PerkinElmer to Adopt Majority Voting for Board of Director Elections

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan 30, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted amendments to the Company’s articles of organization and bylaws that, if approved by shareholders, will implement a majority voting standard for the election of directors. To the best of PerkinElmer’s knowledge, it is the first Massachusetts-incorporated company to initiate this change.

Source: PerkinElmer, Inc.