Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP / Key word(s): Offer/Offer
12.04.2011 / 14:36

Meyer Burger Technology AG has announced to launch a voluntary public take-over offer to acquire all bearer shares in Roth & Rau AG at a price of EUR 22 per share which corresponds to a transaction volume of approx. EUR 350 million.

Furthermore, Roth & Rau AG today signed a business combination agreement with Meyer Burger Technology AG. Meyer Burger Group is one of the world's leading providers of innovative systems and production lines for photovoltaics in the solar industry, as well as for the semiconductor and optics industries (LED).

The offer is subject to the usual conditions for such transactions in particular approval by the relevant antitrust authorities. The offer document will be submitted to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) within the upcoming four weeks and will be published following receipt of permission from BaFin.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised Roth & Rau AG in particular on the negotiation of the business combination agreement, the relevant aspects of capital markets, corporate and tax laws as well as on the general structure of the transaction and of the tender offer. The Willkie team was led by Dr. Michael Bernhardt (Corporate) and included partner Dr. Patrick Meiisel (Tax), senior associate Dr. Markus Käpplinger (Corporate) and the associates Heidi Landauer (Corporate) and Sabine Weber (Tax).
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is an international law firm, comprising approximately 640 attorneys with offices in New York, Washington, Paris, London, Milan, Rome Frankfurt and Brussels. The firm is head-quartered in New York City at 787 Seventh Avenue, Tel.: +1 212 728 8000.
Frankfurt, April 11, 2011


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