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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Current Report Pursuant </B></P>

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January 30, 2012 </B></P>&nbsp;<HR ALIGN="CENTER" NOSHADE SIZE="1" STYLE="color: Black; width: 20%; margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt">

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>HOLOGIC, INC. </B></P>

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Its Charter) </B></P>&nbsp;<HR ALIGN="CENTER" NOSHADE SIZE="1" STYLE="color: Black; width: 20%; margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 3pt">

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</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 45%">0-18281</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 45%">04-2902449</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 45%">35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 45%">01730</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(781) 999-7300 </B></P>

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Area Code) </B></P>

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intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see</I> General
Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

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Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended December 24, 2011. A copy of the press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.</P>

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on Incorporation by Reference.</I></B>&nbsp;The information furnished in this Item&nbsp;2.02, including the press release attached
hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1,&nbsp;shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference
in such a filing. &nbsp;</P>

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Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. </I></B>Except for historical information contained in the press release attached as
an exhibit hereto, the press release contains forward-looking statements which involve certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to the cautionary note
in the press release regarding these forward-looking statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(d) Exhibits.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Press release dated January 30, 2012 of Hologic, Inc. announcing
        its financial results for the first quarter ended December 24, 2011.</P>
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Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">/S/ GLENN P. MUIR</P>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
January 30, 2012
HOLOGIC, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-18281
04-2902449
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA
01730
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(781) 999-7300
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
£
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
£
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
£
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02 Results of
Operations and Financial Condition.
On January 30, 2012, the
Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended December 24, 2011. A copy of the press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Limitation
on Incorporation by Reference.
The information furnished in this Item 2.02, including the press release attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference
in such a filing.
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
Except for historical information contained in the press release attached as
an exhibit hereto, the press release contains forward-looking statements which involve certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to the cautionary note
in the press release regarding these forward-looking statements.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press release dated January 30, 2012 of Hologic, Inc. announcing
        its financial results for the first quarter ended December 24, 2011.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 30, 2012
HOLOGIC, INC.
By:
/S/ GLENN P. MUIR
Glenn P. Muir
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer