Notice of Tender Offer for Acquisition of Own Shares
This is to announce that on May 16, 2007, under the deemed application of the provision of 1 of Article 156 of the Company Code in accordance with the provision of 3 of Article 165 and under the provision of the article of incorporation of MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD. ("MABUCHI MOTOR"),the Board of Directors of MABUCHI MOTOR resolved to repurchase its own Shares by a Tender Offer as follows:
1. Purpose for repurchase of shares
On May 16, 2007, under the deemed application of the provision of 1 of Article 156 of the Company Code in accordance with the provision of 3 of Article 165 and under the provision of MABUCHI MOTOR's article of incorporation, the Board of Directors of MABUCHI MOTOR resolved to repurchase its own Shares for the purposes of exercising agile capital policy capable of responding to the changes of management environment, increasing efficiency of capital and returning profits to its shareholders. The announced repurchase of its own Shares by a Tender Offer is to be made in accordance with this resolution.
2. The Tender Offer period
From May 17, 2007 (Thursday) to June 13, 2007 (Wednesday)
(20 business days)
3. The unit purchase price
JPY 6,610 per each share
4. Calculation basis of the price
92% of the closing price on Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 15, 2007 which was immediately before the date of the meeting of the Board of Directors of MABUCHI MOTOR at which the implementation of the Tender Offer for Acquisition of Own Shares was resolved.
5. Number of shares to be repurchased
1,500,000 shares(3.19% of outstanding shares)
*as of Dec 31, 2006, the status of treasury stock of MABUCHI MOTOR is as follows:
- Number of shares of treasury stock : 7,516,420 shares
- Number of outstanding shares issued (excluding treasury stock) : 39,559,461 shares
6. Required Yen amount for the repurchase
JPY 9,938,000,000 (including transaction costs of JPY 23,000,000)
7. Applications to the Tender Offer by major shareholders
The Board of Directors of MABUCHI MOTOR has been informed that Mr. Takashi Mabuchi and Mr. Tamotsu Mabuchi, who are major shareholders of MABUCHI MOTOR, intend to apply to the Tender Offer.
8. Restrictions
The Tender Offer is not being made and will not be made directly or indirectly, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States of America. Accordingly, any documents related to the Tender Offer are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise transmitted or distributed in or into the United States of America. Any purported acceptance of the Tender Offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid.