An independent board committee of Australian slot maker Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd has “unanimously” recommended that Ainsworth’s shareholders accept a takeover bid by Austrian gaming equipment supplier Novomatic AG. The offer price was “final”, stated Novomatic at the time, saying that the price would “not be increased”. The offer price for Ainsworth shares implies an equity value of approximately AUD336.83 million on a fully diluted basis, according to a statement published on Monday by Ainsworth. Such metrics compared “favourably with precedent gaming supplier transactions,” said Ainsworth’s independent board committee. The committee said additionally that the offer price represented “a significant premium” to the trading price of Ainsworth’s shares, and provided “full liquidity through an all-cash offer”.