Luminex Corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with DiaSorin S.p.A., a societ à per azioni organized under the laws of the Republic of Italy (“ Parent”), and Diagonal Subsidiary Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Subsidiary”), providing for the merger of Merger Subsidiary with and into the Company (the “ Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement. Effective upon completion of the Merger, the following persons became directors of the Company: Nachum “Homi” Shamir, John Gerace, Piergiorgio Pedron, Kay Williams and Andrea Giubboni. As a result of the Merger, Stephen L. Eck, Thomas W. Erickson, Jim D. Kever, Dijuana K. Lewis, Kevin M. McNamara, Edward A. Ogunro and Kenneth Samet ceased to be directors of the Company. Following the Merger, Harriss T. Currie, Richard W. Rew II, Todd C. Bennett and Randall J. Myers ceased to be officers of the Company. In addition, the following persons were appointed as officers of the Company: Nachum “Homi” Shamir – President, John Hoffarth – Treasurer and Kay Williams – Secretary.