FORM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN HOLOGIC AND THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS



 EXHIBIT 10.1 
  
 AGREEMENT 
  
 AGREEMENT by and between HOLOGIC, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
                     (the “Executive”), dated as of the 5th day of January, 2004. 
  
 The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to
assure that the Company will have the continued dedication of the Executive, notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company. The Board believes it is imperative to diminish the
inevitable distraction of the Executive by virtue of the personal uncertainties and risks created by a pending or threatened Change of Control and to encourage the Executive’s full attention and dedication to the Company currently and in the
event of any threatened or pending Change of Control, and to provide the Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a Change of Control which ensure that the compensation and benefits expectations of the Executive will be satisfied
and which are competitive with those of other corporations. Therefore, in order to accomplish these objectives, the Board has caused the Company to enter into this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
  
 1. Certain Definitions. (a) The “Effective Date” shall be the first date during the “Change of Control
Period” (as defined in Section 1(b)) on which a Change of Control occurs. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated or the Executive ceases to be an officer of
the Company prior to the date on which a Change of Control occurs, and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination of employment (1) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change of
Control or (2) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of the Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the “Effective Date” shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of
employment. 
  
 (b) The “Change of Control Period” is
the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the third anniversary of such date; provided, however that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual
anniversary thereof is hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), the Change of Control Period shall be automatically extended without any further action by the Company or the Executive so as to terminate three years from such Renewal
Date; provided, however, that if the Company shall give notice in writing to the Executive, at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date, stating that the Change of Control Period shall not be extended, then the Change of Control Period shall expire
three years from the last effective Renewal Date. 
  
 2. Change
of Control. For the purpose of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean: 
  
 (a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”); provided, however, that any acquisition by the
Company or its subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or its subsidiaries of 20% or more of Outstanding Company Common Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control; and provided, further, that any acquisition
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stock of such corporation, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the
beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock immediately prior to such acquisition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to such acquisition, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock, shall not
constitute a Change in Control; or 
  
 (b) Any transaction which
results in the Continuing Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company) constituting less than a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; or 
  
 (c) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of (i) a reorganization, merger or consolidation, in each case, with respect
to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, following such reorganization, merger
or consolidation, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such a reorganization, merger or consolidation, (ii) a complete liquidation or dissolution of
the Company or (iii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, excluding a sale or other disposition of assets to a subsidiary of the Company. 
  
 Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if an event that
would, but for this paragraph, constitute a Change of Control results from or arises out of a purchase or other acquisition of the Company, directly or indirectly, by a corporation or other entity in which the Executive has a greater than ten
percent (10%) direct or indirect equity interest, such event shall not constitute a Change of Control. 
  
 3. Employment Period. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company hereby agrees to continue the Executive in its employ, and the
Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company, for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the thirty-sixth month following the month in which the Effective Date occurs (the “Employment
Period”). 
  
 4. Terms of Employment. (a) Position
and Duties. (i) During the Employment Period, (A) the Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties and responsibilities shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with
the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at any time during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date and (B) the Executive’s services shall be performed at the location where the Executive was employed
immediately preceding the Effective Date or any office or location less than 35 miles from such location. 
  
 (ii) During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive
agrees to devote his full business time to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform
faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill
speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in
accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of
activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the Effective Date. 
  

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 (b) Compensation. (i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall
receive an annual base salary (“Annual Base Salary”), which shall be paid at a monthly rate, at least equal to twelve times the highest monthly base salary paid or payable to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies in
respect of the twelve-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Effective Date occurs. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and shall be increased at any time and from time to time
as shall be substantially consistent with increases in base salary awarded in the ordinary course of business to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce
any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. As used in
this Agreement, the term “affiliated companies” includes any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company. 
  
