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Company to Mail Definitive Proxy Materials

BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading provider of state-of-the-art diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed towards women's health, today announced that its registration statement, including a joint proxy statement/prospectus, for a business combination with Cytyc Corporation (Nasdaq: CYTC), has become effective. The Company will commence mailing definitive proxy materials in connection with the Company's merger agreement with Cytyc to stockholders early next week.

A special meeting of the stockholders of Hologic, to consider and vote upon the transactions contemplated by the proposed merger with Cytyc, has been scheduled for October 18, 2007 at 9:00 a.m., local time, at Hologic's headquarters at 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts. Hologic stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 22, 2007 will be entitled to vote at the special meeting.

As previously announced on May 20, 2007, Hologic and Cytyc entered into a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in a cash and stock transaction, under which Cytyc stockholders would receive 0.52 of a share of Hologic common stock and $16.50 in cash for each share of Cytyc common stock they own for a total consideration of approximately $6.2 billion.

Stockholders are encouraged to read the Company's definitive proxy materials in their entirety as they provide, among othe
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