Advanced Energy Industries Shelves XP Power Takeover Plan

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEIS), a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions, confirms further to its announcement of May 21, 2024, that it does not intend to make an offer for the shares of XP Power Limited (LSE: XPP, "XP Power").

Advanced Energy has sought to engage with the XP Power board of directors, but the lack of any progress given relative expectations of value has prevented it from accessing due diligence necessary to make a firm offer. Based on publicly available information, Advanced Energy has not identified any additional elements that would justify improving the terms of its possible offer.

Advanced Energy believes that the possible offer, at 1950p per share, captured the potential of future market recovery while factoring in near and intermediate term market and operational risks facing XP Power as a standalone company. Advanced Energy further believes that an offer would have been an excellent opportunity for XP Power's shareholders to realize an extraordinary premium, in cash, which would fully de-risk their investment