LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

EX-4.2 3 a55265exv4w2.htm EX-4.2 exv4w2

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

as Issuer

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of February 19, 2010

to the Indenture dated as of February 19, 2010

3.375% Senior Notes due 2013
4.400% Senior Notes due 2015
6.000% Senior Notes due 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE 1 APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Section 1.01. Application of First Supplemental Indenture		2

ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS

Section 2.01. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture		2
Section 2.02. Definitions		2

ARTICLE 3 FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01. Form and Dating		5
Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes		6
Section 3.03. Optional Redemption		7
Section 3.04. Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control		8
Section 3.05. Amendment of Events of Default		9

ARTICLE 4 MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act		9
Section 4.02. New York Law to Govern		9
Section 4.03. Counterparts		10
Section 4.04. Separability Clause		10
Section 4.05. Ratification		10
Section 4.06. Effectiveness		10

EXHIBIT A-1 – Form of 3.375% Senior Notes due 2013		A-1

EXHIBIT B-1 – Form of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2015		B-1

EXHIBIT C-1 – Form of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2020		C-1

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 19, 2010, between LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2010 (the “Base Indenture,” and together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Notes to be issued in one or mores series as provided in the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, without the consent of any holders of Notes, to establish the form of any Note, as permitted by Section 201 of the Base Indenture, and to provide for the issuance of the Notes (as defined below), as permitted by Section 301 of the Base Indenture, and to set forth the terms thereof;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to execute this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 201 of the Base Indenture to establish the form, and pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance, of a series of its senior notes designated as its 3.375% Senior Notes due March 1, 2013 (the “2013 Notes”), a series of its senior notes designated as its 4.400% Senior Notes due March 1, 2015 (the “2015 Notes”) and a series of its senior notes designated as its 6.000% Senior Notes due March 1, 2020 (the “2020 Notes,” and together with the 2013 Notes and the 2015 Notes, the “Notes”), in an initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, in the case of the 2013 Notes, $500,000,000 in the case of the 2015 Notes and $750,000,000 in the case of the 2020 Notes. The 2013 Notes, 2015 and the 2020 are each a series of Notes as referred to in Section 301 of the Base Indenture.

WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Sections 102 and 903 of the Base Indenture to the effect that the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted under the Base Indenture and that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to be complied with by the Company have been complied with;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make this First Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company, a valid and legally binding instrument; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the valid obligations of the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE:

In consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Notes as follows:

ARTICLE 1
APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Section 1.01. Application of First Supplemental Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this First Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Notes issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes. Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections contained in this Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document. All Initial 2013 Notes and Additional 2013 Notes, if any, all Initial 2015 Notes and Additional 2015 Notes, if any, and all Initial 2020 Notes and Additional 2020 Notes, if any, will each be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS

Section 2.01. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture. For purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Base Indenture, as amended hereby.

Section 2.02. Definitions. For the benefit of the holders of the Notes, Section 101 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new definitions:

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) hereto.

“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any date commencing upon the first public notice by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies).

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation,

any merger or consolidation) as a result of which any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting stock or other voting stock into which the Company’s voting stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; provided, however, that a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to that transaction; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or any “person” or “group” consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s voting stock or the voting stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s voting stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the voting stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors are not Continuing Directors; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained, the arithmetic average of those quotations or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is obtained, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Company who (1) was a member of the board of directors of the Company on the date hereof; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to the board of directors of the Company with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors of the Company at the time of such nomination or election (either by specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and any successors to its rating agency business.

“Global Note” means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes in the form of Global Notes issued to the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C.

“Independent Investment Banker” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

“Initial Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) hereto.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating by Moody’s equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent under a successor rating category of Moody’s), a rating by S&P equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P) or a rating by Fitch equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch).

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successors to its rating agency business.

“Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

“Principal Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Initial Notes and Additional Notes.

“Rating Agencies” means (1) Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any or all of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective successors, or if at any time any of the above is not a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, any other nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Company that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, as well as two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of

the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Treasury Rate” means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to Maturity, computed as the second Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date, of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

“Trustee” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereto.

“Voting Stock” means capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

ARTICLE 3
FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01. Form and Dating. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C attached hereto. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes and any beneficial interest in the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

(a) Global Note. The Notes shall be issued initially in global form (the “Global Note”), which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depositary’s nominee, duly executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with Section 202 of the Base Indenture.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 3.01(b) shall apply only to the Global Notes deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 202 of the Base Indenture, authenticate, and hold each Global Note as custodian for the Depositary.

Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes. The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture:

(a) Title. The 2013 Notes shall constitute a series of Notes having the title “3.375% Senior Notes due 2013”, the 2015 Notes shall constitute a separate series of Notes having the title “4.400% Senior Notes due 2015” and the 2020 Notes shall constitute a separate series of Notes having the title “6.000% Senior Notes due 2020”.

