Gen-Probe to Acquire Prodesse, Leader in Molecular Testing for Respiratory Infectious Diseases, for $60 Million in Cash Plus Potential Mileston...(the Company's performance by excluding c...)

Date:10/6/2009

the Company's performance by excluding certain expenses that may not be indicative of core business results. Gen-Probe believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to non-GAAP financial measures in assessing Gen-Probe's performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to Gen-Probe's historical performance and our competitors' operating results. Gen-Probe's management believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide Gen-Probe investors meaningful supplemental information regarding the expected financial results of the acquisition.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements in this news release relating to Gen-Probe's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as believe, will, expect, anticipate, estimate, intend, plan and would. For example, statements concerning the closing of the transaction, the expected benefits of the proposed acquisition and expected financial results are all forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Some of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions include but are not limited to: (i) the risks that the closing conditions of the acquisition may not be satisfied, that closing will not occur, or that the closing conditions may take longer to satisfy than anticipated, (ii) the risk that Gen-Probe will not successfully integrate Prodesse or achieve expected strategic or financial benefits, (iii) facts relating to Prodesse that m
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