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Vacon Plc: Danfoss has announced that it has supplemented the tender offer document in respect of the voluntary public tender offer to Vacon's shareholders
Vacon Plc: Danfoss has announced that it has supplemented the tender offer document in respect of the voluntary public tender offer to Vacon's shareholders
NOT TO BE RELEASED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, HONG KONG OR IN ANY OTHER STATE IN WHICH THE TENDER OFFER WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Vacon Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 22 October 2014 at 2.45 p.m. (EET)
Vacon Plc: Danfoss has announced that it has supplemented the tender offer document in respect of the voluntary public tender offer to Vacon's shareholders
As announced on 12 September 2014 and on 25 September 2014, Oy Danfoss Ab (the 'Offeror') has made a voluntary public tender offer recommended byt the Board of Directors of Vacon Plc ('Vacon') to purchase all the issued and outstanding shares in Vacon that are not held by the Offeror or Vacon or its subsidiaries (the 'Tender Offer'). The offer period under the Tender Offer commenced on 29 September 2014 and expires on 28 October 2014 (the 'Offer Peri-od'), unless the Offer Period is extended.
The tender offer document approved by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority relating to the Tender Offer (the 'Tender Offer Document') was published on 26 September 2014. Vacon has on 22 Oct 2014 published an interim report for the nine months ended 30 September 2014. The interim report of Vacon supplements the Tender Offer Document published by the Offeror on 26 September 2014 and the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority has on 22 October 2014 approved the Finnish language supplement to the Tender Offer Document related thereto.
The Tender Offer Document, together with this release and the interim report of Vacon, is available in Finnish at the office of the Offeror at Niittytaival 13, 02200 Espoo, Finland, at the branch offices of Nordea Bank Finland Plc ('Nordea Bank') and at the Helsinki Stock Exchange at Fabianinkatu 14, 00100 Helsinki, Finland and on the internet at www.nordea.fi/osakkeet and www.danfoss.com/tender-offer and in English on the internet at www.nordea.fi/equities and www.danfoss.com/tender-offer. In addition, the Tender Offer Document including its supplements is available in the Finnish language on the internet at www.vacon.fi, and in the English language on the internet at www.vacon.com.
VACON PLC
Further information:
Sebastian Linko, Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, +358 (0)40 8371 634, sebastian.linko(at)vacon.comVacon in brief
Vacon is driven by a passion to develop, manufacture and sell the best AC drives and inverters in the world - and provide customers with efficient product lifecycle services. Our AC drives offer optimum process control and energy efficiency for electric motors. Vacon inverters play a key role when energy is produced from renewable sources. Vacon has production and R&D facilities in Europe, Asia and North America, and sales offices in 30 countries. Further, Vacon has sales representatives and service partners in nearly 90 countries. In 2013, Vacon's revenues amounted to EUR 403.0 million, and the company employed globally approximately 1,600 people. The shares of Vacon Plc (VAC1V) are quoted on the main list of the Helsinki stock exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki).
Driven by Drives, www.vacon.com
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THIS RELEASE IS NOT A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT AND AS SUCH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR AN INVITATION TO MAKE A SALES OFFER. INVESTORS SHALL ACCEPT THE TENDER OFFER FOR THE SHARES ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT. OFFERS WILL NOT BE MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE EITHER THE OFFER OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN IS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR WHERE THE TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED OR REGISTERED OR THE OFFER WOULD BE SUBJECT TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN FINLAND. THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND, WHEN PUBLISHED, THE TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT AND RELATED CONSENT FORMS WILL NOT AND MAY NOT BE DIS-TRIBUTED, FORWARDED OR TRANSMITTED INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE PROHIB-ITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN PARTICULAR, THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, OR BY USE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE OF, OR BY ANY MEANS OR IN-STRUMENTALITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, TELEX, TELE-PHONE OR THE INTERNET) OR THROUGH A NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE OF CANADA, JA-PAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR HONG KONG. THE TENDER OFFER CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY SUCH USE, MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR FROM WITHIN CANADA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA OR HONG KONG.
Special notice to security holders in the United States
The Tender Offer described in this announcement is subject to the laws of Finland. It is important for US securities holders to be aware that this press release and all tender offer documentation are subject to disclosure and takeover laws and regulations in Finland that are different from those in the United States. As applicable, the Offeror will comply with Regulation 14E under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended in connection with the Offer. Any extension of the Tender Offer into, or any separate tender offer in the United States will be made solely under the accompaniment of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. that is a broker-dealer registered under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Security holders in the United States should read the Tender Offer documents for instructions on how to tender their shares.
Pursuant to an exemption from Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, the Offeror and certain of its Repre-sentatives may, from time to time, purchase or make arrangements to purchase shares outside the Tender Offer from the time the Tender Offer was announced until the expiration of the acceptance period of the Tender Offer, including purchases in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices, in each case, outside of the United States and to the extent permitted under the applicable Finnish laws and regulations. Any such purchases will not be made at prices higher than the price of the Tender Offer provided in this announcement unless the price of the Tender Offer is increased accordingly. Any future purchases will be made in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Any such purchases of shares will be disclosed to the extent required by Finnish law or rules or regulations and, if so disclosed, will also be disclosed in the US.
NEITHER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE TENDER OFFER, PASSED UPON THE FAIRNESS OR MERITS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR DE-TERMINED WHETHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq OMX Corporate Solutions on behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Vacon Oyj via Globenewswire
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