X0202 4 2004-08-02 0000824803 APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC AOT 0001265583 RICH SIMON B 620 POPLAR NECK ROAD EDENTON NC 27932 1 0 0 0 Stock Options (Right to Buy) 26.84 2004-08-02 4 D 0 12000 D 2004-01-27 2014-01-27 Common Stock 12000 0 D Pursuant to an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 17, 2004, as amended on April 16, 2004, by and among Fisher Scientific International Inc. ("Fisher"), Fox Merger Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fisher, and Apogent Technologies Inc. ("Apogent"), these options were assumed by Fisher in the merger and became options to purchase Fisher common stock. The number of shares subject to each new Fisher option is equal to the number of shares subject to each Apogent option held immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger multiplied by .56 (rounded down to the nearest whole share), and the per share exercise price of each new Fisher option is equal to the exercise price per share of each Apogent option divided by .56 (rounded up to the nearest whole cent). Gary J. Marmontello, Atty-in-Fact 2004-08-03