Vital Signs, Inc. Shareholders Approve Agreement and Plan of Merger With General Electric Company

TOTOWA, N.J., Oct 29, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Vital Signs, Inc. (VITL:VITLNews, chart, profile, moreLast: Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolioAnalyst Create alertInsiderDiscussFinancials Sponsored by:, , ) today announced that its shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the previously disclosed Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 23, 2008, by and among General Electric Company, Tonic Acquisition Corp and Vital Signs, Inc., at a special meeting held earlier today. Following the closing of the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the company's shareholders will be entitled to receive $74.

50 in cash for each share of Vital Signs, Inc. common stock that they hold and Vital Signs, Inc. will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company. The Company currently anticipates that the merger will close on October 30, 2008. ABOUT VITAL SIGNS, INC. Vital Signs, Inc. and its subsidiaries design...
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