0001104659-05-004582.txt : 20050208 0001104659-05-004582.hdr.sgml : 20050208 20050208134303 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-05-004582 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050208 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BECKMAN COULTER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000840467 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826] IRS NUMBER: 951040600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10109 FILM NUMBER: 05583180 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4300 N HARBOR BLVD STREET 2: PO BOX 3100 CITY: FULLERTON STATE: CA ZIP: 92834-3100 BUSINESS PHONE: 7147736907 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4300 N HARBOR BLVD STREET 2: PO BOX 3100 CITY: FULLERTON STATE: CA ZIP: 92834-3100 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a05-3054_18k.htm 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 8, 2005

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-10109		95-104-0600
(State of Incorporation		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.

4300 N. Harbor Boulevard
Fullerton, California 92834-3100
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(714) 871-4848
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 - Other Events.

On February 8, 2005, the Board of Directors of Beckman Coulter, Inc. announced that Board Member Betty Woods has been elected non-executive chairman. Woods, an 11-year veteran of the Beckman Coulter board, succeeds retiring Executive Chairman John P. Wareham. The appointment will be effective April 7, 2005 at the annual stockholder’s meeting.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release dated February 8, 2005.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release dated February 8, 2005.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 8, 2005

	BECKMAN COULTER, INC.


	By:	/s/ WILLIAM H. MAY
	Name: William H. May
	Title:		Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

EX-99.1 2 a05-3054_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Jeanie Herbert

(714) 773-7620

Director, Investor Relations

Anne M. Warde

(714) 773-7655

amwarde@beckman .com

Media Relations

Beckman Coulter Board Names Betty Woods Non-Executive Chairman

FULLERTON, Calif. – (February 8, 2005) – The Board of Directors of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC) announced today that Board Member Betty Woods has been elected non-executive chairman. Woods, an 11-year veteran of the Beckman Coulter board, succeeds retiring Executive Chairman John P. Wareham. The appointment will be effective April 7, 2005 at the annual stockholder’s meeting.

“More than ever, board members are being held accountable for the actions of the companies they govern,” said John P. Wareham, chairman and chief executive officer for Beckman Coulter. “As the CEO transition begins and Scott Garrett takes responsibility for leading the company, it is important that the board be involved and highly responsive. Betty is held in the utmost regard by our board and is exceedingly capable of taking the lead.”

Garrett was recently named chief executive officer, effective February 21, 2005, succeeding Wareham. Garrett will report to the board of directors and will work closely with Woods.

Woods, former president and chief executive officer of Premera Blue Cross (formerly Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska) and chief executive officer of PREMERA, the holding company of Premera Blue Cross, has been a member of the Beckman Coulter board since 1994. She currently is chair of the Organization and Compensation committee.

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In addition to her new role as chairman of the board for Beckman Coulter, Woods is on the board of trustees of Western Washington University and Seattle University, and is a founding member of the National Institute for Health Care Management.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify and automate laboratory processes. Spanning the biomedical testing continuum — from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing — Beckman Coulter’s 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. The company, based in Fullerton, Calif., reported 2004 annual sales of $2.4 billion with 64 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services. For more information, visit www.beckmancoulter.com or call (800) 352-3433.

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