Acquisition

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Acquisition

Acquisition

2. Acquisition

On December 17, 2010, Caliper completed the acquisition of Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (“CRi”) for $20.0 million, consisting of approximately $7.9 million in cash, issuance of 1,648,641 shares of Caliper’s common stock valued at $10.3 million and an assumed liability resulting from a litigation settlement of approximately $1.8 million. Caliper incurred approximately $1.0 million in acquisition related costs that were expensed within selling, general and administrative costs, of which approximately $0.9 million was incurred within the fourth quarter of 2010 and approximately $0.1 million was incurred within the first quarter of 2011. CRi’s operations, assumed as of the date of the acquisition, are included in the results of operations of Caliper beginning on December 17, 2010, the closing date of the acquisition.