Needham & Company Downgrades Cepheid (CPHD) to Hold Following Takeover

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Danaher (DHR) to Acquire Cepheid (CPHD) for $4B

September 6, 2016 6:31 AM EDT

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) under which Danaher will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Cepheid common stock for $53 per share in cash, or a total enterprise value of approximately $4 billion including indebtedness and net of acquired cash.

"Cepheid's vision has always... More