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Beckman Coulter's 4th Quarter and Full Year 2007 Revenue Grows 10.8% and 9.2%, Respectively; 2007 Earnings Per Share Beat Outlook

Date:2/8/2008

Board Increases Dividend, Authorizes New Share Repurchase, Names Garrett

Chairman

FULLERTON, Calif., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing, announced today fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 results. For the fourth quarter, revenue was $789 million, rising on strong sales to clinical diagnostics customers partially offset by softness in demand for life science products. In constant currency, revenue increased 6.8%. Reported net earnings were $44.8 million, or $0.69 per fully diluted share.
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Quarter Ended Year Ended

December 31 December 31

2007 2006 % Chg 2007 2006 % Chg

Reported Results

(in millions)

Revenue $789.0 $712.0 10.8% $2,761.3 $2,528.5 9.2%

Earnings per

Diluted Share:

Continuing

Operations $0.69 $0.97 (28.9%) $3.27 $2.47 32.4%

Discontinued

Operations - - - 0.03 0.45 (93.3%)

Net $0.69 $0.97 (28.9%) $3.30 $2.92 13.0%

Adjusted Results

Excluding Special Items

Earnings per

Diluted Share $1.08 $1.03 4.9% $3.25 $2.88 12.8%

See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures," where the impacts of certain items on reported results are d
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