Canon receives clearance from the Swiss competition authorities
Reference is made to the joint press releases of Canon Inc. (trading symbol CAJ) (“Canon”) and Océ N.V. (trading symbol OCE) (“Océ”) of 16 November 2009 announcing that Canon intends to make a fully self-funded, public cash offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Océ (the “Ordinary Shares”) at an offer price of 8.60 in cash per Ordinary Share (the “Offer”) and 14 December 2009 in respect of the progress being made on the preparations of the Offer.