"Reuters newswire" Wrote: > > ZURICH, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Swiss-based Logitech's <LOGN.VX> largest > shareholder and board member Daniel Borel said he had no reason to sell > his stake in the computer peripherals group and declined to comment on > rumours Microsoft<MSFT.O> could bid for the firm. "I am a co-founder > of Logitech. Would you be willing to sell your child?" Borel told > Reuters in an interview when asked whether he would be prepared to sell > his 6 percent stake in Logitech. > > "I have no reason to sell. But I will not be the one to decide. I own > only some 6 percent so I will neither enable nor prevent a sale of > Logitech. At the end the shareholders will be the ones who will decide > if they want to sell," said Borel. > > Borel declined to comment on rumours that Microsoft, the world's > largest software firm would make a bid for Logitech, the world's > largest maker of computer mice. > > "Rumours are rumours. I can't make any specific comment on them," said > Borel, Logitech's former chairman. > > "Microsoft is above all a software company -- it is a very, very large > company and only in a couple of "small" fields we compete with each > other," said Borel when asked whether Microsoft would be a good partner > for Logitech. > > "Logitech is a company that is in great shape. It is growing nicely and > above all it has a strong vision for the future," he said. > > Thursday, 10 January 2008 11:39:50 >
Also, looks like the trading community isn't convinced that this is any more than speculation and they're not getting excited at all. I don't think I'll start panicking yet! -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
