Gibson Guitar Corp., ("Gibson"), the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer, today announced the successful completion of a tender offer through a special purpose company for 54.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of Japan's TEAC CORPORATION ("TEAC") (TSE: 6803), a recognized trailblazer in the audio visual industry. TEAC is one of the world's top names in audio and visual equipment, and a leading producer of data storage equipment and related products.

The tender offer expired at 3:30PM Japan Time on April 30, 2013. SMBC Nikko has advised that, as of the expiration time, 157,447,000 shares were validly tendered, representing approximately 54.6% of all outstanding shares of common stock of TEAC. The transaction closed on May 9, 2013, when the shares were transferred.

As a result of this transaction, TEAC will become a member of the Gibson family, and it will also remain a listed company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section.

The company will continue to be led by the current management, as TEAC brings unique, forward- thinking technical and engineering capabilities in Japan to further enhance Gibson's Pro Audio Division, with the ability to leverage Gibson's global commercialization abilities.

Commenting on the closing of the transaction, Henry E. Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson, said: "We are delighted to welcome TEAC into the Gibson family, and look forward to working closely with Yuji Hanabusa and his management team to build the largest music and sound business in the world with the ability to deliver an uncompromising entertainment experience to the customer, spanning musical instruments to the most innovative recording and audio/visual devices."

About Gibson Guitar

Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson's digital guitar, introduced in 2002, represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, MI, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton, Chickering and Wurlitzer, as well as the audio lifestyle brands, KRK, Cerwin- Vega! and Stanton. For more information visit: www.gibson.com, www.facebook.com/gibsonguitar, www.twitter.com/gibsonguitar.

About TEAC

TEAC CORPORATION (TYO: 6803) is an electronics company based in Japan. It was founded in 1953 as the Tokyo Electro Acoustic Company. TEAC manufactures and distributes high grade audio video electronics, consumer electronics, computer data recording and storage devices, computer peripherals and professional recording equipment as well as disc publishing products. Products are marketed under the brand names ESOTERIC (high end consumer audio products), TEAC (consumer electronics - mass market audio products) and TASCAM (consumer to professional audio products, mostly recording). To learn more about TEAC, please visit: www.teac.com.

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TEAC
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Edelman Japan
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