(b) Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the 2013 Notes (the “Initial 2013 Notes”), the 2015 Notes (the “Initial 2015 Notes”) and the 2020 Notes (the “Initial 2020 Notes” and together with the Initial 2013 Notes and the Initial 2015 Notes, the “Initial Notes”) that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be $250,000,000, $500,000,000 and $750,000,000, respectively. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the holders of Notes, issue additional 2013 Notes (in any such case “Additional 2013 Notes”), additional 2015 Notes (in any such case “Additional 2015 Notes”) or additional 2020 Notes (in any such case, “Additional 2020 Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, Maturity and other terms as the Initial 2013 Notes, the Initial 2015 Notes or the Initial 2020 Notes, as the case may be (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional Notes, or, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date following the issue of such Additional Notes). Any Additional 2013 Notes and the Initial 2013 Notes, any Additional 2015 Notes and the Initial 2015 Notes, as the case may be, and any Additional 2020 Notes and the Initial 2020 Notes, as the case may be, shall each constitute a single series under the Indenture and all references to the 2013 Notes shall include the Initial 2013 Notes and any Additional 2013 Notes, all references to the 2015 Notes shall include the Initial 2015 Notes and any Additional 2015 Notes and all references to the 2020 Notes shall include the Initial 2020 Notes and any Additional 2020 Notes, unless the context otherwise requires. The aggregate principal amount of each of the Additional 2013 Notes, Additional 2015 Notes and Additional 2020 Notes shall be unlimited.

(c) Maturity Date. The entire Outstanding principal of the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes and the 2020 Notes shall be payable on March 1, 2013, March 1, 2015 and March 1, 2020, respectively.

(d) Interest Rate. The rate at which the 2013 Notes shall bear interest shall be 3.375% per annum, the rate at which the 2015 Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.400% per annum and the rate at which the 2020 Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.000% per annum; the date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be February 19, 2010, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning September 1, 2010; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

(e) Payment. The Trustee shall be the initial Paying Agent and Security Registrar. Payment of the principal and interest shall be at the corporate office of the Trustee in

the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; provided, however, that each installment of interest and principal on the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes or the 2020 Notes may at the Company’s option be paid by check to the holders at the holder’s address in the Security Register. The 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes and the 2020 Notes shall initially be issued as Global Notes. Payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Depositary. Payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Definitive Notes held by a holder of at least U.S.$1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes shall be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 10 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee or Paying Agent may accept in its discretion).

(f) Currency. The currency of denomination of the Notes is United States Dollars. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be made in United States Dollars.

Section 3.03. Optional Redemption.

(a) The provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as amended by the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

(b) The 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes and the 2020 Notes shall be redeemable, in each case, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option. Upon redemption of the Notes, the Company shall pay a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes or the 2020 Notes to be redeemed, as the case may be, and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes or the 2020 Notes to be redeemed, as the case may be, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points in the case of the 2013 Notes, 30 basis points in the case of the 2015 Notes and 35 basis points in the case of the 2020 Notes,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the applicable series of Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date shall be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

(c) On and after the Redemption Date for the Notes, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any. On or before the Redemption Date for the Notes, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, and

(except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes shall be redeemed in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture.

(d) Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed; provided, however, that the Company shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date at least 15 days prior to the date of the giving of such notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Such notice shall be provided in accordance with Section 1104 of the Base Indenture. If the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Redemption Price, calculated as described above in clause (b), shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, and from and after such Redemption Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Installments of interest on the Notes to be redeemed that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable on the Interest Payment Date in accordance with the Indenture.

Section 3.04. Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its option to redeem the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes and 2020 Notes in full, as set forth in Section 3.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each holder of the 2013 Notes, the 2015 Notes and 2020 Notes to repurchase any and all (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of such holder’s 2013 Notes, 2015 Notes and 2020 Notes at a repurchase price set forth in this Section 3.04. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of 2013 Notes, 2015 Notes and 2020 Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2013 Notes, 2015 Notes and 2020 Notes to be repurchased up to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). With respect to the Notes, within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall mail a notice to holders of Notes with a copy to the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”).

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating (1) the aggregate Principal Amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased, (2) that all conditions precedent contained herein to make a Change of Control Offer have been complied with and (3) that the Change of Control Offer has been made in compliance with the Indenture.

The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as possible after the date of purchase.

(c) The Company shall comply in all respects with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of this Section 3.04, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.04 by virtue of any such conflict.

Section 3.05. Amendment of Events of Default. Section 501 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture, by inserting the following clause (9):

(9) failure of the Company to comply with the provisions of Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act or deemed to be a part of and govern this First Supplemental Indenture, such required or deemed provision shall control. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this First Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 4.02. New York Law to Govern.

