YAGEO Reiterates Support For Shibaura Electronics In Japan and Beyond After Combination
2025/04/10YAGEO (TWSE: 2327) has announced that the Board of Directors had approved a tender offer to acquire SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (TSE: 6957) (“Shibaura”), a leading NTC (negative temperature coefficient) thermistor manufacturer in Japan with strong technological capabilities, on February 5th, 2025.
With regards to this tender offer announcement, there was a news article published today by Nikkei this morning suggesting that MinebeaMitsumi Inc. (TSE: 6479) (“MinebeaMitsumi”) is exploring the possibility to be a white knight and MinebeaMitsumi also published the notice regarding Tender Offer for Shibaura. YAGEO believes that this confirms YAGEO’s belief that Shibaura could benefit through business combination to further promote its strong technology and products worldwide. YAGEO would like to reiterate our support for Shibaura’s commitment in Japan and how YAGEO can help realize that vision.
With YAGEO’s financial strength, in which YAGEO will fully be able to finance the transaction without the need of any third-party involvement, YAGEO looks to:
- Work with, yet provide autonomy to Shibaura’s existing leadership team to accelerate their ongoing strategic plan and beyond
- Provide more R&D resources in Japan to advance Shibaura’s technology leadership
- Expand Shibaura’s manufacturing capacity and capabilities in Japan in preparation for future growth
The aforementioned approach and autonomy are in line with how YAGEO has worked with TOKIN (Formerly NEC TOKIN and now a part of YAGEO Group) and validated by TOKIN’s successful track record since.
YAGEO continues to welcome any constructive inquiries and additional face-to-face meetings with Shibaura’s Board of Directors and Special Committee with regards to YAGEO’s proposal.
About YAGEO
Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Taiwan, YAGEO is a global service provider of electronic
component solutions, offering a broad selection of passive component technologies from some of the industry’s most recognized brands. Today, YAGEO has consolidated sales of around 4BN USD and employs more than 40,000 individuals around the world. With 61 manufacturing sites located in 35 countries and 20 R&D centers, YAGEO has a leading portfolio of electronic components as well as global production and sales capabilities designed to meet the diverse requirements of customers and a full range of end market segments.
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Investor and Public Relations, YAGEO (English and Chinese)
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Important Information
This purpose of this press release is to inform the public of the tender offer and has not been prepared for the purpose of soliciting an offer to sell, or making an offer to purchase, any securities. If shareholders wish to make an offer to sell their shares in the tender offer, they should first read the explanation statement for the tender offer and offer their shares or stock options for sale at their own discretion. This press release shall neither be, nor constitute a part of, an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, any securities, and neither this press release (or a part thereof) nor its distribution shall be interpreted to be the basis of any agreement in relation to the tender offer, and this press release may not be relied on at the time of entering into any such agreement.
Although the tender offer will be conducted in accordance with the procedures and information disclosure standards prescribed under Japanese law, those procedures and standards may differ from the procedures and information disclosure standards in the United States. In particular, Sections 13(e) and 14(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “U.S. Exchange Act”), and the rules prescribed thereunder, do not apply to the tender offer, and therefore the tender offer does not conform to those procedures and standards.
Unless otherwise specified, all procedures relating to the tender offer shall be conducted entirely in Japanese. While some or all of the documentation relating to the tender offer will be prepared in English or Chinese, if there is any inconsistency between the English or Chinese documentation and the Japanese documentation, the Japanese documentation will prevail.
The offeror, the financial advisors to the offeror, and the tender offer agent (including their respective affiliates) may purchase the target’s shares by means other than the tender offer to the extent permitted by Rule 14e 5(b) of the U.S. Exchange Act, applicable laws and regulations in Japan, and other applicable laws and regulations. Such purchases may be made at the market price through market transactions, or at a price determined by negotiation outside of the market. In the event that information regarding such purchases is disclosed in Japan, such information will also be disclosed in a similar manner in the United States, including on the English website of the person conducting such purchases. |
