Diagnostics giant Beckman Coulter sold to Danaher for $6.8B
Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR) agreed to pay about $6.8 billion in cash for Beckman Coulter Inc. (NYSE:BEC), ending weeks of jockeying for the Brea, Calif.-based diagnostics player.
Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR) agreed to pay about $6.8 billion in cash for Beckman Coulter Inc. (NYSE:BEC), ending weeks of jockeying for the Brea, Calif.-based diagnostics player.
Several private equity firms are weighing a buyout of medical device and diagnostics maker Beckman Coulter Inc. (NYSE:BEC), according to news reports. Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX), Apollo Global Management LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (NYSE:KKR) are among a handful of investment firms interested in the Brea, Calif.-based company after news surfaced that it was looking at strategic options, including a sale, according to Reuters.