Methode Announces Final Results of Subsequent Offer for Shares of Nordic Lights Group Corporation

CHICAGO, May 11, 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 news release on May 9, 2023, regarding the preliminary results of its subsequent offer for remaining outstanding shares of Nordic Lights Group Corporation, the final results confirm that:

• 1,400,934 shares were validly tendered during the subsequent offer period representing approximately 6.7 percent of the share capital of Nordic Lights; and
• together with the shares validly tendered during the original offer period (which expired on April 14, 2023) and which have otherwise since been acquired by Methode, this represents approximately 99.4 percent of the share capital of Nordic Lights.

Methode will settle the total consideration of EUR 8,657,772.12 due to shareholders who tendered in the subsequent offer with a combination of cash on hand and debt financing under its existing credit facility on or around May 12, 2023. Together with the consideration already paid to shareholders who tendered during the original offer period or who otherwise sold their shares to Methode outside of the offer, this represents a cumulative total consideration of EUR 131,008,867.55 in respect of all such shares acquired by Methode.

As previously announced, Methode intends to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Nordic Lights by way of compulsory redemption proceedings under Finnish law and apply for its delisting from Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland as soon as reasonably practicable.

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.

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



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