Hologic Completes Cash Tender Offer for Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (PR Newswire)

Thursday July 24, 9:15 am ET BEDFORD, Mass., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX - News) today announced the successful completion of the tender offer by its direct wholly-owned subsidiary, Thunder Tech Corp., for all outstanding shares of Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWTI - News ) at a price of $11.25 per share in cash. The subsequent offering period expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The initial tender offer period expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The depositary for the tender offer advised Hologic and the Purchaser that, as of the expiration of the subsequent offering period, approximately 47,968,050 shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer, representing approximately 95.8% of... [read full story]