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Offer Document for Andor Technology plc
Offer Document for Andor Technology plc.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7561V Oxford Instruments PLC 17 December 2013 \n \n\n \nNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS\n \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n \n17 December 2013 \n \nRECOMMENDED CASH OFFER\nFOR\nANDOR TECHNOLOGY PLC (\"ANDOR\")\nBY\nOXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS HOLDINGS LIMITED (\"OINTH\")\nA WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLC\n \nPOSTING OF OFFER DOCUMENT\n \nOn 10 December 2013, the boards of Oxford Instruments plc and Andor announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by OINTH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc (together with OINTH, \"Oxford Instruments\") for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Andor (the \"Offer\").\n \nOxford Instruments announces that the offer document (the \"Offer Document\") containing full terms of, and conditions to, the Offer, is being posted today to Andor Shareholders, together with the related form of acceptance (the \"Form of Acceptance\").\n \nThe Offer will initially remain open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 7 January 2014.\n \nTo accept the Offer in respect of Andor Shares in certificated form (that is, not in CREST), Andor Shareholders must complete the Form of Acceptance in accordance with the instructions printed on it in accordance with paragraph 17(a) of the Letter from the Chairman of Oxford Instruments set out in Part II of the Offer Document and return it (along with any appropriate share certificate(s) and/or other document(s) of title) using the accompanying reply-paid envelope (for use within the UK only) as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by no later than 1.00 p.m. (London time) on 7 January 2014 to Capita Asset Services.\n \nTo accept the Offer in respect of Andor Shares in uncertificated form (that is, in CREST), Andor Shareholders should follow the procedures for electronic acceptance through CREST in accordance with the instructions set out in paragraph 17(e) of the Letter from the Chairman of Oxford Instruments set out in Part II of the Offer Document so that a TTE Instruction settles as soon as possibl...