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Filing Date: 2015-01-12

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>EXECUTION VERSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TAX
SHARING AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>TAX SHARING AGREEMENT (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) dated as of January&nbsp;11, 2015, and effective as
of the Effective Date (as defined in Section&nbsp;15.01 of this Agreement), by and between Roche Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as &#147;RHI&#148;, and Foundation Medicine, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter
referred to as &#147;HERMES&#148;.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">W I T N E S S E T H: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, RHI and HERMES have entered into a transaction agreement dated as of the date hereof (the
&#147;<B>Transaction Agreement</B>&#148;) pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, RHI has agreed to acquire an aggregate beneficial ownership interest in the Company of at least 52.4%, and no more than 56.3%,
of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of HERMES, par value $0.0001 per share, on a Fully Diluted Basis (as defined in the Transaction Agreement); and<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, RHI and/or one or more of its Affiliates (as defined below) may, from or after the Effective Date (as defined below), be required to
include the taxable income, gain, deduction, losses, credits, etc. of the HERMES Combined Group (as defined below) as an affiliate in some or all of its combined or unitary state and local tax filings, payments, estimates, and other matters as are
required by law; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, by reason of RHI&#146;s beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of HERMES, certain U.S. federal
income tax items will be required under applicable provisions of the Code (as defined below) and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder to be determined with reference to the activities of RHI and/or one or more of its Affiliates (other
than members of the HERMES Group), and HERMES and/or one or more members of the HERMES Group on a collective basis; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, RHI and HERMES hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ARTICLE 1
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">D<SMALL>EFINED</SMALL> T<SMALL>ERMS</SMALL>; P<SMALL>REPARATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> T<SMALL>AX</SMALL> R<SMALL>ETURNS</SMALL>
<SMALL>AND</SMALL> T<SMALL>AX</SMALL> E<SMALL>STIMATES</SMALL> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.01. <I>Defined Terms</I>. As used in this Agreement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Affiliate</B>&#148; means, with respect to any person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with such person; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B>, that neither Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. nor any of its subsidiaries shall be considered an Affiliate of RHI for purposes of this Agreement (unless RHI elects, in a written
notice to HERMES, to have any such person considered an Affiliate of RHI).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Code</B>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>Combined Return</B>&#148; means any Tax Return, other than with respect to United
States federal income taxes, required to be filed on a consolidated, combined (including nexus combination, worldwide combination, domestic combination, line of business combination or any other form of combination) or unitary basis wherein any
member of the HERMES Group joins in the filing of such Tax Return (for any taxable period or portion thereof) with any member of the RHI Group.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>&#147;<B>HERMES Combined Group</B>&#148; means, for state or local tax purposes, the member or members of the HERMES Group that are
includible in a group that (i)&nbsp;also includes RHI or at least one subsidiary of RHI (other than a member of the HERMES Group) as a member and (ii)&nbsp;files a Combined Return.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>HERMES Group</B>&#148; means HERMES and its subsidiaries (direct or indirect and past, current or future). </P>
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