株式会社ALBERTの取得に向けた公開買付け開始を決定

2022/09/29

【東京発：2022年9月29日】

アクセンチュア株式会社（東京都港区、代表取締役社長：江川 昌史、以下、アクセンチュア）と、株式会社ALBERT（アルベルト、代表取締役社長：松本 壮志、東京証券取引所グロース市場、証券コード：3906、以下、ALBERT）は本日、ALBERTの公開買付けに関する取引契約を締結しました。これを受けてアクセンチュアでは、ALBERTの普通株式および新株予約権を公開買付けにより取得することを決定しました。ALBERT をアクセンチュアに迎えることで、当社のAI領域におけるサービスのさらなる強化につなげます。公開買付け期間は、2022年9月30日から2022年11月14日までが予定されています。

本公開買付けについて、ALBERTの取締役会においても賛同が決議されるとともに、同社の株主および本新株予約権の所有者に対して、本公開買付けへの応募を推奨する決議が行われました。アクセンチュアでは、ALBERTの主要株主の一部とも応募契約を締結しています。

本公開買付けが成立した場合、アクセンチュアは次のステップとして、本公開買付けに応募されなかったすべての普通株式および新株予約権を、本公開買付けと同価格で取得する予定です。これらの取引が完了することで、ALBERTは非上場企業となります。

ALBERTはビッグデータ解析、AI（人工知能）アルゴリズム開発、AI活用コンサルティングやデータサイエンティストの育成支援などの領域で強みを発揮している企業です。同社は、「データサイエンスで未来をつむぐ―We are the CATALYST.―」というミッションを掲げ、大手企業を中心とした顧客の意思決定と問題解決を支援するプロフェッショナル企業として成長を続けています。同社は2005年７月に設立され、2015年２月から東京証券取引所マザーズ市場（現グロース市場）に上場しています。

重要情報

本プレスリリースは、本公開買付けを一般に公表するためのものであり、売付けの勧誘を目的として作成されたものではありません。売付けの申込みをされる際は、必ず本公開買付けに関する公開買付届出書をご覧いただいた上で、株主ご自身の判断で申込みを行ってください。本プレスリリースは、有価証券に係る売却の申し込みもしくは勧誘、購入申込みの勧誘に該当する、又はその一部を構成するものではなく、本プレスリリース（もしくはその一部）又はその配布の事実が本公開買付けに係るいかなる契約の根拠となることもなく、また、契約締結に際してこれらに依拠することはできないものとします。

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