 (iii) Annual Bonus. In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be awarded, for each fiscal year during the Employment
Period, an annual bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) in cash at least equal to the greater of (a) the average (annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve full months or with respect to which the Executive has been employed by
the Company for less than twelve full months) bonus (the “Average Annual Bonus”) paid or payable to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies in respect of the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in
which the Effective Date occurs, (b) the Annual Bonus paid for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date, or (c) the maximum target bonus determined in accordance with the terms of the Company’s bonus plan for senior executives
for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date (the “Target Bonus”). Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the end of the third month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus
is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus pursuant to deferral plans of the Company. If the fiscal year of any successor to this Agreement, as described by Section 11(c) herein, is different than the
Company’s fiscal year at the time of the Change of Control, then the Executive shall be paid (i) the Annual Bonus that would have been paid upon the end of Company’s fiscal year ending after the Change of Control, and (ii) a pro-rata
Annual Bonus for any months of service performed following the end of the Company’s fiscal year, but prior to the first day of the successor’s fiscal year immediately following the Change of Control. The Annual Bonus shall be based on the
successor’s first full fiscal year beginning after the Change of Control and successive fiscal years thereafter. 
  
 (iv) Special Bonus. In addition to Annual Base Salary and Annual Bonus payable as hereinabove provided, if the Executive remains
employed with the Company and/or its affiliated companies through the first anniversary of the Effective Date Company shall pay to the Executive a special bonus (the “Special Bonus”) in recognition of the Executive’s services during
the crucial one-year transition period following the Change of Control in cash equal to the sum of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (B) the greater of (x) the Annual Bonus paid or payable (annualized for any fiscal year consisting of
less than twelve full months or for which the Executive has been employed for less than twelve full months) to the Executive for the most recently completed fiscal year during the Employment Period, if any, and (y) the greater of (i) the Average
Annual Bonus, (ii) the Annual Bonus paid for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date, or (iii) the Target Bonus (such greater amount hereafter referred to as the “Highest Annual Bonus”). Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, if the Executive’s employment is terminated under Section 6(d) herein prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, then the Company shall pay the Executive the Special Bonus as if he was employed on the first
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paid no later than 30 days following the first anniversary of the Effective Date or, if earlier, the Date of Termination. 
  
 (v) Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans. In
addition to Annual Base Salary and Annual Bonus payable as hereinabove provided, the Executive shall be entitled to participate during the Employment Period in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable
to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive, savings and retirement benefits opportunities, in each case, less
favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the one-year immediately
preceding the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies. 
  
 (vi) Welfare Benefit Plans. During the Employment
Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its
affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) and applicable to other peer executives
of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in
effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated
companies. 
  
 (vii) Expenses. During the
Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive upon submission of appropriate accountings in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and
procedures of the Company and its affiliated companies in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer
executives of the Company and its affiliated companies. 
  
 (viii) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs and policies of the Company and its
affiliated companies in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its
affiliated companies. 
  
 (ix) Office and
Support Staff. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to an office or offices of a size and with furnishings and other appointments, and to exclusive personal secretarial and other assistance, at least equal to the most
favorable of the foregoing provided to the Executive by the Company and its affiliated companies at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as provided at any time
thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies. 
  
 (x) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the most favorable
plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect at any time during the one-year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time
thereafter with respect to other peer incentives of the Company and its affiliated companies. 
  
 (xi) Out-Placement. If the Executive is terminated without Cause or resigns for Good Reason (both as defined herein), then the
Company shall provide the Executive with no more than Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of executive outplacement services with an outplacement firm selected by the Executive in his sole discretion. 
  

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 5. Termination of Employment. (a) Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment
shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of
“Disability” set forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment
with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to
full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means the absence of the Executive from the Executive’s duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive business days
as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative (such
agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld unreasonably). 
  
