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		<footnote id="F1">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Options are exercisable 50% per year commencing July 27, 1995.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">Options are exercisable 1/3 per year commencing July 29, 2000.</footnote>
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4
2003-10-28
0
0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235649
BURK CRAIG A
750 SUMMA AVENUE
WESTBURY
NY
115905021
0
1
0
0
Vice President - Manufacturing
Common Stock
2003-10-28
4
M
0
2600
4.22
A
2600
D
Common Stock
2003-10-28
4
S
0
2600
12.10
D
0
D
Common Stock Option
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2003-10-28
4
M
0
2600
0
D
1995-07-27
2004-07-26
Common Stock
2600
13259
D
Common Stock Option
5.6250
2000-07-29
2009-07-28
Common Stock
10000
10000
D
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
Options are exercisable 50% per year commencing July 27, 1995.
Options are exercisable 1/3 per year commencing July 29, 2000.
By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact
2003-10-28