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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2003 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>Form S-8 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Under </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE
WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Wisconsin</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>22-2849508</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>organization)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>30 Penhallow Street</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Portsmouth,
New Hampshire</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>03801</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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COLOR="#000000"><B>APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>MICHAEL K. BRESSON</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>and Secretary</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Apogent Technologies Inc.</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>30
Penhallow Street</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>BRUCE C. DAVIDSON</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>JOSEPH D.
MASTERSON</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Quarles &amp; Brady LLP</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>411 East Wisconsin
Avenue</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(603) 433-6131 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="52%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>to be</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>registered</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>maximum</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>offering&nbsp;price</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>per share</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>maximum</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>aggregate</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>offering</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>price</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>registration</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>fee</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="52%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" WIDTH="14%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">7,000,000&nbsp;shares</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">and
rights(1)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" COLSPAN="1" VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD COLSPAN="1" NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">145,590,436</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(2)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">13,394.32</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(1)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This number represents the total number of shares of Common Stock that are initially issuable pursuant to the Plan. In addition to the shares set forth in the
table, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or certain other capital
adjustments. Each share of Common Stock will have attached thereto one Preferred Stock Purchase Right issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Rights Agreement (subject to adjustment under the terms of the Rights Agreement). </FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(2)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, at the rate of $92.00 per
million, based upon: </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="80%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:-4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#159;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the exercise price of $25.10 per share for the 2,518,740 shares underlying options granted on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 28, 2002, aggregating</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">63,220,374</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="80%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:-4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#159;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the exercise price of $23.79 per share for the 37,000 shares underlying options granted on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 7, 2002, aggregating</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">880,230</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="80%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:-4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#159;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the exercise price of $19.20 per share for the 5,000 shares underlying options granted on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;September 25, 2002, aggregating</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">96,000</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="80%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:-4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#159;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$18.335 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant&#146;s</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:4%; text-indent:-4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CommonStock on the New York Stock Exchange on January 13, 2003, for the remaining</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4,439,260 shares available under the Plan, aggregating</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">81,393,832</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="80%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">145,590,436</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">In accordance with the terms of the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, the actual offering price of each share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock covered by an
option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Compensation Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such stock on the date of the grant. No separate consideration will be received for the Rights, which
initially will trade together with the Common Stock. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>

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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PART I </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Information specified in Part I of
Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>PART II </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following documents have been previously filed by Apogent Technologies Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) (Commission File No. 1-11091) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 8-K/A filed on January 10, 2003, and
January 8, 2003. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase Rights in Item 5 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of and filed on
November 15, 2001, which updates and supersedes the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 1998, which updated and superseded the description contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated January 13, 1994, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights associated with the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated December 11, 2000 relating to the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Not applicable. See filings
listed in third and fourth bullet points in Item 3 above. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Not applicable. </FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Officers and Directors. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Registrant is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (&#147;WBCL&#148;). Under Section 180.0851(1) of the WBCL, the Registrant is required to
indemnify a director or officer, to the extent such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if such person was a party because he or she was a director or
officer of the Registrant. In all other cases, the Registrant is required by Section 180.0851(2) of the WBCL to indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding to which such person was a party because he or she was an
officer or director of the Registrant, unless it is determined that he or she breached or failed to perform a duty owned to the Registrant and the breach or failure to perform constitutes: (i) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Registrant or
its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest; (ii) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or
no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; (iii) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (iv) willful misconduct. Section 180.0858 of the WBCL provides that, subject to
certain limitations, the mandatory indemnification provisions do not preclude any additional right to indemnification or allowance of expenses that a director or officer may have under the Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation, bylaws, a
written agreement between the director or officer and the Registrant or a resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Section 180.0859 of the WBCL provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or permitted under Sections 180.0850 to
180.0858 of the WBCL for any liability incurred in connection with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase of securities. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Section 180.0828 of the WBCL provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable to a corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf
of the corporation or its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status as a director, unless the person
asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification under Section 180.0851(2) referred to above. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Under Section 180.0833 of the WBCL, directors of the Registrant against whom claims are asserted with respect to the declaration of an improper dividend or other
distribution to shareholders to which they assented are entitled to contribution from other directors who assented to such distribution and from shareholders who knowingly accepted the improper distribution, as provided therein. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Article VIII of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws contains provisions that generally parallel the indemnification provisions of the
WBCL and cover certain procedural matters not dealt with in the WBCL. Furthermore, certain officers of the Registrant are also officers of subsidiaries of the Registrant and, as a result, such officers may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to
provisions of such subsidiaries&#146; governing corporate laws, articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Registrant has also executed an indemnity agreement with each of its directors and certain of its officers which provides certain indemnity
rights to such individuals. Directors and officers of the Registrant are also covered by directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance under which they are insured (subject to certain exceptions and limitations specified in the policy)
against expenses and liabilities arising out of the proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from the Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Not applicable.
