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did</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">not already own, in Sodick</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">Hightech Co Ltd (SH), a d</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">manufacturer of precision</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">machineries, for 40,200</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Japanese yen ($414.261 US) in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">cash per share, or a total</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">value of 3.108 bil yen</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">($32.033 mil). 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The offer was conditioned upon at least 25.14% stake, or 33,261 ordinary shares, being tendered.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">JAPAN - Sodick Co Ltd (SC) planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the remaining</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">58.44% stake, or 77,325 ordinary shares, which it did not already own, in Sodick Hightech</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Co Ltd (SH), a d manufacturer of precision machineries, for 40,200 Japanese yen ($414.261</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">US) in cash per share, or a total value of 3.108 bil yen ($32.033 mil). 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