TinyGemsBreaks — Cepton Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Receives Indication of Interest from Koito Manufacturing Co.
Cepton (NASDAQ: CPTN), a Silicon Valley innovator and leader in high-performance lidar solutions, has received a nonbinding indication of interest from Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Koito indicated an interest in acquiring 100% of the outstanding shares of the company not already owned by Koito or certain other potential rollover participants; those participants include Cepton president and CEO Dr. Jun Pei. The terms of any potential agreement between the two companies would be based on certain conditions, which were outlined in the announcement. The announcement noted that Cepton’s board of directors will carefully evaluate Koito’s indication of interest. “No assurance can be…

