Methode Completes Tender Offer for Shares of Nordic Lights Group Corporation

CHICAGO, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI), a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions for user interface, LED lighting system and power distribution applications, announced that, further to the press release on April 19, 2023 declaring its public tender offer for all the outstanding shares in Nordic Lights Group Corporation unconditional, it has today settled the consideration due to tendering shareholders and acquired 80.7 percent of the share capital of Nordic Lights. Methode intends to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Nordic Lights and apply for its delisting from Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland.

Methode funded the total consideration of EUR 106,521,376.50 payable to the tendering shareholders (such aggregate amount comprised of EUR 6.30 consideration for each of the 16,908,155 shares tendered) with a combination of cash on hand and debt financing under its existing credit facility. Excluding pre-tax costs related to the transaction, Methode expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings and free cash flow on a per share basis in fiscal 2024 inclusive of estimated amortization, purchase accounting adjustments and interest expense and prior to any potential synergies.

Nordic Lights is a premium provider of high-quality lighting solutions for heavy-duty equipment that focuses on five end-user segments: mining, construction, forestry, agriculture and material handling. They manufacture lights for three main application areas: work lights, driving lights and signal lights.

President and Chief Executive Officer Donald W. Duda said, “Nordic Lights is highly complementary to our existing LED lighting and industrial radio remote control businesses and advances our focus on engineered solutions for OEMs, on industrial and non-auto transportation markets, and on customer and geographic diversity. We welcome the talented Nordic Lights team and look forward to further growing and strengthening the business.”

Moelis & Company LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Methode. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, together with Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd served as Methode’s outside legal co-counsel. Hill+Knowlton Strategies served as Methode’s communications advisor.

About Methode Electronics, Inc.
Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions with sales, engineering and manufacturing locations in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. We design, engineer, and produce mechatronic products for OEMs utilizing our broad range of technologies for user interface, LED lighting system, power distribution and sensor applications.

Our solutions are found in the end markets of transportation (including automotive, commercial vehicle, e-bike, aerospace, bus and rail), cloud computing infrastructure, construction equipment, consumer appliance, and medical devices. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those segments being Automotive, Industrial, Interface and Medical.

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For Methode Electronics, Inc.
Robert K. Cherry
Vice President Investor Relations
rcherry@methode.com
708-457-4030