 (b) Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for “Cause”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) an act or acts of personal dishonesty taken by the
Executive and intended to result in substantial personal enrichment of the Executive at the expense of the Company, (ii) repeated violations by the Executive of the Executive’s obligations under Section 4(a) of this Agreement (other than as a
result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on the Executive’s part, which are committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such violations are in the best interests of the
Company and which are not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company or (iii) the conviction of the Executive of a felony involving moral turpitude. The Company shall provide the Executive with 30 days
written notice of any determination of Cause and provide the Executive, for a period of 30 days following such notice, with the opportunity to appear before the Board, with or without legal representation, to present arguments and evidence on his
behalf and following such presentation to the Board, the Executive may only be terminated for Cause if the Board (excluding the Executive if he is a member of the Board), by unanimous consent determines that his actions did, in fact, constitute for
Cause. 
  
 (c) Good Reason. The Executive’s employment
may be terminated during the Employment Period by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means: 
  
 (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Executive’s position (including status,
offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 4(a) of this Agreement, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or
responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; 
  
 (ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the
provisions of Section 4(b) of this Agreement, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; 

 
 (iii) the Company’s requiring the Executive to be
based at any office or location other than that described in Section 4(a)(i)(B) hereof; 
  
 (iv) any purported termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by this Agreement;
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 (v) any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 11(c) of this
Agreement. 
  
 For purposes of this Section 5(c), any good faith
determination of “Good Reason” made by the Executive shall be conclusive. 
  
 (d) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section
12(b) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of
such notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than fifteen days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which
contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the
Company’s rights hereunder. 
  
 (e) Date of
Termination. “Date of Termination” means the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein, as the case may be; provided however, that (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Company other than for Cause, death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Company notifies the Executive of such termination and (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability,
the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be. 
  
 6. Obligations of the Company. 
  
 (a) Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, this Agreement
shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for (i) payment of the sum of the following amounts: (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of
Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (B) the product of (I) the Highest Annual Bonus and (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of
which is 365, (C) the Special Bonus, if due to the Executive pursuant to Section 4(b)(iv), to the extent not theretofore paid, and (D) any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) and
any accrued bonus amounts or vacation pay, in each case, to the extent not yet paid by the Company (the amounts described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C) and (D) are hereafter referred to as “Accrued Obligations” and shall be paid to the
Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination), (ii) for the remainder of the Employment Period, or such longer period as any plan, program, practice or policy may provide, the
Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family at least equal to those which would have been provided in accordance with the applicable plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 4(b)(v) and
(vi) of this Agreement as if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs or policies of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect and applicable generally to
other peer executives and their families during the one year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its
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hereinafter referred to as “Welfare Benefit Continuation”) (for purposes of determining eligibility of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant
to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until the end of the Employment Period and to have retired on the last day of such period), and (iii) payment to the Executive’s estate
or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination of an amount equal to the sum of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, but,
otherwise, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Executive’s family shall be entitled to receive benefits at least equal to the most favorable benefits provided by the Company and any of its affiliated companies to surviving
families of peer executives of the Company and such affiliated companies under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to family death benefits, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time
during the one year period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the
Company and its affiliated companies and their families. 
  
 (b)
Disability. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for (i) payment of
the Accrued Obligations (which shall be paid in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination), (ii) the timely payment and provision of the Welfare Benefit Continuation, and (iii) payment to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within
30 days of the Date of Termination of an amount equal to the sum of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and the Highest Annual Bonus. In addition, the Company shall transfer to the Executive the insurance policy written with respect to the
Executive under the Company’s Group Term Life Insurance Policy for Executive Officers and the right to the full cash surrender value thereof. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, but, otherwise, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Executive shall be entitled after the Disability Effective Date to receive disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies to disabled executives
and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect with respect to other peer executives and their families at any time during the one year period immediately preceding
the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as in effect at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families. 
  
 (c) Cause, Other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s
employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive other than for Good Reason (and other than by reason of his death or disability) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to
the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, plus the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive and any accrued bonus amounts or vacation pay, in each case,
to the extent theretofore unpaid. In such case, such amounts shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days of the Date of Termination. The Executive shall, in such event, also be entitled to any benefits required by law that
are not otherwise provided by this Agreement. 
  
