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Notice of Commencement of Tender Offer for Shares of Subsidiary Epson Toyocom Corporation
Wednesday 11. March 2009 - Seiko Epson Corporation (the "Company" or the "Acquirer", TSE:6724) today announced that the Acquirer's board of directors resolved at its meeting held on March 11, 2009, to acquire the ordinary shares of Epson Toyocom Corporation (the "Target Company", TSE:6708) through a tender offer as follows.
This Statement contains forward-looking statements. “Forward-looking statements” includes discussions, plans, objections, strategies, and expectations relating to forecasts and predictions of our Company’s operating results and financial situation, assumptions that form the basis of such statements, and other information related to the future. These statements are subject to known risks, unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those included or implied in the forward-looking statements. The Acquirer and its affiliated companies do not guarantee in any way whatsoever that the forecasts, predictions, and expectations included or implied in the forward-looking statements will in the end be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this Statement are based on information that was available to the Acquirer as of the date of this Statement. Except for where required by law, regulation, or the rules of a stock exchange, neither the Acquirer nor any of its affiliated companies are under any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
The Acquirer’s and the Target Company’s respective financial advisers and their affiliated companies may, within the scope of their ordinary secondary businesses and to the extent permitted under legislation in Japan related to financial instruments and exchange, purchase the Target Company’s shares for their own account or for the account of customers during the period of the Tender Offer subject to the requirements of Rule 14e-5(b)(12) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. If information on that purchase is disclosed in Japan, the same information will be disclosed in the United States.