Beckman Coulter Declares Quarterly Dividend Payout of $0.15 Per Share

FULLERTON, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend payout of fifteen cents ($0.15) per share of outstanding common stock payable on November 10, 2006 to all stockholders of record on October 23, 2006. This payout represents the 70th consecutive, quarterly payout of dividends.

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, California, reported 2005 annual sales of $2.44 billion with 71.5 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits, services and operating-type lease payments. For more information, visit http://www.beckmancoulter.com/.

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