QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentI Stat Corporation /De/ • January 6th, 2004 • Electromedical & electrotherapeutic apparatus
As you know, on December 12, 2003, i-STAT entered into an agreement to be acquired by Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott") in a cash tender offer (the "Offer") at $15.35 per share. In order to accomplish the Offer, Abbott formed a subsidiary which is referred to in this letter and the enclosed materials as "the Purchaser."