 (d) Good
Reason; Other Than for Cause or Disability. If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, death or Disability, or if the Executive shall terminate employment under this
Agreement for Good Reason: 
  
 (i) the Company
shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts: 
  
 A. all Accrued Obligations; and 
  
 B. the Special Bonus, to the extent not previously paid, as calculated in accordance with Section 4(b)(iv) herein; 
  

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 (ii) the Company shall timely pay and provide the Welfare Benefit Continuation; provided,
however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical or other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to
those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility; and 
  
 (iii) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive and/or the Executive’s
family any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive and/or the Executive’s family is eligible to receive pursuant to this Agreement and under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement
of the Company and its affiliated companies as in effect and applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the
“Other Benefits”); and 
  
 (iv) the
Company shall transfer to the Executive the insurance policy written with respect to the Executive under the Company’s Group Term Life Insurance Policy for Executive Officers and the right to the full cash surrender value thereof. 

 
 (e) Change of Control Payment. Upon a Change of Control, the
Company shall pay the Executive the following: 
  
 (i) a lump sum amount in cash within 30 days after the Effective Date equal to the (such amount shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Change of Control Payment”) to the product of (X) three (3) multiplied by (Y) the Annual Base
Salary for the fiscal year immediately preceding the Effective Date; and 
  
 (ii) notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary contained herein or in any option agreement, restricted stock agreement or other equity compensation agreement, between the Company and the Executive, or any
stock option, restricted stock or other equity compensation plans sponsored by the Company, unless such agreement or plan expressly references and supercedes this Agreement, then all unvested options or stock appreciation rights which Executive then
holds to acquire securities from the Company shall be immediately and automatically exercisable as of the Effective Date, and the Executive shall have the right to exercise any such options or stock appreciation rights for a period of one year after
the Date of Termination. 
  
 7. Non-exclusivity of Rights.
Except as provided in Section 6, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plans, programs, policies or practices, provided by the Company or
any of its affiliated companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any other agreements with the Company or any of its affiliated companies.
Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of the Company or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in
accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program except as explicitly modified by this Agreement. 
  
 8. Full Settlement. (a) The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations
hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or
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provisions of this Agreement and, except as provided in Section 6(d)(ii), such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other
employment. The Company agrees to pay promptly as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest (regardless of the outcome thereof) by the Company, the
Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to
this Agreement, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Executive made such effort in bad faith), plus in each case interest at the applicable Federal rate of 12% per annum. 
  
 (b) If there shall be any dispute between the Company and the Executive (i)
in the event of any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company, whether such termination was for Cause, or (ii) in the event of any termination of employment by the Executive, whether Good Reason existed, then, unless and until
there is a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction declaring that such termination was for Cause or that the determination by the Executive of the existence of Good Reason was not made in good faith, the Company shall pay
all amounts, and provide all benefits, to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family or other beneficiaries, as the case may be, that the Company would be required to pay or provide pursuant to Section 6(d) as though such termination were by
the Company without Cause, or by the Executive with Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any disputed amount pursuant to this paragraph except upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Executive
to repay all such amounts to which the Executive is ultimately adjudged by such court not to be entitled. 
  
 9. 280G Protection. 
  
 (a) If any amounts payable under, or benefits resulting from, this Agreement are subject to the excise tax imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section
4999 (the “Code”) on “excess parachute payments”, the Accounting Firm (as defined below) will in good faith compute the excise tax imposed under Code Section 4999 (the “Excise Tax”) and Company shall pay that amount to
the Executive, including any federal, state, local and excise taxes imposed on the foregoing payment under this Agreement. The effect of such calculation will be to provide the Executive with a payment under this Agreement that is economically
equivalent to the payment he would have received but for the imposition of the excise tax. The calculations under this Section 9 will be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Sections 280G and 4999, as in effect at the time the
calculations are made. 
  
