Omron to acquire Adept Technology
欧姆龙收购爱德普技术公司

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——欧姆龙计划通过一项全现金收购要约，100%收购爱德普（Adept）的流通普通股，随后合并。欧姆龙将为爱德普的投资者每流通股出价13美元，相比爱德普2015年9月15日的收盘价溢价63％。这一收购给爱德普估值约2亿美元。欧姆龙将通过手中储备现金提出要约收购。

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.”

谈及此次收购，欧姆龙工业自动化事业公司总裁丰宫永表示，“我们很高兴看到全球领先的机器人公司爱德普同意加入欧姆龙。这次收购是我们加强自动化技术和地位以推动长期增长战略的一部分。机器人将提升我们的先进自动化产品组合。”

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.”

爱德普总裁兼首席执行官Rob Cain补充道，“欧姆龙是自动化领域的全球领导者，我们非常兴奋有机会加入这个大家庭。联合之后，我们的产品将为全球各地的客户提供新的创新解决方案。”

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.

并购之后，Rob Cain将继续领导爱德普，并直接向欧姆龙的全资美国子公司——欧姆龙美国管理中心公司的董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Nigel Blakeway汇报。

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.

随着全球制造业面临更大的削减成本、缩短供应周期压力，以及受到全球大环境影响，世界各地的生产工厂正在努力提高生产效率，而增加对省力的机器人的应用正是解决方案之一。通过将爱德普的机器人技术纳入其产品组合，欧姆龙将可以很好地为汽车、数码设备、食品饮料、包装等行业制造商提供应对这些挑战的解决方案，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.

爱德普成立于1983年，在纳斯达克上市，股票代码ADEP。该公司在截至2015年6月30日的财年录得年销售额为5420万美元，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.

爱德普是美国领先的工业机器人制造商，其智能自动化产品线包括自主移动机器人、工业机器人、可配置线性模块、机器人机构控制器和其他柔性自动化设备，以及机器视觉系统和软件。爱德普的策略是提供一个广泛的高度可靠的综合产品和世界级服务，让制造商能够最大限度地提高工作效率、安全性、灵活性和产品质量。