FRANKFURT, Germany,
November 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Grand Chip Investment GmbH, with its
registered office in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany (the
"Bidder"), today announced the results of the additional
acceptance period of its voluntary public takeover offer (the
"Takeover Offer") to the shareholders of AIXTRON SE (NASDAQ:
AIXG), with its registered office in Herzogenrath, Germany ("AIXTRON"), for the
acquisition of their no-par value registered shares in AIXTRON
(collectively, "AIXTRON Shares"), including all AIXTRON
Shares represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"),
at the price of EUR 6.00 per tendered AIXTRON Share in cash.
On October 6, 2016, the Bidder
published an amendment to the Takeover Offer (the
"Amendment") with respect to the minimum acceptance
threshold set forth in Section 4.2.1 of the Offer Document for the
Takeover Offer (the "Offer Document").
As a result of the Amendment, the acceptance period for the
Takeover Offer expired on October 21,
2016, 24:00 hrs local time Frankfurt am Main, Germany ("Frankfurt Time") / 6:00
p.m. local time New York,
United States ("New York
Time"). The additional acceptance period commenced
following the publication of the results of the acceptance period
on October 27, 2016 and expired on
November 10, 2016, 24:00 hrs
Frankfurt Time / 6:00 p.m. New York
Time (such expiration date and time, the "Expiration of the
Additional Acceptance Period").
As of the Expiration of the Additional Acceptance Period, (i)
AIXTRON's share capital amounted to EUR
112,789,030.00 and was divided into 112,789,030 registered
shares with no-par value (the "AIXTRON Share Capital") and
(ii) the Takeover Offer had been accepted for a total of 87,614,339
AIXTRON Shares, which corresponds to approximately 77.68% of the
AIXTRON Share Capital and the existing voting rights of
AIXTRON.
In accordance with the Offer Document, the Takeover Offer and
any contracts which come into existence as a result of the
acceptance of the Takeover Offer, are subject to the conditions
precedent specified in Section 4.2 of the Offer Document (as
amended by the Amendment), unless validly waived by the Bidder or
already satisfied.
Complete terms and conditions of the Takeover Offer can be found
in the Offer Document and the Amendment published on the website
http://www.grandchip-aixtron.com. Questions and requests for
assistance or copies of the Offer Document, the Amendment and other
Takeover Offer documents may be directed to (i) with respect
to the tender of AIXTRON Shares, the German Information Agent and
(ii) with respect to the tender of ADSs, the U.S. Information
Agent. Contact information with respect to each of the German
Information Agent and the U.S. Information Agent is set forth
below. Copies of any Takeover Offer documents will be
furnished promptly upon request at the Bidder's expense.
Grand Chip Investment GmbH
Information Agent Information
The German and U.S. Information Agents for the Takeover Offer
are, respectively:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
D.F. King Ltd 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
125 Wood Street New York, NY 10005
London EC2V 7AN Email: AIXG@dfking.com
Email: aixtronoffer@dfkingltd.com Tel: +1-877-478-5043
Tel: +49 (0)30 610 820 730 (toll-free in the United States)
Media
Brunswick Group
Email: aixtronoffer@brunswickgroup.com
Tel: +49 (0) 30 2067 3386
Important Information
This press release is for informational purposes only and is
neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell
securities. The Takeover Offer for the outstanding AIXTRON
Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) commenced on
July 29, 2016. The terms and conditions of the Takeover
Offer are published in, and the solicitation and offer to purchase
AIXTRON Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) are
made only pursuant to the Offer Document, the Amendment and related
offer materials prepared by the Bidder. The English
translation of the Offer Document, the Amendment and related offer
materials have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") in a Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO. AIXTRON has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the
Takeover Offer.
The Tender Offer Statement, including the Offer Document,
the Amendment, a related letter of transmittal and
other related offer materials, as they may be amended from time to
time, contain important information that should be read carefully
before any decision is made with respect to the Takeover
Offer.
Those materials and other documents filed by the Bidder or
AIXTRON with the SEC are available at no charge on the SEC's
website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the
Bidder's Tender Offer Statement, including the Offer Document and
the Amendment, and other documents it has filed or will file with
the SEC are or will be available at
http://www.grandchip-aixtron.com .
SOURCE Grand Chip Investment GmbH