EXHIBIT 10.4
Published on February 27, 2008
Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made effective as of the
15th day of October, 2006, between IDEXX Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation whose
principal place of business is at 6100 East Shelby Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38141, U.S.A.
(“IDEXX”) and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., a New York corporation with offices at 100
Indigo Creek Drive, Rochester, New York, U.S.A. (“OCD”).
WHEREAS, OCD and IDEXX have entered into that certain Agreement dated as of October 16, 2003, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto effective January 1, 2005 (as so amended, the
“Agreement”), regarding supply by OCD of dry slides for IDEXX veterinary chemistry
analyzers; and
WHEREAS, OCD and IDEXX now desire to amend further the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, which are not otherwise defined, have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. Section 3.03 of the Agreement is amended by replacing “third anniversary of the Commencement
Date” with “fourth anniversary of the Commencement Date” in the second sentence thereof.
3. Except as modified by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
No. 2 to be duly executed in duplicate by their respective authorized representatives as of the day
and year first written above.
| ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. | IDEXX OPERATIONS, INC. | |||||||
By:
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/s/ Tony Zezzo | By: | /s/ William C. Wallen | |||||
| Name: Tony Zezzo | Name: William C. Wallen | |||||||
| Title: V.P. North America Sales | Title: Chief Scientific Officer | |||||||
| The foregoing Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement
dated as of October 16, 2003 between IDEXX
Operations, Inc. and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics,
Inc. is hereby consented to and acknowledged by: IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC., solely as guarantor pursuant to Section 30 of the Agreement |
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| By: | /s/ William C. Wallen | |||
| Name: | William C. Wallen | |||
| Title: | Chief Scientific Officer | |||