Romi Comments on Conditions to Expired Tender Offer for Hardinge (HDNG)

Industrias Romi S.A. ("Romi"), a leading global manufacturer of machine tools, today stated that, as previously announced, Romi's tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hardinge Inc. HDNG ("Hardinge") expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 14, 2010. At such time, a total of 5,726,020 shares, representing over 49.3% of Hardinge's outstanding shares, had been validly tendered and not withdrawn.