Article: Caliper Paying $72M In Cash, Stock For Zymark Acquisition.

Washington Editor

By purchasing a laboratory automation and robotics company for $57 million in cash and 3.15 million shares, Caliper Technologies Inc. believes it can enrich its infrastructure, commercialize some of its own innovations and increase its partnership opportunities.

Nearly three years ago when Caliper raised $105 million through the sale of 2.3 million shares of its common stock, company officials told investors they would look to acquire a company or two. In Zymark Corp., Caliper found a company with the right characteristics for the right price, James Knighton, Caliper's president and chief financial officer, told BioWorld Today. (See ...

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