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Aeria Inc (AI) agreed</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">to acquire the remaining 44.1%</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">stake, or 2.815 mil ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">shares outstanding, which it</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">did not already own, in Daito</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">ME Co Ltd (DME), a retailer of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">electronic equipment, in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">exchange for 6,755 AI ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">shares, valued at 824.144 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Japanese yen ($15.466 mil US).</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">AI offered 0.0024 ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">shares per DME ordinary share.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">Based on AI's closing stock</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">price of 122,000 yen</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">($1,138.26) on July 4, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">last full trading day prior to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">announcement, each DME share</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">was valued at 292.80 yen</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">($2.732).</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>JAPAN - Aeria Inc (AI) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.1% stake, or 2.815 mil ordinary shares outstanding, which it did not already own, in Daito ME Co Ltd (DME), a retailer of electronic equipment, in exchange for 6,755 AI ordinary shares, valued at 824.144 mil Japanese yen ($15.466 mil US). AI offered 0.0024 ordinary shares per DME ordinary share. Based on AI's closing stock price of 122,000 yen ($1,138.26) on July 4, the last full trading day prior to announcement, each DME share was valued at 292.80 yen ($2.732).</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - Aeria Inc (AI) agreed to acquire the remaining 44.1% stake, or 2.815 mil ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">shares outstanding, which it did not already own, in Daito ME Co Ltd (DME), a retailer of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">electronic equipment, in exchange for 6,755 AI ordinary shares, valued at 824.144 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Japanese yen ($15.466 mil US). 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