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Molecular Devices Announces Continuation of Share Repurchase Program SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Molecular Devices Corporation (NASDAQ:MDCC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the continuation of Molecular Devices' share repurchase program and authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 1.5 million shares of its common stock. In August 2001, Molecular Devices announced that its Board of Directors had approved the current share repurchase program. Since August 2001, Molecular Devices has repurchased approximately 4.3 million shares of its common stock pursuant to the share repurchase program. "Based on current market prices, we continue to believe that our stock is undervalued and that the continuation of the repurchase program is a good investment of available funds," said Joseph D. Keegan, Ph.D., the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer. The repurchases will be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices or in negotiated transactions off the market. About Molecular Devices Corporation Molecular Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems that accelerate and improve drug discovery and other life sciences research. The Company's systems and consumables enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to leverage advances in genomics, proteomics and parallel chemistry by facilitating the high-throughput and cost-effective identification and evaluation of drug candidates. The Company's solutions are based on its advanced core technologies that integrate its expertise in engineering, molecular and cell biology and chemistry. Molecular Devices enables its customers to improve research productivity and effectiveness, which ultimately accelerates the complex process of discovering and developing new drugs. This press release contains "forward-looking" statements, including statements related to future repurchases of common stock. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of Molecular Devices Corporation to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. In addition, Molecular Devices may repurchase all of the shares currently authorized for repurchase under the share repurchase program, or no such shares, or any amount in between, and may suspend or terminate the share repurchase program at any time, depending on the trading price of its common stock, market conditions, determinations following the date of this press release to use its available funds for other purposes, or for other reasons. Molecular Devices Corporation does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Molecular Devices Corporation CONTACT: Tim Harkness of Molecular Devices Corporation, +1-408-747-3533 Web site: http://www.moleculardevices.com/

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