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO SUCH STATUTE). THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE NON-

EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.

THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE TRUSTEE OR THE COMPANY RELATING THERETO. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE TRUSTEE AND THE HOLDERS ENTERING INTO THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

Section 4.03. Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 4.04. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 4.05. Ratification. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

Section 4.06. Effectiveness. The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.

Section 4.07. The Trustee. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
By:	/s/ David F. Hoffmeister
	Name:	David F. Hoffmeister
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:	/s/ Paula Oswald
	Name:	Paula Oswald
	Title:	Vice President

First Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT A

[FACE OF NOTE]

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

[Global Notes Legend]

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE), IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED PURSUANT TO SECTION 203(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE INDENTURE AND (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.



REGISTERED		REGISTERED

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

3.375% Senior Notes due 2013



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ISIN NO. [ ]
No. R-[___]		US$[ ]

Life Technologies Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of

[ ] Dollars ($ ) on March 1, 2013, and to pay interest thereon from February 19, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and September in each year, commencing September 1, 2010, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, at the rate of 3.375% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided, however that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 3.375% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to holder of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.


	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
	By:
		Name:
		Title:


	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Attest:


Name:
Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 19, 2010


	U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

[Form of Reverse of Note]

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2010 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the ‘“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

The Notes of this series are subject to redemption at any time, upon not less than 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ notice by mail, as a whole or from time to time in part, at the election of the Company, on any date prior to their Stated Maturity at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) of the Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the interest payment date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the Notes, the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained, the arithmetic average of those quotations or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is obtained, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

“Independent Investment Banker” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective successors, or if at any time any of the above is not a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, any other nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Company that is a primary U.S.

Government securities dealer, as well as two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

“Treasury Rate” means, for any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to Maturity, computed as the second Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date, of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered and this Note may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Notes of this series shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any successor to such statute). The Trustee and the Company agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States federal or state court located in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Notes.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Your Signature:

		(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)


Your Name:

Date:


Signature Guarantee:		*


*		NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of an interest in this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of an interest in another Global Note or a Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note have been made:


	Amount of decrease in	Amount of increase in	Principal Amount of this	Signature of authorized
	Principal Amount of this	Principal Amount of this	Global Note following	signatory of Trustee or
Date of Exchange	Global Note	Global Note	such decrease or increase	Notes Custodian

EXHIBIT B

[FACE OF NOTE]

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

[Global Notes Legend]



REGISTERED		REGISTERED

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

4.400% Senior Notes due 2015



CUSIP NO. [ ]
ISIN NO. [ ]
No. R-[___]		US$[ ]

Life Technologies Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any

successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars ($ ) on March 1, 2015, and to pay interest thereon from February 19, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and September in each year, commencing September 1, 2010, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, at the rate of 4.400% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided, however that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 4.400% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to holder of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.


	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
	By:
		Name:
		Title:


	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Attest:


Name:
Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 19, 2010


	U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

[Form of Reverse of Note]

“Independent Investment Banker” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

Government securities dealer, as well as two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered and this Note may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Your Signature:

		(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)


Your Name:

Date:


Signature Guarantee:		*


*		NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE


	Amount of decrease in	Amount of increase in	Principal Amount of this	Signature of authorized
	Principal Amount of this	Principal Amount of this	Global Note following	signatory of Trustee or
Date of Exchange	Global Note	Global Note	such decrease or increase	Notes Custodian

EXHIBIT C

[FACE OF NOTE]

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

[Global Notes Legend]



REGISTERED		REGISTERED

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

6.000% Senior Notes due 2020



CUSIP NO. [ ]
ISIN NO. [ ]
No. R-[___]		US$[ ]

[ ] Dollars ($ ) on March 1, 2020, and to pay interest thereon from February 19, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and September in each year, commencing September 1, 2010, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, at the rate of 6.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided, however that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 6.000% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand). The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to holder of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.


	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
	By:
		Name:
		Title:


	By:
		Name:
		Title:

Attest:


Name:
Title:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 19, 2010


	U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
	By:
		Authorized Signatory

[Form of Reverse of Note]

“Independent Investment Banker” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

Government securities dealer, as well as two other nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Company that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered and this Note may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. no.)

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Your Signature:

		(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)


Your Name:

Date:


Signature Guarantee:		*


*		NOTICE: The Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: (i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee.

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE


	Amount of decrease in	Amount of increase in	Principal Amount of this	Signature of authorized
	Principal Amount of this	Principal Amount of this	Global Note following	signatory of Trustee or
Date of Exchange	Global Note	Global Note	such decrease or increase	Notes Custodian