Item 8.01. Other Events.

At the close of business on April 2, 2009, the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 18, 1999, between Varian, Inc. (the "Company") and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as amended by the First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2001, and as further amended by the Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2004, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (as successor Rights Agent to First Chicago Trust Company of New York) (as so amended, the "Rights Agreement"), expired in accordance with its terms. Under the terms of the Rights Agreement, each of the Company's stockholders held one preferred stock purchase right (a "Right") for each share of the Company's Common Stock held. Upon the expiration of the Rights Agreement, each Right also expired. As of April 2, 2009, when the Rights Agreement and each Right expired, no Rights were eligible to be exercised and none had been exercised through such date.

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