ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC - News), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend payout of eighteen cents ($0.18) per share of outstanding common stock, payable on May 21, 2010 to all stockholders of record on May 7, 2010. This payout represents the 86th consecutive, quarterly payout of dividends.