TUCSON, Arizona--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2006--Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VMSI) today announced that Vision Systems Limited (ASX: VSL) has submitted an application to the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia seeking orders to convene on November 2, 2006, the Scheme of Arrangement meetings for Ventana's acquisition of Vision. In separate meetings to be held on that proposed date, Vision will seek approval from its shareholders and noteholders for the acquisition by Ventana. The application is scheduled to be heard by the Court on September 22, 2006.
