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AVX, Kyocera Enter Into Merger Agreement.

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TELECOMWORLDWIRE-February 27, 2020-AVX, Kyocera Enter Into Merger Agreement

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AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) has announced that Kyocera Corporation and AVX have entered into a definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition by Kyocera of all the outstanding shares of common stock of AVX not owned by Kyocera pursuant to an all-cash tender offer for USD 21.75 per share (the "Tender Offer"), followed by a squeeze-out merger in which all of the outstanding shares of AVX common stock not tendered in the Tender Offer (other than shares owned by holders who validly seek appraisal or shares already held by Kyocera) will be converted into the right to receive USD 21.75 per share of common stock, in cash (the "Transaction"), the company said.

Kyocera currently owns approximately 72% of the outstanding shares of AVX common stock. Following completion of the Transaction, AVX will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera.

The USD 21.75 offer price represents a 44.6% premium over AVX's closing price on November 26, 2019 (the last trading day prior to the announcement of Kyocera's initial proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of AVX not owned by Kyocera) and a 42.1%, 42.4%, and 34.9% premium over AVX's 1-, 3- and 12- month average closing share price, respectively.

The board of directors of AVX, acting on the recommendation of the Special...

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