Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Varian Gets Approval On Agilent Merger

Palo Alto-based Varian, Inc. said today that it has received stockholder approval for its merger agreement with Agilent Technologies. The firm said that 84% of its common stock outstanding voted to adopt the merger agreement. Agilent said it would buy Varian for $52.00 per share in cash, or approximately $1.5 billion, in July.