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">See Exhibit Index following Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">. . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">(h) Reference is made to the indemnification provisions described in Item 6 of this Registration Statement. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is </FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portsmouth, State of New Hampshire, on January 21, 2003. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="37%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="37%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>

 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of Attorney. Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, Frank H. Jellinek, Jr. and Michael K. Bresson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.* </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(principal executive officer of the Registrant)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis Brown&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Dennis Brown</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">financial officer and principal accounting officer of the</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Registrant)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William H. Binnie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">William H. Binnie</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don H. Davis, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Don H. Davis, Jr.</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher L. Doerr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Christopher L. Doerr</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephen R. Hardis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Stephen R. Hardis</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">R. Jeffrey Harris</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joe L. Roby&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Joe L. Roby</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard W. Vieser&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Richard W. Vieser</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kenneth F. Yontz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Kenneth F. Yontz</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">* Each of these signatures is affixed as of January 21, 2003. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Commission File No. 1-11091) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>TO </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="44" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="65" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Incorporated Herein</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>By
Reference To</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="94" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Filed Herewith</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="82" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1(a)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended through February 5, 2001</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1(b)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Articles of Amendment containing Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 3.1(b) to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended as of January 30, 2001</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Rights Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December 11, 2000</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion letter of Quarles &amp; Brady LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">X</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;10</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibit 10 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 15, 2001</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">X</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Quarles &amp; Brady LLP</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Included in Exhibit 5</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">X</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;24</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of Attorney</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">See Signatures Page</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;99</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Apogent Technologies Inc. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Appendix A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December 26, 2001</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
22-2849508
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
30 Penhallow Street
Portsmouth,
New Hampshire
03801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
MICHAEL K. BRESSON
Copy to:
Executive Vice President – General Counsel
and Secretary
Apogent Technologies Inc.
30
Penhallow Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
BRUCE C. DAVIDSON
JOSEPH D.
MASTERSON
Quarles & Brady LLP
411 East Wisconsin
Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(603) 433-6131
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
7,000,000 shares
and
rights(1)
(2
)
$
145,590,436
(2)
$
13,394.32
(1)
This number represents the total number of shares of Common Stock that are initially issuable pursuant to the Plan. In addition to the shares set forth in the
table, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or certain other capital
adjustments. Each share of Common Stock will have attached thereto one Preferred Stock Purchase Right issued pursuant to the Registrant's Rights Agreement (subject to adjustment under the terms of the Rights Agreement).
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, at the rate of $92.00 per
million, based upon:
Ÿ
the exercise price of $25.10 per share for the 2,518,740 shares underlying options granted on
January 28, 2002, aggregating
$
63,220,374
Ÿ
the exercise price of $23.79 per share for the 37,000 shares underlying options granted on
May 7, 2002, aggregating
880,230
Ÿ
the exercise price of $19.20 per share for the 5,000 shares underlying options granted on
September 25, 2002, aggregating
96,000
Ÿ
$18.335 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's
CommonStock on the New York Stock Exchange on January 13, 2003, for the remaining
4,439,260 shares available under the Plan, aggregating
81,393,832
Total
$
145,590,436
In accordance with the terms of the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, the actual offering price of each share of the Registrant's Common Stock covered by an
option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Compensation Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such stock on the date of the grant. No separate consideration will be received for the Rights, which
initially will trade together with the Common Stock.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information specified in Part I of
Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been previously filed by Apogent Technologies Inc. (the "Registrant") (Commission File No. 1-11091) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and are incorporated herein by reference:
•
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002.
•
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2002, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 8-K/A filed on January 10, 2003, and
January 8, 2003.
