Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced the expiration of the mandatory, pre-merger waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), relating to its offer to acquire Dionex (NASDAQ: DNEX).
The company is in the process of seeking similar clearances under antitrust laws of other jurisdictions, and anticipates completing the acquisition later in the first quarter of 2011.