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Title:

Benefit Equity Trust Agreement

Entities:

Beckman Coulter, Inc.; Wells Fargo Bank, NA

Date:

2004

Size:

66KB total

Price:

$49

ID:

#1181219

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BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
BENEFIT EQUITY TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 5, 2004
between
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1.	Definitions

SECTION 2.	Establishment of the Trust
	2.1.	Trust Fund
	2.2.	Irrevocability
	2.3.	Claims of Creditors

SECTION 3.	Acceptance by the Trustee

SECTION 4.	Investment of the Trust
	4.1.	General Duty of the Trustee
	4.2.	Additional Powers of the Trustee

SECTION 5.	Establishment and Maintenance of Participant Schedule
	5.1.	Form of Participant Schedule
	5.2.	Maintaining the Participant Schedule

SECTION 6.	Maintenance of Trust
	6.1.	Trust Assets and Allocation to Plans
	6.2.	Valuation of Trust and Accounts
	6.3.	Relationship to Plans

SECTION 7.	Voting and Tender of Company Stock Held in Trust
	7.1.	Voting Rights
	7.2.	Tender Rights
	7.3.	Notices and Information Statements

SECTION 8.	Distributions from the Trust
	8.1.	Distributions from the Trust
	8.2.	Significant Event
	8.3.	Protection of the Trustee
	8.4.	Company Obligations
	8.5.	Trustee as Holder of Legal Title to Trust Assets
	8.6.	Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Trust
	8.7.	Reversion to the Company

SECTION 9.	Expenses, Compensation and Indemnification
	9.1.	Compensation
	9.2.	Charge on Trust Fund
	9.3.	Indemnification
	9.4.	Force Majeure
	9.5.	Payment from Trust Fund

SECTION 10.	Administration and Records
	10.1.	Records
	10.2.	Settlement of Accounts
	10.3.	Audit
	10.4.	Judicial Settlement
	10.5.	Delivery of Records to Successor
	10.6.	Tax Filings

SECTION 11.	Removal or Resignation of the Trustee and Designation of Successor Trustee
	11.1.	Removal
	11.2.	Resignation
	11.3.	Successor Trustee

SECTION 12.	Enforcement of Trust Agreement
	12.1.	Rights of Parties to Enforce the Trust Agreement
	12.2.	Limitation on Rights of Participants and Beneficiaries

SECTION 13.	Termination
	13.1.	Termination upon Specific Events
	13.2.	Termination in Other Events
	13.3.	Limitation on Trustee Liability Upon Total Distribution; Continuation of Trustee Powers
	13.4.	Nonapplicability of ERISA
	13.5.	Reversion to the Company

SECTION 14.	Amendment
	14.1.	Amendments in General
	14.2.	Nonapplicability of ERISA; Preventing Current Taxation

SECTION 15.	Nonalienation
	15.1.	Prohibition Against Certain Transfers, Pledges, Etc

SECTION 16.	Communications
	16.1.