ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC - News) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend payout of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share of outstanding common stock, payable on August 24, 2009 to all stockholders of record on August 10, 2009. This payout represents the 81st consecutive, quarterly payout of dividends.