Form 8-K

Date: January 21, 2009

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

/s/ PATRICIA STOUT

Name: Patricia Stout

Title: Deputy General Counsel

8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

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

January 15, 2009

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-10109

95-104-0600

(State or Other Jurisdiction 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:

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

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(b) Our director, James Mazzo, notified us on January 15, 2009 that he will resign as a member of our Board of Directors, effective January 16, 2009. Mr. Mazzo’s resignation is related to Abbott Laboratories’ acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics (AMO), Inc., where Mr. Mazzo serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and is not related to any disagreement with Beckman Coulter.

SIGNATURES

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.