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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) July 11, 2012</B>&nbsp;</P>

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

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in its Charter) </B>&nbsp;</P>

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

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</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 48%">0-18281</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 48%">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: 48%">35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 48%">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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Including Area Code) </B></P>

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Since Last Report) </B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD>Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 27pt">On July 11, 2012, Hologic, Inc. (Hologic
or the Company) issued a press release announcing that the Company intends to offer $750 million aggregate principal amount of
its senior notes due 2020 in a private offering anticipated to close concurrently with the completion of its acquisition of Gen-Probe
Incorporated. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt"><B><I>Cautionary Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. </I></B>Except for historical information contained in the press release attached as Exhibit
99.1 hereto, the press release contains forward-looking statements that 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 notes in
the press release regarding these forward-looking statements.</P>

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

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

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Press Release issued by Hologic, Inc. on July 11, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SIGNATURES </U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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) July 11, 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:
¨
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 8.01 Other Events.
On July 11, 2012, Hologic, Inc. (Hologic
or the Company) issued a press release announcing that the Company intends to offer $750 million aggregate principal amount of
its senior notes due 2020 in a private offering anticipated to close concurrently with the completion of its acquisition of Gen-Probe
Incorporated. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Cautionary Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
Except for historical information contained in the press release attached as Exhibit
99.1 hereto, the press release contains forward-looking statements that 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 notes 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 issued by Hologic, Inc. on July 11, 2012.
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: July 11, 2012
HOLOGIC, INC.
By:
/S/ GLENN P. MUIR
Glenn P. Muir
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer