Article: BD to Acquire TriPath Imaging, Inc.

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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the 93.5% of the outstanding shares of TriPath Imaging which BD does not currently own, for a cash purchase price of $9.25 per share, or approximately $350 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of BD's first fiscal quarter 2007 following the satisfaction of the conditions to the closing that include antitrust clearance and other customary ...

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