AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of September 2, 2016 by and among DANAHER CORPORATION, COPPER MERGER SUB, INC. and CEPHEIDAgreement and Plan of Merger • September 6th, 2016 • Cepheid • Laboratory analytical instruments • Delaware
Contract Type FiledSeptember 6th, 2016 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 2, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Copper Merger Sub, Inc., a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Cepheid, a California corporation (the “Company”).