Form 15-12B

0001193125-11-185964.txt : 20110711 0001193125-11-185964.hdr.sgml : 20110711 20110711163058 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-185964 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110711 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110711 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110711 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: 15-12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10109 FILM NUMBER: 11961955 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 S. KRAEMER BOULEVARD CITY: BREA STATE: CA ZIP: 92822 BUSINESS PHONE: 7147736907 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 S. KRAEMER BOULEVARD CITY: BREA STATE: CA ZIP: 92822 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 15-12B 1 d1512b.htm FORM 15-12B Form 15-12B

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER

SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION

OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 001-10109

BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

250 S. Kraemer Boulevard,

Brea, California 92821

(714) 993-5321

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, $0.10 par value

7.05% Debentures due June 1, 2026

6.875% Senior Notes due 2011

2.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2036

6% Senior Notes due 2015

7% Senior Notes due 2019

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:


Rule 12g-4(a)(1)		x
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)		¨
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		x
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		¨
Rule 15d-6		¨

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:


Common Stock, $0.10 par value			1
7.05% Debentures due June 1, 2026			13
6.875% Senior Notes due 2011			38
2.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2036			60
6% Senior Notes due 2015			39
7% Senior Notes due 2019			18

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Beckman Coulter, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date: July 11, 2011	BECKMAN COULTER, INC.

	By:	/s/ J. Robert Hurley

	Name:	J. Robert Hurley
	Title:	President