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EXHIBIT 4
Special Committee of Trex Medical Board of Directors
Recommends Acceptance of Thermo Electron Tender Offer
Trex Medical Corporation (AMEX:TXM) today announced that the Special Committee
of its Board of Directors, which consists of the sole director having no
affiliation with Trex Medical Acquisition, Inc. or its parent, Thermo Electron
Corporation, is recommending that shareholders accept the $2.15 per share cash
tender offer (the "Offer") made by Trex Medical Acquisition, Inc. on October
25, 2000. The Special Committee has determined that the $2.15 per share price is
a fair price to be paid to the shareholders other than Thermo Electron and its
affiliates and is recommending that shareholders accept the Offer and tender
their shares pursuant to the Offer. The Special Committee strongly urges each
shareholder to read the factors considered by the Special Committee in the
company's Schedule 14D-9, which has been filed today with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and mailed to shareholders.
