详见下面转帖的雅马哈和力素NEXO的官方新闻公报，英文版的。
主要的内容就是双方在专业音响领域达成战略合作伙伴关系，雅马哈收购了NEXO的10.22%的股份，从而成为其第三大股东。
此外，NEXO在美国的机构完全为雅马哈所有，NEXO在美国的所有业务都由雅马哈在美国的机构负责。
注意：我在这里所发出的这个帖子是未获授权的、非官方的行为，不被视为雅马哈在中国的正式声明。
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Denis Baudier/NEXO SA
+33148631910 (
Denis.baudier@Nexo.fr)
Release Date: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2005
YAMAHA CORPORATION and NEXO S.A.
Reach Agreement to enter into a Strategic Alliance
in the Professional Audio Business
YAMAHA CORPORATION (Headquarters: 10-1, Nakazawa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi,
Shizuoka; President: Shuji Ito) and NEXO S.A. (Headquarters: Paris, France; President:
Eric Vincenot), a leading manufacturer of professional speaker systems, have reached a
basic agreement to enter into a strategic alliance with respect to professional audio product
development and distribution.
Both companies expect the integration of advanced digital technology and premier
loudspeaker technology will enhance and expand available system solutions for
professional audio products.
As a part of the alliance, YAMAHA has acquired 10.22% of the common shares of NEXO.
Details of Alliance
YAMAHA has over 30 years of mixing console development and manufacturing experience,
with more than a 15-year history in digital mixing console technology, including benchmark
products, such as PM1D and PM5D. YAMAHA is also well known for its digital signal
processors such as the DME24N/64N, power amplifiers, including the advanced PC-1N
Series, and various commercial loudspeaker solutions.
NEXO is a market leader in concert/touring and installation loudspeakers, with an unrivalled
reputation for both the flagship GEO series vertical (line) array speakers*(1) and the global
standard PS series. NEXO is equally well known for its advanced, proprietary loudspeaker
processing technologies.
Design synergy between Yamaha and NEXO products, in response to the increasing
demand for integrated professional audio systems, was key to each company's decision to
combine technologies and products through on-going joint-development projects.
1. Outline of Agreements
(a) YAMAHA acquired 10.22% of NEXO’s common stock. The share sales/purchase
transaction was completed on 24 June 2005. As a result of this share purchase,
YAMAHA will become the third largest shareholder of NEXO.
(b) YAMAHA and NEXO agreed to combine and maximize YAMAHA’s broad
background in professional audio equipment, including advanced digital audio
technology, and NEXO’s superior speaker design and manufacturing technologies
by jointly developing a variety of future products.
(c) YAMAHA will take over NEXO’s U.S. distribution, and Yamaha Corporation of
America, a wholly owned sales subsidiary of YAMAHA through its Commercial
System Audio Division, will be in charge of distributing NEXO loudspeakers and
signal processors in the U.S.A..
2. Outline of the Alliance Partners
NEXO S.A.
Official company name: NEXO S.A.
Location of headquarters: Paris, France
Date of establishment: 1979
Representative: Eric Vincenot (President)
Number of employees: Parent company, 52; Consolidated, 110
Lines of business: Manufacture and sales of professional speakers
Internet URL:
www.nexo-sa.com
YAMAHA Corporation
Official company name: YAMAHA CORPORATION
Location of headquarters: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Date of establishment: 1887
Representative: Shuji Ito (President and Representative Director)
Number of employees: 24,000
Lines of business: Manufacture and sales of musical instruments, AV
equipment, semiconductors, and other products
Sales: 534.1 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)
Internet URL:
www.global.yamaha.com
*(1) Line-array speaker
A line-array speaker is a group of speaker units arranged vertically in a straight line. The
sound from a line-array speaker does not disperse in a vertical direction and does not
diminish substantially with distance, thus making these speakers effective for projecting
sound over long distances.
For further information, please contact
NEXO S.A.
Public & Investor Relations
Mr. Michael Johnson
(E-mail address:
Mick.Johnson@nexo.fr)
154, allée des Erables
ZA Paris Nord II
BP50107
95950 ROISSY CDG CEDEX
France
Tel : +33 148631914
Fax : +33148632461
YAMAHA CORPORATION
Public & Investor Relations Group,
Public Relations Division
Mr. Misao Tanaka
(E-mail address:
misao_tanaka@gmx.yamaha.com)
17-11, Takanawa 2-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8568, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5488-6601
FAX +81-3-5488-5060