 (b) All determinations required to be
made under this Section 9 shall be made by the Company’s auditing firm immediately preceding the Effective Date, unless such firm shall be the accounting firm of the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control or any affiliate
of the Company at the Date of Termination, in which case such determinations shall be made by an accounting firm of national standing agreed to by the Company and the Executive, or, if the Company does not so agree within 10 days of the Date of
Termination, such an accounting firm shall be selected by the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the date such firm is
selected or such earlier time as is requested by the Company and an opinion to the Executive that he has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his Federal income tax return with respect to any Agreement Payments. Any such
determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. Within five business days of the determination by the Accounting Firm as to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall pay to or distribute to or for the benefit of
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 (c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time of the
initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Agreement Payments will have been made by the Company which should not have been made (“Overpayment”) or that additional Agreement Payments which will not have
been made by the Company could have been made (“Underpayment”), in each case, consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal
Revenue Service against the Executive which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive
shall be treated for all purposes as a loan ab initio to the Executive which the Executive shall repay to the Company together with interest at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code. In the event that the
Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or other substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive together with interest
at the rate of 12% per annum. 
  
 10. Confidential
Information. The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses,
which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the
Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process,
communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 10 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding
any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. 
  
 11. Successors. (a) This Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives. 
  
 (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
  
 (c) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be
required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. The Company shall provide written evidence to the Executive to document compliance with the foregoing sentence within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date. As used in this
Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. In addition, the
Executive shall be entitled, upon exercise of any outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights of the Company, to receive in lieu of shares of the Company’s stock, shares of such stock or other securities of such successor as the
holders of shares of the Company’s stock received pursuant to the terms of the merger, consolidation or sale. 
  
 12. Miscellaneous. (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without
reference to principles of conflict of laws. 

  

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The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified
otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 
  
 (b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 
  
 If to the Executive: 
  
 Name

 Address 
 City, State, Zip Code

  
 If to the Company: 
  
 Hologic, Inc. 
 35 Crosby Drive 
 Bedford, Massachusetts
01730-1401 
 Attention: Chief Executive Officer 
  
 or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notices and communications shall be effective when actually
received by the addressee. 
  
 (c) The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 (d) The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state or local taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant
to any applicable law or regulation. 
  
 (e) The Executive’s
or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or any other provision thereof. 
  
 (f) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Company and the Executive with respect to the rights and other
benefits that the Executive shall be entitled during the Employment Period, and in connection therewith shall supersede all prior oral and written communications with the Executive with respect thereto, including without limitation any and all
rights and benefits the Executive may have under the Company’s separation policy (as it may be amended from time to time) or any separation agreement, if any, previously executed by and between the Company and the Executive (the
“Separation Agreement”); provided, however, that if the Company’s separation policy or the Separation Agreement would provide greater benefits to the Executive than this Agreement, then the Executive may elect to receive benefits
under the Company’s separation policy or Separation Agreement in lieu of the benefits provided hereunder. Nothing herein shall affect the application of the Company’s separation policy and/or Separation Agreement, as applicable, prior to
the Effective Date. 
  
 (g) The Executive and the Company
acknowledge that, except as may otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between the Executive and the Company, prior to the Effective Date, the employment of the Executive by the Company is “at will” and may be terminated
by either the Executive or the Company at any time. Moreover, if prior to the Effective Date, the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, then the Executive shall have no further rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein, if, during the Employment Period, the Executive shall terminate employment with the Company other than for Good Reason, the Executive shall have no liability to the Company. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set his hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its
Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 HOLOGIC, INC.

		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	

	 Name:
	 	Glenn P. Muir
	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer


  

			
	EXECUTIVE
	
	 
	

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 


  

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 Schedule to Agreement Relating to Change of Control: 
  
 The following is a list of our executive officers who are party to the Agreement, the form of which is filed herewith: 
  
 Robert A. Cascella 
 John W. Cumming 
 Glenn P. Muir 
 Jay A. Stein 
  

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