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ESI Group SA Ordinary Shares to Be Deleted from OTC Equity ESI Group SA Ordinary Shares (France) will be deleted from OTC Equity effective January 30, 2024, due to Acquisition /Merger /Amalgamation. 공시 • Nov 05
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) completed the acquisition of 50.6% stake in ESI Group SA (ENXTPA:ESI) from group of shareholders. Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) made a binding offer to acquire 50.6% stake in ESI Group SA (ENXTPA:ESI) from group of shareholders for approximately €480 million on June 28, 2023. As of September 22, 2023, Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) signed a definitive agreement to acquire 50.6% stake in ESI Group SA (ENXTPA:ESI) from group of shareholders. The offer per share is €155. Keysight will finance the transaction from a combination of cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet. For the purposes of the Offer, the board of directors of ESI Group established an ad hoc committee, comprising Alex Davern, Cristel de Rouvray, Yves de Balmann and Patrice Soudan. Transaction is subject to the signing of definitive agreements, and regulatory approvals. As of September 22, 2023, the transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals. This would be followed by the filing of the tender offer. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as a financial advisor, Paul Hastings LLP acted as a legal advisor to Keysight. McDermott Will & Emery LLP acted as a legal advisor, Rothschild & Co SCA (ENXTPA:ROTH), and Evercore Group L.L.C. acted as financial advisors to ESI Group. King & Spalding International LLP is acting as a legal advisor to Amy-Sheldon Loriot de Rouvray, Cristel Loriot de Rouvray, John Alexandre Loriot de Rouvray, and Amy Louise Loriot de Rouvray.Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) completed the acquisition of 50.6% stake in ESI Group SA (ENXTPA:ESI) from group of shareholders on November 3, 2023. As a part of closing, Keysight Technologies also confirms its intention to proceed with the filing of a mandatory tender offer (« offre publique d’achat ») for all remaining outstanding shares of ESI Group, at a price of 155 euros per share (the offer) in the coming days. J.P. Morgan SE and BNP Paribas are acting as presenting banks on the Offer, with BNP Paribas acting as guaranteeing bank. 공시 • Jun 29
ESI Group to Be Delisted from Euronext Paris, Upon Completion of Offer Keysight Technologies Inc. (Keysight) and ESI Group SA announced that Keysight has made a binding offer to certain shareholders of ESI Group to acquire a controlling block of ESI Group’s share capital, representing in aggregate 50.6% of the share capital and 55.8% of the theoretical voting rights of ESI Group, at a price per share of €155 in cash, and in return for entering into exclusivity. Under Keysight’s binding offer, the block acquisition, once completed, would be followed by the filing by Keysight of a proposed mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares of ESI Group outstanding at the time and, if the legal conditions are met at the end of the offer, a squeeze-out procedure and the delisting of ESI Group from Euronext Paris. 공시 • May 19
ESI Group Confirms Sale Talks ESI Group SA (ENXTPA:ESI) on May 18, 2023 confirmed it is holding initial discussions with certain third parties regarding a possible acquisition of the company. The talks followed the receipt of indicative non-binding proposals. Further details were not provided. The company’s statement comes after a Bloomberg report saying that ESI has tapped advisers to consider a sale amid takeover interest from suitors including larger rival Dassault Systèmes SE (ENXTPA:DSY), as well as from private equity firms TA Associates Management, L.P. and Francisco Partners Management, L.P. Shares in ESI soared on the news, trading 20.58% higher at EUR 116 as of 15:38 CET in Paris on May 18, 2023. Its market capitalization tops EUR 703.4 million (USD 758.5 million).