Stratasys Board’s Refusal to Redeem Poison Pill Blocked Nano’s Ability to Complete Special Tender Offer
Stratasys Shares That Have Been Tendered to Nano Will be Returned Promptly to Their Owners
As Announced on July 28th, 2023, Nano Has Withdrawn its Director Nominees for Stratasys Board
Nano Will Proceed with Alternative M&A Plans
Waltham, Mass., Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nano Dimension Ltd. (Nasdaq: NNDM, “Nano Dimension”, “Nano” or the “Company”), a leading supplier of Additively Manufactured Electronics (“AME”) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (“AM”) 3D printers, which owns approximately 14.1% of Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSYS) (“Stratasys”) and is the Company’s largest shareholder, today announced the expiration of its special partial tender offer (the “offer”) to purchase between 31.9% and 36.9% of the outstanding ordinary shares of Stratasys for $25.00 per share, less any required withholding taxes and without interest. It had been a condition of the offer that Nano would own following the offer at least 46% of the issued and outstanding shares of Stratasys, inclusive of the approximately 14.1% of Stratasys shares already owned by Nano.
Based on information provided by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary for the special tender offer, as of 11:59 p.m., New York time, on July 31st, 2023, 3,408,322 Stratasys shares had been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer and 445,533 Stratasys shares had been tendered pursuant to Notices of Guaranteed Delivery, representing approximately 5.6% of the outstanding Stratasys shares, which was below the required 46% minimum condition. Nano has not waived the minimum condition. Additionally, as anticipated, the rights plan condition of the offer was not met in part due to the Stratasys Board’s refusal to redeem or terminate its shareholder rights plan (“poison pill”). Nano determined that accepting shares in the offer would likely trigger the poison pill and has not waived such condition to accepting tendered shares.
The offer expired on July 31st, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. New York time, and Nano has determined not to accept any of the tendered shares. Accordingly, Nano has instructed the depositary to promptly return all Stratasys shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn.
As previously announced on July 28th, Nano has withdrawn its director nominees for the Stratasys Board of Directors. The Company also intends to review its investment in Stratasys, including a possible sale of its existing 14.1% holdings in the open market, and pursue alternative M&A opportunities.
About Nano Dimension
Nano Dimension’s (Nasdaq: NNDM) vision is to transform existing electronics and mechanical manufacturing into Industry 4.0 environmentally friendly & economically efficient precision additive electronics and manufacturing – by delivering solutions that convert digital designs to electronic or mechanical devices - on demand, anytime, anywhere.
Nano Dimension’s strategy is driven by the application of deep learning-based AI to drive improvements in manufacturing capabilities by using self-learning & self-improving systems, along with the management of a distributed manufacturing network via the cloud.
Nano Dimension serves over 2,000 customers across vertical target markets such as aerospace & defense, advanced automotive, high-tech industrial, specialty medical technology, R&D and academia. The Company designs and makes Additive Electronics and Additive Manufacturing 3D printing machines and consumable materials. Additive Electronics are manufacturing machines that enable the design and development of High-Performance-Electronic-Devices (Hi-PED®s). Additive Manufacturing includes manufacturing solutions for production of metal, ceramic, and specialty polymers-based applications - from millimeters to several centimeters in size with micron precision.
Through the integration of its portfolio of products, Nano Dimension is offering the advantages of rapid prototyping, high-mix-low-volume production, IP security, minimal environmental footprint, and design-for-manufacturing capabilities, which is all unleashed with the limitless possibilities of additive manufacturing.
For more information, please visit www.nano-di.com.
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