PERLOS CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 NOVEMBER 2007 Lite-On (Finland) Oy ("Lite-On Finland") has acquired 95.84 per cent of the shares and votes in Perlos Corporation ("Perlos") through a public cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares and options of Perlos (the "Tender Offer"). Further, to Perlos' knowledge, Lite-On Finland owns 99.08 per cent of the options issued by Perlos (this number includes the options held by Perlos' wholly-owned subsidiary, which have not been granted to anyone). To Perlos' knowledge, there would appear to be 19 other option holders in addition to Lite-On Finland. On 2 November 2007, Lite-On Finland initiated redemption proceedings to redeem the other shareholders of Perlos in accordance with Chapter 18 of the Finnish Companies Act. This also included initiation of arbitral proceedings pursuant to Chapter 18, Sections 3 - 9 of the Finnish Companies Act. According to the terms of the 2002 and 2005 option programs, should a situation arise, where a shareholder has over 90% of all the shares of the company and voting rights and thus an obligation and a right to redeem the rest of the shares, the option holder shall be given a possibility, to exercise his subscription right on the basis of the option rights during the period determined by the company's board of directors and otherwise in accordance with the decision of the board of directors. The board of directors of Perlos has today decided that any remaining option holders will have a right to convert their Perlos options into Perlos shares by 15 December 2007 on a subscription price based on the terms of the respective option program, which are the following: - The share subscription price of a 2002A stock option is EUR 4.63 per share - The share subscription price of a 2002B stock option is EUR 5.16 per share - The share subscription price of a 2002C stock option is EUR 9.54 per share - The share subscription price of a 2005A stock option is EUR 7.07 per share In addition, the board of directors also decided that Perlos would redeem any remaining options from the remaining option holders for the same consideration as Lite-On Finland offered in the Tender Offer, which are the following: - EUR 1.07 for each 2002A stock option - EUR 0.80 for each 2002B stock option - EUR 0.04 for each 2002C stock option - EUR 1.03 for each 2005A stock option Both the conversion right and the sell-back right of the option holders shall expire on 15 December 2007, after which date the option holders shall have no rights pursuant to their options. Board of Directors PERLOS CORPORATION PERLOS IN BRIEF Perlos Corporation is a global design and manufacturing partner for the telecommunications and electronics industry. The service offering covers the whole product life cycle from product design to manufacturing, logistics and new product versions. The production facilities are located in Asia, Europe and North and South America and the company is headquartered in Finland. In 2006, Perlos Corporation's net sales amounted to EUR 673,6 million. The company employed approximately 9,200 people worldwide in the end of September, 2007. Perlos share (POS1V) is traded on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki. DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Central media www.perlos.com
TO THE HOLDERS OF PERLOS CORPORATION S STOCK OPTIONS
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