Administrative Committee will be conclusive and
binding upon all persons affected by it.  There will be no appeal from any
ruling by the Administrative Committee which is within its authority, except as
provided in Section 7.4 below.  When making a determination or a calculation,
the Administrative Committee will be entitled to rely on information supplied by
any Employer, accountants and other professionals including, but not by way of
limitation, legal counsel for Edwards or any Employer.

     7.4  Claims Procedure.  If a claim for benefits by a Participant or his
or her beneficiary or beneficiaries (the "applicant") is denied, the
Administrative Committee will furnish the applicant within 90 days after receipt
of such claim (or within 180 days after receipt if the Administrative Committee
notifies the applicant prior to the end of the 90 day period that special
circumstances require an extension of time), a written notice which specifies
the reason for the denial, refers to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on
which the denial is based, describes any additional material or information
necessary for properly completing the claim and explains why such material or
information is necessary, and explains the claim review procedures of this
Section 7.4.  If, within 60 days after receipt of such notice, the applicant so
requests in writing, the Administrative Committee will review its earlier
decision.  The Administrative Committee's decision on review will be in writing,
and will include specific reasons for the decision, written in a manner
calculated to be understood by the claimant, and will include specific
references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the decision is
based.  It will be delivered to the claimant within 60 days after the request
for review is received, unless extraordinary circumstances require a longer
period, but in no event more than 120 days after the request for review is
received.

     7.5  Action by Administrative Committee.  Action by the Administrative
Committee will be subject to the following special rules:

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          (a)  Meetings and Documents. The Administrative Committee may act by
               meeting or by document signed without meeting and documents may
               be signed through the use of a single document or concurrent
               documents.

          (b)  Action by Majority. The Administrative Committee will act by a
               majority decision which action will be as effective as if such
               action had been taken by all Administrative Committee members,
               provided that by majority action one or more Administrative
               Committee members or other persons may be authorized to act with
               respect to particular matters on behalf of all Administrative
               Committee members.

          (c)  Resolving Deadlocks. If there is an equal division among the
               Administrative Committee members with respect to any question a
               disinterested party may be selected by a majority vote to decide
               the matter. Any decision by such disinterested party will be
               binding.

     7.6  Indemnity.  To the extent permitted by applicable law and to the
extent that they are not indemnified or saved harmless under any liability
insurance contracts, any present or former Administrative Committee members,
officers, or directors of Edwards, the Employers or their subsidiaries or
affiliates, if any, will be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employers from
and against any and all liabilities or allegations of liability to which they
may be subjected by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in good faith
in the administration of the Plan, including all expenses reasonably incurred in
their defense in the event that Edwards fails to provide such defense after
having been requested in writing to do so.

                                 ARTICLE  VIII

                       AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

     8.1  Amendment.  The Compensation Committee may amend the Plan at any time,
except that no amendment will decrease or restrict the Accounts of Participants
and Beneficiaries at the time of the amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Compensation Committee may delegate certain authority to amend the Plan to
the Administrative Committee.

     8.2  Right to Terminate.  The Compensation Committee may at any time
terminate the Plan. Any Employer may terminate its participation in the Plan by
notice to Edwards.

     8.3  Payment at Termination.  If the Plan is terminated payment of each
affected Participant's Accounts to the Participant or Beneficiary for whom they
are held will commence within 60 days of such termination in the form determined
under Article 5.

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                                  ARTICLE  IX

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

     9.1  Unfunded Plan.  This Plan is intended to be an unfunded retirement
plan maintained primarily to provide retirement benefits for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees.  All credited amounts are unfunded,
general obligations of the appropriate Employer.  This Plan is not intended to
create an investment contract, but to provide retirement benefits to eligible
employees who participate in the Plan.  Eligible employees are members of a
select group of management or are highly compensated employees, who, by virtue
of their position with an Employer, are uniquely informed as to such Employer's
operations and have the ability to affect materially Employer's profitability
and operations.

     9.2  Unsecured General Creditor.  In the event of an Employer's
insolvency, Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns
will have no legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any property or
assets of such Employer, nor will they be Beneficiaries of, or have any rights,
claims or interests in any life insurance policies, annuity contracts or the
proceeds therefrom owned or which may be acquired by such Employer (the
"Policies") greater than those of any other unsecured general creditors.  In
that event, any and all of the Employer's assets and Policies will be, and
remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of Employer.  Employer's
obligation under the Plan will be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured
promise of Employer to pay money in the future.

