FEI COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
As amended May 20, 2004

        1.    Purpose of the Plan.    FEI Company (the "Company") believes that ownership of shares of its Common Stock by employees of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries (hereinafter defined) is desirable as an incentive to better performance and improvement of profits, and as a means by which employees may share in the rewards of growth and success. The purpose of this Employee Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is to provide a convenient means by which employees of the Company and Participating Subsidiaries may purchase the Company's shares through payroll deductions and a method by which the Company may assist and encourage such employees to become share owners.

        2.    Shares Reserved for the Plan.    There are 1,450,000 shares of the Company's authorized Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the outstanding Common Stock of the Company. The determination of whether an adjustment shall be made and the manner of any such adjustment shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive.

        3.    Administration of the Plan.    The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of the Plan, adopt forms for use in connection with the Plan, and decide any question of interpretation of the Plan or rights arising thereunder. The Board of Directors may consult with counsel for the Company on any matter arising under the Plan. All determinations and decisions of the Board of Directors shall be conclusive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors, if it so desires, may delegate to the Compensation Committee of the Board the authority for general administration of the Plan.

        4.    Eligible Employees.    Except as indicated below, all full-time employees of the Company and all full-time employees of each of the Company's subsidiary corporations which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a participant in the Plan (such participating subsidiary being hereinafter called a "Participating Subsidiary") are eligible to participate in the Plan. Any employee who would, after a purchase of shares under the Plan, own or be deemed (under Section 424(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) to own stock (including stock subject to any outstanding options held by the employee) possessing five percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company, shall be ineligible to participate in the Plan. A "full-time employee" is one who is in the active service of the Company or a Participating Subsidiary excluding, however, any employee whose customary employment is 20 hours or less per week or whose customary employment is for not more than five months per calendar year.

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