Danaher Corporation acquired Keithley Instruments, Inc. for approximately $300 million ($21.60 per share cash), a transaction completed in December 2010.
Keithley Instruments, Inc. operates in Electronic Test / Test & Measurement, is based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Keithley Instruments, acquired in 2010, expanded Danaher's Test & Measurement business in precision electronic measurement.
Expanded Danaher's Test and Measurement platform.
We established our Test & Measurement business in 1998 through the acquisition of Fluke Corporation, and have expanded the business through numerous subsequent acquisitions, including the acquisition of Tektronix, Inc. in November 2007 and Keithley Instruments, Inc. in 2010.Danaher Corporation FY10 10-K, Item 1 Business description
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.