FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2006

Registration No. 333-                

 


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


HOLOGIC, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   04-2902449

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1401

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Hologic, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

John W. Cumming

Chief Executive Officer

Hologic, Inc.

35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-1401

(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(781) 999-7300

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copies to:

Philip J. Flink, Esquire

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

One Financial Center

Boston, Massachusetts 02111


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title Of Each Class

Of Securities To Be Registered

  Amount To Be
Registered (1)
  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (3)
   Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (3)
  Amount Of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $.01 par value

  1,000,000 shares (2)   $ 49.64    $ 49,640,000   $ 5,311.48

Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (4)

  1,000,000 rights             
(1) Such presently indeterminable number of additional shares of common stock and rights are also registered hereunder as may be issued in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or other similar change in common stock.
(2) To be issued pursuant to the registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (see Introductory Note below).
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the registrant’s common stock on December 12, 2006, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(4) Pursuant to a Rights Agreement entered into on September 17, 2002, one right (each a “Right”) is deemed to be delivered with each share of common stock issued by the registrant. The Rights currently are not separately transferable apart from the common stock, and they are not exercisable until the occurrence of certain events. Accordingly, no independent value has been attributed to the Rights.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

This registration statement relates to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which registration statements are effective relating to the registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except as otherwise provided herein, this registration statement also incorporates by reference the registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-79167, 333-60046, 333-112222, 333-121111 and 333-130170) relating to the registration of an aggregate of 6,660,000 (adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split paid on November 30, 2005) shares issuable under the registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. Following the registration of the additional 1,000,000 shares under this registration statement, a total of 7,660,000 shares will be registered under the Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.

 


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Except as otherwise provided herein, the contents of the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-79167), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 24, 1999, the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-60046), filed with the SEC on May 2, 2001, the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-112222), filed with the SEC on January 27, 2004, the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-121111), filed with the SEC on December 9, 2004, and the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-130170), filed with the SEC on December 7, 2005, are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.

The following documents are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:

 

  (a) The registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006;

 

  (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and

 

  (c) The description of the registrant’s common stock and rights to purchase preferred stock which are contained in the registrant’s registration statements filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and all amendments thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

    
4.1    Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant filed as Exhibit 3.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-33128).**
4.2    Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.03 to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2005.**
4.3    Amended and Restated By-Laws of the registrant filed as Exhibit 3.03 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2004.**
4.4    Specimen Certificate of Common Stock filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-33128).**
4.5    Rights Agreement dated September 17, 2002 filed as Exhibit 4 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 4, 2002.**

 

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Exhibit

Number

    
5    Legal Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
23.2    Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereof.*
24    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*
99.1    Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 25, 2006.**

* Filed herewith

 

** Not filed herewith. In accordance with Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 14 day of December, 2006.

HOLOGIC, INC.

By:  /s/  John W. Cumming                    

        John W. Cumming

        Chairman of the Board

        and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Glenn Muir and John W. Cumming and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

   Date

/s/    John W. Cumming

John W. Cumming

  

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

   December 14, 2006

/s/    Glenn P. Muir

Glenn P. Muir

  

Director, Executive Vice President Finance

and Administration, and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

   December 14, 2006

/s/    Jay A. Stein

Jay A. Stein

  

Chairman Emeritus and

Chief Technical Officer

   December 14, 2006

/s/    Robert H. Lavallee

Robert H. Lavallee

  

Senior Vice President, and Chief Accounting

Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

   December 14, 2006

/s/    Laurie Fajardo

Laurie Fajardo

   Director    December 14, 2006

/s/    Irwin Jacobs

Irwin Jacobs

   Director    December 14, 2006

/s/    David R. LaVance, Jr.

David R. LaVance, Jr.

   Director    December 14, 2006

/s/    Nancy L. Leaming

Nancy L. Leaming

   Director    December 14, 2006

/s/    Arthur G. Lerner

Arthur G. Lerner

   Director    December 14, 2006

/s/    Lawrence M. Levy

Lawrence M. Levy

   Director    December 14, 2006

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

    
4.1    Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant filed as Exhibit 3.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-33128).**
4.2    Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.03 to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2005.**
4.3    Amended and Restated By-Laws of the registrant filed as Exhibit 3.03 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2004.**
4.4    Specimen Certificate of Common Stock filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-33128).**
4.5    Rights Agreement dated September 17, 2002 filed as Exhibit 4 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 4, 2002.**
5    Legal Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
23.2    Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereof.*
24    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*
99.1    Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 25, 2006.**

* Filed herewith.

 

** Not filed herewith. In accordance with Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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