MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMMD - News) today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, expired at 11:59 p.m. central time, on June 30, 2006, in connection with the previously announced proposed acquisition by AMS of Laserscope (NASDAQ:LSCP - News). The expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period satisfies one of the closing conditions contained in the merger agreement, dated June 3, 2006, between AMS and Laserscope. Consummation of the transaction remains subject to other customary closing conditions.
