Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) announced today that it has concluded a share transfer agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE:8036, Hitachi High-Tech), transferring allshares of SII’s wholly owned subsidiary SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SII NanoTech) to Hitach High-Tech. The share transfer is scheduled to take place on January 1, 2013.

For more details, please refer to the announcement released by SII’s parent company, Seiko Holdings Corporation (TSE: 8050).

Seiko Holdings Corporation IR News
http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/ir/index.php
http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/dev/data/doc/20121226_e.pdf