This thought may have been offered as I've only looked at a few of these posts. It may be that Pentax is taking the same route as many have and that's selling certain assets to generate cash in order to control more of their stock, thereby hoping to fend off a hostile buy out, in this case, by Hoya.(??)
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/9/2007 5:55:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Is selling their valuable Tokyo real estate a way of making Pentax a > > less desirable target for aquisition? > > Joe > > =========== > I don't know how corporate stuff works, but I would think it is to > cut out > overhead and deadwood so on a quarterly report they show more > profit. So not > necessarily to raise cash, but to decrease debit. Ergo, please > investors. Not > all stockholders go for a quick cash profit, many like to invest in > a > well-respected company with long term gains. What Sparx looks for, I > have no idea, > but it may be the same thing. If they show better a better profit > margin, then > pressure to merge (by big investors especially) would decrease. > > Well, that's my best guess about what is going on anyway. > > Marnie aka Doe > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
