Nam Tai's Offer to Privatize NTEEP Successful
07 Julio 2009 - 6:41AM
PR Newswire (US)
HONG KONG, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nam Tai Electronics,
Inc. ("Nam Tai" or the "Company") (NYSE Symbol: NTE) today
announced that as of 4:00 pm Hong Kong time on July 6, 2009, the
Company had received valid acceptances in respect of 200,567,867
shares of Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited
("NTEEP") held by NTEEP's minority shareholders, representing
approximately 90.57% of the public float shares of NTEEP. As Nam
Tai's offer and the resulting privatization of NTEEP were
conditional upon Nam Tai receiving acceptances totalling at least
90% of the public float shares of NTEEP, Nam Tai is pleased to
announce that its offer has become unconditional in all respects.
Pursuant to the securities laws of Hong Kong, Nam Tai's offer to
NTEEP's minority shareholders will remain open for acceptance until
July 22, 2009. After receiving any remaining NTEEP shares yet to be
tendered by NTEEP's minority shareholders through July 22, 2009,
Nam Tai intends to exercise compulsory acquisition rights to
acquire any remaining NTEEP shares that it did not acquire in
accordance with its offer and then withdraw the listing of NTEEP
from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. For more information
regarding this matter, please access the Joint Announcement of Nam
Tai and NTEEP, which was published in Hong Kong on June 6, 2009 and
is available from the website of NTEEP at
http://www.namtaieep.com/. ABOUT NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC. We are
an electronics manufacturing and design services provider to a
select group of the world's leading OEMs of telecommunications and
consumer electronic products. Through our electronics manufacturing
services operations, we manufacture electronic components and
subassemblies, including LCD panels, LCD modules, RF modules, DAB
modules, FPC subassemblies and image sensors modules and PCBAs for
headsets containing Bluetooth* wireless technology. These
components are used in numerous electronic products, including
mobile phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, electronic toys,
handheld video game devices, and entertainment devices. We also
manufacture finished products, including mobile phone accessories,
home entertainment products and educational products. We assist our
OEM customers in the design and development of their products and
furnish full turnkey manufacturing services that utilize advanced
manufacturing processes and production technologies. * The
Bluetooth(R) word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG,
Inc. and any use of such marks by Nam Tai is under license.
DATASOURCE: Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. CONTACT: Investor relations,
Anthony Chan, +852-2341-0273, or Fax, +852-2263-1223, Web Site:
http://www.namtai.com/
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