SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of National Instruments Corporation - NATI

NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2024

The investigation concerns whether NATI and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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In April 2010, NATI adopted a program to repurchase shares of NATI common stock from time to time, depending on market conditions and other factors (the "2019 Program"). NATI amended the 2019 Program several times over the years to increase the number of shares that the Company could purchase under the program. 

On October 23, 2019, NATI amended the 2019 Program to increase the number of shares that may be repurchased by 3,000,000 shares.

In January 2022, NATI adopted an additional stock repurchase program permitting the Company to repurchase up to $250 million of its common stock on the open market and, thereafter, purchased NATI stock on the open market (the "2022 Program"). The 2022 Program was in addition to the existing 2019 Program. Under the 2022 Program, shares could be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, and the timing and the other terms of the repurchase depended on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, economic and market conditions, and other investment opportunities. Unbeknownst to investors, at the time that NATI was repurchasing NATI stock, the Company had received a formal acquisition offer from Emerson Electric Co. ("Emerson") to purchase all outstanding shares of NATI common stock at prices significantly above the then-current market prices of NATI common stock, and therefore significantly above the prices at which NATI was repurchasing NATI common stock from the Company's shareholders. As news of Emerson's acquisition offer became public, NATI's stock price surged.