motorola usa has announced its intention to launch a tender offer toacquire a controlling interest in vertex standard co, ltd. vertexstandard is the parent company of yaesu. motorola will own 80percent of vertex standard; tokogiken, a privately held japanesecompany, controlled by current president and ceo of vertex standardjun hasegawa, will retain 20 percent, forming a joint venture. thetotal purchase price for 80 percent of the outstanding shares on afully diluted basis will be approximately us $108 million.