Reissuing release to remove NASDAQ ticker "SANYY" from first
sentence.
The corrected release reads:
SANYO ELECTRIC ANNOUNCES STATEMENT REGARDING BATTERY PACK RECALL
BY LENOVO
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO)(TOKYO:6764) is the world's
largest producer of rechargeable batteries, and is a battery pack
supplier to Lenovo for its notebook PCs. Lenovo, in conjunction with
the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, today announced the
voluntary recall of approximately 205,000 battery packs, specifically
a 9-cell Lithium-ion extended-life battery pack, as five incidents
have been reported to-date. The incidents were not triggered by the
battery cells themselves. While the pack fully satisfied
specifications and internal testing standards, these incidents
occurred due to a strong external impact to the battery pack of a
specific notebook PC model from a certain angle.
SANYO has been fully committed to providing support to Lenovo's
recall initiative, working together with Lenovo, and putting the first
priority on consumer safety. SANYO already has measures in place to
support this initiative. SANYO has been enjoying a fruitful
partnership with Lenovo and has an excellent track record of supplying
quality products. SANYO and Lenovo will continue to work closely to
maintain the highest product quality.