•
The description of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock Purchase Rights in Item 5 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of and filed on
November 15, 2001, which updates and supersedes the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 13, 1998, which updated and superseded the description contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated January 13, 1994, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
•
The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights associated with the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated December 11, 2000 relating to the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not applicable. See filings
listed in third and fourth bullet points in Item 3 above.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.    Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
The Registrant is incorporated under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law ("WBCL"). Under Section 180.0851(1) of the WBCL, the Registrant is required to
indemnify a director or officer, to the extent such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding, for all reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding if such person was a party because he or she was a director or
officer of the Registrant. In all other cases, the Registrant is required by Section 180.0851(2) of the WBCL to indemnify a director or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding to which such person was a party because he or she was an
officer or director of the Registrant, unless it is determined that he or she breached or failed to perform a duty owned to the Registrant and the breach or failure to perform constitutes: (i) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Registrant or
its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material conflict of interest; (ii) a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or
no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; (iii) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (iv) willful misconduct. Section 180.0858 of the WBCL provides that, subject to
certain limitations, the mandatory indemnification provisions do not preclude any additional right to indemnification or allowance of expenses that a director or officer may have under the Registrant's articles of incorporation, bylaws, a
written agreement between the director or officer and the Registrant or a resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders.
Section 180.0859 of the WBCL provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin to require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or permitted under Sections 180.0850 to
180.0858 of the WBCL for any liability incurred in connection with a proceeding involving a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase of securities.
Section 180.0828 of the WBCL provides that, with certain exceptions, a director is not liable to a corporation, its shareholders, or any person asserting rights on behalf
of the corporation or its shareholders, for damages, settlements, fees, fines, penalties or other monetary liabilities arising from a breach of, or failure to perform, any duty resulting solely from his or her status as a director, unless the person
asserting liability proves that the breach or failure to perform constitutes any of the four exceptions to mandatory indemnification under Section 180.0851(2) referred to above.
Under Section 180.0833 of the WBCL, directors of the Registrant against whom claims are asserted with respect to the declaration of an improper dividend or other
distribution to shareholders to which they assented are entitled to contribution from other directors who assented to such distribution and from shareholders who knowingly accepted the improper distribution, as provided therein.
Article VIII of the Registrant's Bylaws contains provisions that generally parallel the indemnification provisions of the
WBCL and cover certain procedural matters not dealt with in the WBCL. Furthermore, certain officers of the Registrant are also officers of subsidiaries of the Registrant and, as a result, such officers may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to
provisions of such subsidiaries' governing corporate laws, articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Registrant has also executed an indemnity agreement with each of its directors and certain of its officers which provides certain indemnity
rights to such individuals. Directors and officers of the Registrant are also covered by directors' and officers' liability insurance under which they are insured (subject to certain exceptions and limitations specified in the policy)
against expenses and liabilities arising out of the proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.
Item 7.    Exemption from the Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index following Signatures page in this Registration Statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
. . .
(h) Reference is made to the indemnification provisions described in Item 6 of this Registration Statement.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
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asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portsmouth, State of New Hampshire, on January 21, 2003.
APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:
/s/    Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Power of Attorney. Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, Frank H. Jellinek, Jr. and Michael K. Bresson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.*
Signature
Title
/s/    Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
Frank H. Jellinek, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer of the Registrant)
/s/    Dennis Brown
Dennis Brown
Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal
financial officer and principal accounting officer of the
Registrant)
/s/    William H. Binnie
William H. Binnie
Director
/s/    Don H. Davis, Jr.
Don H. Davis, Jr.
Director
/s/    Christopher L. Doerr
Christopher L. Doerr
Director
/s/    Stephen R. Hardis
Stephen R. Hardis
Director
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/s/    R. Jeffrey Harris
R. Jeffrey Harris
Director
/s/    Joe L. Roby
Joe L. Roby
Director
/s/    Richard W. Vieser
Richard W. Vieser
Director
/s/    Kenneth F. Yontz
Kenneth F. Yontz
Director
* Each of these signatures is affixed as of January 21, 2003.
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APOGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(the
"Registrant")
(Commission File No. 1-11091)
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit Number
Description
Incorporated Herein
By
Reference To
Filed Herewith
4.1(a)
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended through February 5, 2001
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000
4.1(b)
Articles of Amendment containing Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock
Exhibit 3.1(b) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended as of January 30, 2001
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2000
Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December 11, 2000
5
Opinion letter of Quarles & Brady LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
X
10
Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
Exhibit 10 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 15, 2001
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
X
23.2
Consent of Quarles & Brady LLP
Included in Exhibit 5
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
X
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Power of Attorney
See Signatures Page
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Apogent Technologies Inc. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan
Appendix A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement dated December 26, 2001