Omron to acquire Adept Technology
歐姆龍收購(gòu)愛(ài)德普技術(shù)公司

September 16, 2015  –Omron plans to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Adept common stock through an all cash tender offer followed by a second-step merger. Omron will offer Adept investors $13.00 per share of Adept common stock, which represents a 63% premium over the closing price for Adept’s common stock on September 15, 2015. This values Adept at approximately $200 million. Omron will fund the tender offer through cash on hand.

9月16日消息——歐姆龍計(jì)劃通過(guò)一項(xiàng)全現(xiàn)金收購(gòu)要約，100%收購(gòu)愛(ài)德普（Adept）的流通普通股，隨后合并。歐姆龍將為愛(ài)德普的投資者每流通股出價(jià)13美元，相比愛(ài)德普2015年9月15日的收盤價(jià)溢價(jià)63％。這一收購(gòu)給愛(ài)德普估值約2億美元。歐姆龍將通過(guò)手中儲(chǔ)備現(xiàn)金提出要約收購(gòu)。

Commenting on the acquisition, Yutaka Miyanaga, Omron Industrial Automation Business Company President, said, “We are delighted Adept Technology, a world leader in robotics, has agreed to join Omron. This acquisition is part of our strategy to enhance our automation technology and position us for long term growth. Robotics will elevate our offering of advanced automation.”

談及此次收購(gòu)，歐姆龍工業(yè)自動(dòng)化事業(yè)公司總裁豐宮永表示，“我們很高興看到全球領(lǐng)先的機(jī)器人公司愛(ài)德普同意加入歐姆龍。這次收購(gòu)是我們加強(qiáng)自動(dòng)化技術(shù)和地位以推動(dòng)長(zhǎng)期增長(zhǎng)戰(zhàn)略的一部分。機(jī)器人將提升我們的先進(jìn)自動(dòng)化產(chǎn)品組合。”

Rob Cain, President and Chief Executive Officer of Adept, added, “We are excited about the opportunity to join Omron, a global leader in automation. Together, our products will offer new innovative solutions to customers all around the globe.”

愛(ài)德普總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Rob Cain補(bǔ)充道，“歐姆龍是自動(dòng)化領(lǐng)域的全球領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，我們非常興奮有機(jī)會(huì)加入這個(gè)大家庭。聯(lián)合之后，我們的產(chǎn)品將為全球各地的客戶提供新的創(chuàng)新解決方案。”

Following the transaction, Rob Cain will continue to lead Adept and will report to Nigel Blakeway, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Omron Management Center of America, Inc., Omron’s wholly owned United States subsidiary.

并購(gòu)之后，Rob Cain將繼續(xù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)愛(ài)德普，并直接向歐姆龍的全資美國(guó)子公司——歐姆龍美國(guó)管理中心公司的董事長(zhǎng)、總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Nigel Blakeway匯報(bào)。

As global manufacturing comes under even more pressure to cut costs, shorten supply cycles and operate across global environments, production sites around the world strive to improve productivity. Increased use of labor-saving robots is one of the solutions. By adding the robotics technology of Adept to its current offering, Omron will be very well positioned to provide manufacturers in the automotive, digital device, food and beverage, packaging, and other industries with solutions to these challenges, as well as engineering support.

隨著全球制造業(yè)面臨更大的削減成本、縮短供應(yīng)周期壓力，以及受到全球大環(huán)境影響，世界各地的生產(chǎn)工廠正在努力提高生產(chǎn)效率，而增加對(duì)省力的機(jī)器人的應(yīng)用正是解決方案之一。通過(guò)將愛(ài)德普的機(jī)器人技術(shù)納入其產(chǎn)品組合，歐姆龍將可以很好地為汽車、數(shù)碼設(shè)備、食品飲料、包裝等行業(yè)制造商提供應(yīng)對(duì)這些挑戰(zhàn)的解決方案，以及工程支持。

Founded in 1983, Adept is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ADEP. The company recorded annual sales of $54.2 million and gross margin of 42.0% in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015.

愛(ài)德普成立于1983年，在納斯達(dá)克上市，股票代碼ADEP。該公司在截至2015年6月30日的財(cái)年錄得年銷售額為5420萬(wàn)美元，毛利率42.0％。

Adept is a leading U.S. based manufacturer of industrial robots. Adept’s intelligent automation product lines include autonomous mobile robots, industrial robots, configurable linear modules, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, as well as machine vision systems and software. Adept’s strategy is to provide a broad range of highly reliable integrated products along with world-class service to allow manufacturers to maximize productivity, safety, flexibility and product quality.

愛(ài)德普是美國(guó)領(lǐng)先的工業(yè)機(jī)器人制造商，其智能自動(dòng)化產(chǎn)品線包括自主移動(dòng)機(jī)器人、工業(yè)機(jī)器人、可配置線性模塊、機(jī)器人機(jī)構(gòu)控制器和其他柔性自動(dòng)化設(shè)備，以及機(jī)器視覺(jué)系統(tǒng)和軟件。愛(ài)德普的策略是提供一個(gè)廣泛的高度可靠的綜合產(chǎn)品和世界級(jí)服務(wù)，讓制造商能夠最大限度地提高工作效率、安全性、靈活性和產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量。