Vincent Neil

Yesterday, great 碁 company of Taiwan released news to claim, started the action of the share of purchasing Gateway Company on the market publicly to circulate formally. Gateway announces too at the same time, sell the commercial customer's business under command to U.S.A. MPC Company. So far, great 碁 is purchased the road to Gateway has already been paved.

Great 碁 respect shows, according to the merger case which great 碁 and Gateway both sides reach on August 27, great 碁 has been in U.S.A. time for September 4 to start to purchase the procedure publicly formally. Great 碁 begins since the same day, will purchase its stock that is held to Gateway shareholder progressively according to the relevant regulation, finish every due course of law that is purchased publicly, and reach and purchase the threshold the most low. It is reported, the time limit that this great 碁 is purchased publicly stops to 12 o'clock at mid-night on October 1 New York time from this day, the shareholder of Gateway can register to sell to great 碁 he holds share. After all transaction programs are finished, the constituent company that Gateway will hold share absolutely as great 碁.

Negotiated with Gateway as to great 碁" The leftover problem " ---Commercial the intersection of customer and business of Gate-way, U.S.A. Gateway contracts with U.S.A. MPC Company September 4 such as time, sells its commercial customer's undertaking to the latter, it is estimated, finish on will it be four seasons this year.