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Issuer:     ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES INC (AEIS)
CIK:        0000927003
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-24-008510
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Advanced Energy offers £19.50/share cash for XP Power, 68% premium; board rejected three proposals
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- Proposed £19.50/share cash offer values XP Power equity at ~£468M; total consideration £571M including net debt.
- Offer represents a 68% premium to XP Power's May 20 closing price of £11.64; three prior proposals were unanimously rejected.
- Advanced Energy has until June 18, 2024 to announce a firm intention or withdraw; no certainty a firm offer will be made.
- Funding would come from AEIS's $1.0B+ cash and low-cost debt; deal expected to expand gross margins and earnings.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927003/000155837024008510/0001558370-24-008510-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927003/000155837024008510/aeis-20240521x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-008510

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