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Fujitsu Services' Public Tender Offer for GFI Informatique in France Opens
Fujitsu Limited
Tokyo, June 30, 2007
Fujitsu Limited announced the following with regard to its earlier announcement dated May 2, 2007 that Fujitsu Services, its wholly owned subsidiary based in the U.K., filed a public tender offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of GFI Informatique of France.
The French regulatory body (AMF) has now confirmed that the offer for GFI Informatique will open on July 2, 2007. The closing date of the tender offer period will be announced later from the AMF.
Fujitsu Services offers to purchase GFI Informatique's ordinary shares at the price of €8.50 per share, after payment of the proposed €0.20 dividend for fiscal year 2006. The offer no longer includes warrants in GFI Informatique following the AMF's information, provided on June 29, 2007 that, whenever the offer period ends, this will be after a programme for the conversion of these warrants into shares has completed on August 1, 2007.
The acquisition of GFI would create a leading IT services business in Europe, integrating the existing strengths of Fujitsu Services with GFI Informatique’s strong position established in systems integration business markets in France and Southern Europe. Customers of the two companies would also benefit from further business expansion and growth made possible by the acquisition.
For further information, please see Fujitsu Services' announcement at: http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/
About Fujitsu Services
Fujitsu Services is the European-centered IT services arm of the global Fujitsu Group, providing IT infrastructure management and outsourcing services to customers in over 20 countries. It had net sales of £2.46 billion (€3.59 billion) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2007, with about 19,000 employees at the end of this period.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that create infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com
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Date: 30 June, 2007
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