     9.3  Nonassignability.  Neither a Participant nor any other person will
have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage
or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of actual
receipt the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are,
and all rights to which are, expressly declared to be nonassignable and
nontransferable.  No part of the amounts payable will, prior to actual payment,
be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments,
alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, nor
be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any other
person's bankruptcy or insolvency.  Nothing contained herein will preclude an
Employer from offsetting any amount owed to it by a Participant against payments
to such Participant or his or her Beneficiary.

     9.4  Not a Contract of Employment.  The terms and conditions of this Plan
will not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between a Participant
and such Participant's Employer, and neither the Participant nor the
Participant's Beneficiary will have any rights against such Participant's
Employer except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein.  Moreover,
nothing in this Plan is deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in
the service of his or her Employer or to interfere with the right of such
Employer to discipline or discharge him or her at any time.

     9.5  Protective Provisions.  A Participant will cooperate with Edwards by
furnishing any and all information requested by Edwards, in order to facilitate
the payment of benefits hereunder.

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     9.6  Governing Law. The provisions of this Plan will be construed and
interpreted according to the laws of the State of California, to the extent not
preempted by ERISA.

     9.7  Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan is held
invalid or illegal for any reason, any illegality or invalidity will not affect
the remaining parts of the Plan, but the Plan will be construed and enforced as
if the illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted, and Edwards will
have the privilege and opportunity to correct and remedy such questions of
illegality or invalidity by amendment as provided in the Plan, including, but
not by way of limitation, the opportunity to construe and enforce the Plan as if
such illegal and invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

     9.8  Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to
Edwards or the Administrative Committee under the Plan will be sufficient if in
writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail to any
member of the Administrative Committee, or to Edwards's Chief Financial Officer
and, if mailed, will be addressed to the principal executive offices of Edwards.
Notice to a Participant or Beneficiary may be hand delivered or mailed to the
Participant or Beneficiary at his or her most recent address as listed in the
employment records of Edwards.  Notices will be deemed given as of the date of
delivery or mailing or, if delivery is made by certified or registered mail, as
of the date shown on the receipt for registration or certification.  Any person
entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice.

     9.9  Successors. The provisions of this Plan will bind and inure to the
benefit of Edwards, each Employer, the Participants and Beneficiaries, and their
respective successors, heirs and assigns.  The term successors as used herein
will include any corporate or other business entity which, whether by merger,
consolidation, purchase or otherwise acquires all or substantially all of the
business and assets of Edwards, and successors of any such corporation or other
business entity.

     9.10  Action by Edwards. Except as otherwise provided herein, any action
required of or permitted by Edwards under the Plan will be by resolution of the
Compensation Committee or any person or persons authorized by resolution of the
Compensation Committee.

     9.11  Effect on Benefit Plans. Amounts paid under this Plan, will not by
operation of this Plan be considered to be compensation for the purposes of any
benefit plan maintained by any Employer.   The treatment of such amounts under
other employee benefit plans will be determined pursuant to the provisions of
such plans.

     9.12  Participant Litigation.  In any action or proceeding regarding the
Plan, employees or former employees of Edwards or an Employer, Participants,
Beneficiaries or any other persons having or claiming to have an interest in
this Plan will not be necessary parties and will not be entitled to any notice
or process.  Any final judgment which is not appealed or appealable and may be
entered in any such action or proceeding will be binding and conclusive on the
parties hereto and all persons having or claiming to have any interest in this
Plan.  To the extent permitted by law, if a legal action is begun against
Edwards, an Employer, the Administrative Committee, or any member of the
Administrative Committee by or on behalf of any person and such action results
adversely to such person or if a legal action arises because of conflicting
claims to a

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Participant's or other person's benefits, the costs to such person of defending
the action will be charged to the amounts, if any, which were involved in the
action or were payable to the Participant or other person concerned. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, acceptance of participation in this Plan
will constitute a release of Edwards, each Employer, the Administrative
Committee and each member thereof, and their respective agents from any and all
liability and obligation not involving willful misconduct or gross neglect.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation has caused this instrument to be executed by
its authorized officer, as of the _____ day of ________________, 2000.

                                  EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
                                  By:   ______________________________
                                  Its:  ______________________________

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