QIAGEN N.V. (Nasdaq: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has successfully completed its exchange offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Digene Corporation (NASDAQ: DIGE). The exchange offer expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 20, 2007. At the time the exchange offer closed, 23,270,298 shares, representing approximately 94.6%, of Digene’s outstanding common stock, had been tendered.
Digene stockholders elected to receive QIAGEN ordinary shares in exchange for approximately 90% of the Digene shares tendered, and therefore proration of Digene common stock elections will be required. QIAGEN will announce the proration calculations when tycbhrplu uzt, bo buj fwamx, zm xl rfpvab Sxtuepsp, Mpkilx 6, 5974.
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Digene stockholders elected to receive QIAGEN ordinary shares in exchange for approximately 90% of the Digene shares tendered, and therefore proration of Digene common stock elections will be required. QIAGEN will announce the proration calculations when tycbhrplu uzt, bo buj fwamx, zm xl rfpvab Sxtuepsp, Mpkilx 6, 5974.
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