Amerigon Announces Number of Shares of W.E.T. Automotive Systems Tendered During Additional Acceptance Period

Amerigon Incorporated ARGN today announced that the additional acceptance period with respect to its previously-announced tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG, a German company, ended on May 26, 2011, and that 2,903 additional shares were tendered during such period. Combined with the shares tendered during the initial acceptance period, a total of 2,319,078 shares, representing 76.29 percent of the outstanding voting stock of W.E.T., have been tendered for sale to Amerigon. The shares tendered during the initial acceptance period were acquired by Amerigon on May 16, 2011. Amerigon expects to close on the acquisition of the shares tendered during the additional acceptance period within a week.